Superficies de Placer

about this album

Superficies de Placer is the seventh album by the Argentine rock band Virus, recorded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and mixed in New York, United States, between April and August 1987. Surfaces of Pleasure was ranked 18th in Rolling Stone Argentina's 2007 ranking of the 100 best albums in the history of Argentine rock. History After intense activity, prompted by the success of its predecessor, Locura (more than 350,000 copies sold in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Paraguay, and Uruguay), the band decided to record a new album with a more relaxed concept, without the pressures that come with success and the wear and tear of seven years of uninterrupted career. To achieve this, musicians, family, friends, and supporters traveled to Rio de Janeiro, one of vocalist Federico Moura's favorite cities. The intention was to compose, rehearse, and record all the material in a relaxed setting, with Rio's beaches of Ipanema, Leblon, and Copacabana just a few miles away. But in the midst of the songwriting process, Federico developed a severe case of pneumonia that left him bedridden for several days. Since the illness was taking longer than usual to heal, he was recommended a medical checkup, and a clinical study revealed he was a carrier of the HIV virus (AIDS). Years later, his brother Marcelo would recall the event this way: "It shocked us; it was like a kick in the gut. It created a wave of general unease. What had been an anti-stress plan (recording in Brazil) ended up being the most str

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