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Kraken II

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Released
  
1989

Producer
  
Víctor García

Artist
  
Kraken

Label
  
Generations Music

Recorded
  
1989

Kraken II (1989)
  
Kraken III (1990)

Release date
  
5 December 1989

Genre
  
Heavy metal


Similar
  
Kraken albums, Heavy metal albums

Kraken II is the name of the second studio album Colombian group Kraken It was released in December 5, 1989 by Codiscos. The first single from the album was "Vestido de Cristal". The second single was "Una Vez Más".

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Information

Kraken II was produced taking into account a wider rock audience. It's composition took a record time for the group members since they had to comply with live shows and the production of all the material that they had to select and create. The proposal of including a keyboardist in replace to the ex lead guitarist was determined due to the need to find a sound more akin to their influences and musical objectives in order to keep up with rock bands of the day. They .For the first time in Colombian History, a hard rock song (the opening track) «Vestido de Cristal» became the most played song on national youth radio stations. The inclusion of keyboards was definitive for this album, despite the criticsm and the fear of using these instrument.

Personnel

Elkin Ramírez: vocals, lyrics. Hugo Restrepo: guitar. Jorge Atehortua: electric bass. Gonzalo Vásquez: frums. Víctor García: keyboards, sound engineer, producer.

Songs

1Camino a la montaña negra5:53
2Vestido de cristal4:56
3Después del final6:07

References

Kraken II Wikipedia