SERÚ '92

Being Peperina customary considered as the point of inflexion in Charly García's career, where he is leaving the "groups initial period" (comprising Sui Generis-LMDHP-Seru Giran) and entering the first part of his solo endeavour (his 1st six albums), one have the right to ask what is then the role played by this "return album" with his iconic last group. Was it maybe a late attempt to reboot their former glory? But it can hardly be so, because it was a one-time only effort, set amidst the succesful individual careers of García, Lebon and Aznar, with each one of them waiting to resume his own path. Was it a lame attempt to raise more money? Also hardly, since the huge gigs and radio exposure were earned with solid songwriting and a renewed sound as a band, and there can't be any shame in hard good work.

More likely, this release was prompted by the quality of the compositions, which were requiring a full-blown band embodiment, in order to shine as they truly deserved. And also possibly by the growth as singer and songwriter of Pedro Aznar, who appears much more in display here, than in previous SG efforts, which were basically twin-lead Garcí­a-Lebon affairs, for the most part at least.

And this new higher interaction level of the now three main vocalists with each other results, in the end, in a batch of songs loaded with a richly textured weave of leads and harmonies, like nothing heard on their previous output. Is that any good? Of course it is, provided that one is not expecting an exact continuation from where they left things ten years earlier, with Peperina. The busy solo work they did inbetween has to be reflected here also, and blossoms in killer pop hooks all over the long-player.

Have they to be forgiven for taking some distance from their proudly progressive past? Certainly, they weren't begging absolution of any kind. They just put out an excellent last instalment of their talent, as everybody was begging those days, and then went back to their lives.

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