Detailed item info | Track listing | 1. El Equilibrio (Parte Uno)
2. Dime Jaguar
3. Imaginame
4. Detras de los Cerros
5. Huracan
6. Las Ratas No Tienen Alas
7. Nunca Te Doblaras
8. Clavame Mejor los Dientes
9. El Equilibrio (Parte dos)
10. El Milagro
11. Dejate Ver
12. Solo Somos Suenos
13. Adonde Vamos a Ir
14. Voy a Volar
15. La Habitacion de Tu Mente
| | Details | | Contributing artists: | Benmont Tench, Billy Preston, Flaco Jimenez, Mark Isham, Paulinho Da Costa | | Producer: | Don Was | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording type: | Studio | | Recording mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
| | Album notes | Jaguares: Saul Hernandez (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars).
Additional personnel: Jose Manuel Aguilera (guitar); Gabe Witcher (violin); Mark Isham (trumpet); Flaco Jimenez (accordion); Billy Preston (Hammond B-3 organ); Benmont Tench (keyboards); Federico Fong (bass); Alfonso Andre (drums, percussion); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Tracy Bartelle, Cecilia Toussaint (background vocals); John Bergamo.
Recorded at Ocean Way, Hollywood, California and Chomsky Ranch, Los Angeles, California.
As his first recording since the dissolution of the much-loved Mexican rock outfit Caifanes, Saul Hernandez has a whole new set of wings on EL EQUILIBRIO DE LOS JAGUARES. Jaguares is essentially a musical workshop, from the center of which this singer/guitarist/songwriter conceives an ethereal, moody production with the help of a hip studio band (including Caifanes drummer Alfonso Andre) and seasoned producers Don Was and Ed Cherney. While Saul's singing may sound a little subdued in comparison to his singeing howl in Caifanes, it's the breathy, quiet fire in his voice here that intensifies the creeping mystical quality of the songs. And the expanded instrumentation and elegance of his music allows Saul to wrap his dreams in an ever-growing range of colors and textures.
The album's shamanic opening tears forcefully into "Dime Jaguar," an entrancing appeal to said animal of pre-Hispanic mythology for a vision. Here and elsewhere, Jose Manuel Aguilera's guitar overdubs create a compelling contrast between atmospheric and hard-riff sounds. "Huracan" recalls traces of the Robert Smith/Cure side of the band's roots, with Saul singing plaintive verses of liberation and awakening, eventually giving way to the gnashing teeth of Aguilera's lead guitar.
| | Editorial reviews | ...Jaguares' debut, produced by Don Was, never reaches the heights scaled by corazon-melting singer Saul Hernandez's old combo Caifanes. But it soars more than almost any gringo rock has done lately. - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (01/10/1997)
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