![]() ![]() ![]() Although way, way smarter than U2 and trippier than Midnight Oil, fans of those bands will probably enjoy this. The high point is the lushly gorgeous Fin (The End) there’s also the funky, atmospherically trip-hop tune Parapadea the hypnotic piano-driven Deterrite (Melt), the blazing 2/4 stomper Tu Reino (Your Kingdom) and the symphonic sweep of No Me Culpes (Don’t Blame Me). The studio album sounds like the Church with a string section. The live stuff swirls, stalks and roars, all the way through the pensive, hypnotic Las Ratas No Tienen Alas (slang for “And pigs can fly”), De Noche Todos los Gatos son Pardos ((At Night All Cats Are Grey) and the harsh Amarrate a una Escoba y Vuela Lejos (Get on a Broom and Fly Away), the riff-rocking Quisiera Ser Alcohol (I’d Like to Be Alcohol) and the big singalong hits Dime Jaguar (Tell Me Jaguar) and No Dejes Que (Don’t Let…). This double album from 2000 – one disc recorded live, one in the studio – captures both sides of his songwriting. It was a trajectory that Caifanes had followed steadily, shifting from trebly, Cure-inspired pop-rock anthems to a darker, slower, hallucinatory vibe. ![]() Jaguares is what Caifanes – the most popular Mexican rock band of the 80s and 90s – became when frontman/guitarist Saul Hernandez wanted to go in an artsier direction. Every day our 1000 best albums of all time countdown continues, all the way to #1. ![]()
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