Clics modernos

After his first solo tour of Argentina in 1982, García began a new project with his manager Daniel Grinbank. García went to New York to record his next album, with Pedro Aznar, who was living there while playing in the Pat Metheny band. The black silhouette figure on the cover photo for the album is by Conceptual Artist Richard Hambleton who is known as the Shadowman.{{Cite web|date=2018-08-14|title=Charly Garcia – Clics Modernos|url=https://soundsandcolours.com/articles/argentina/charly-garcia-clics-modernos-41978/|access-date=2020-07-26|website=Sounds and Colours}}{{Cite web|title=Richard Hambleton (1952-2017)|url=https://woodwardgallery.net/richard-hambleton/|access-date=2020-07-26}}

The album has a strong new wave influence, with a significant use of synthesizers and samplers.

The album used a Roland TR-808 drum machine instead of a human drummer (even though Casey Scheuerell played drums on some of the songs), resulting in a more poppy and rhythm-heavy sound than in García's previous work.{{cite web|url=https://soundsandcolours.com/articles/argentina/charly-garcia-clics-modernos-41978/|title=Charly García – Clics Modernos|first=Cal|last=Cleary|website=Sounds and Colours|date=August 14, 2018}}

Clics modernos was released on November 5, 1983, on Interdisc and SG Discos.

García presented the album between December 15 and 18, 1983 at the Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires.{{cite web|language=Spanish|url=https://www.vice.com/es_latam/article/xwj89d/charly-garcia-clics-modernos-luna-park-1983|title=Mira a Charly García presentando 'Clics Modernos' en el Luna Park|date=November 8, 2018|last=Santos|first=Eduardo|publisher=Noisey. Vice Media|accessdate=July 23, 2020}} The concerts featured keyboardist Fito Páez, backing vocalist Fabiana Cantilo, drummer Willy Iturri, bassist Alfredo Toth, guitarist Pablo Guyot and saxophonists Gonzalo Palacios and Daniel Melingo.{{cite magazine|url=http://files.revistapelo.com.ar/pdf/203.pdf|issue=203|language=Spanish|location=Buenos Aires|title=Los nuevos clics|accessdate=July 23, 2020|pages=31–32|magazine=Pelo|date=December 1983}} The performance was acclaimed by specialized magazine Pelo, describing it as "captivating" and considering it one of the greatest shows of the year.

Songs such as "Plateado sobre plateado (huellas en el mar)" were debuted live in early 1983 during a series of concerts at the Estadio Obras Sanitarias.{{cite magazine|url=http://files.revistapelo.com.ar/pdf/183.pdf|title=Pasada en limpio|language=Spanish|magazine=Pelo|date=March 1983|accessdate=July 23, 2020|volume=12|issue=183|pages=31–32|location=Buenos Aires}}

In 2008, Rolling Stone Argentina stated that "for many, [it is] Charly's best album, a record that found him on a superlative level".{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com.ar/1062215-top-10-charly-garcia|title=Top 10 Charly García|language=Spanish|date=October 23, 2008|work=Rolling Stone Argentina|publisher=S.A. La Nación|accessdate=March 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331211930/http://www.rollingstone.com.ar/1062215-top-10-charly-garcia|archivedate=March 31, 2017|url-status=dead}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| all_writing = Charly García

| title1 = Nos siguen pegando abajo (Pecado Mortal)

| length1 = 3:30

| title2 = No soy un extraño

| length2 = 3:18

| title3 = Dos cero uno (Transas)

| length3 = 2:09

| title4 = Nuevos trapos

| length4 = 4:08

| title5 = Bancate ese defecto

| length5 = 4:56

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| title6 = No me dejan salir

| length6 = 4:21

| title7 = Los dinosaurios

| length7 = 3:28

| title8 = Plateado sobre plateado (huellas en el mar)

| length8 = 5:02

| title9 = Ojos de video tape

| length9 = 3:37

| total_length = 34:29

}}

Credits adapted from Clics modernos' liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Clics modernos|others=Charly García |year=2004|type=CD album, reissue|publisher=Universal Music|id=9800215}}

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• Charly García – writer, producer, mixer, vocals, keyboards, sampler, groovebox, effects, rhythm box, electric guitar
• Larry Carlton – guitar on "No Soy Un Extraño", "Los Dinosaurios", "Plateado Sobre Plateado (Huellas En El Mar)"
• Pedro Aznar – fretless bass guitar (all tracks except "Nuevos Trapos"), vocals and guitar on "Nos Siguen Pegando Abajo"
• Casey Scheuerell – drums on "Bancate Ese Defecto", "No Me Dejan Salir", "Plateado Sobre Plateado", Simmons drums on "Nos Siguen Pegando Abajo", "No Me Dejan Salir", tabla on "Dos Cero Uno"
• Doug Norwine – saxophone on "Nuevos Trapos"
• Joe Blaney – engineer, mixing
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Daniel Goldberg – producer assistant
• Carlos Pirín Geniso – producer assistant
• Don Koldom – auxiliar engineer
• Hal Sacks – auxiliar engineer
• Uberto Sagramoso – cover photography
• Ada Moreno – inner booklet photography

{{div col end}}

{{reflist}}

• {{cite magazine

| last1 = Ortelli

| first1 = Juan

| year = 2016

| title = Charly Garía: La guía definitiva

| magazine = Rolling Stone

| location = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| publisher = S.A. La Nación

| language = Spanish

| isbn = 978-987-4089-01-4

| edition = 1st

}}

• {{cite book

| last = Plotkin

| first = Pablo

| year = 2010

| title = Leyendas del rock nacional

| location = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| language = Spanish

| publisher = S.A. La Nación

| chapter = Capítulo 1: Charly García

| pages = 9–16

| isbn = 978-987-1690-01-5

| edition = 1st

}}

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