Azul es un álbum de Los Piojos lanzado en 1998. Grabado en Estudios Del Cielito, Buenos Aires. Producción a cargo de Alfredo Toth y Pablo Guyot. Escuchalo completo en LyricStream.
After the overwhelming success of their previous album, the band returned with a slightly more introspective and experimental proposal, while maintaining their popular essence. The album explores deeper sounds, with a luxurious production that included the use of samplers and very sophisticated wind arrangements. It was recorded at Del Cielito, seeking an atmosphere that reflected the group's maturity after the media explosion.
Songs like 'Desde lejos no se ve', 'Qué decís', and the ballad 'Agua' stand out, showcasing the lyrical sensitivity of Andrés Ciro Martínez. The album flows between moments of great rock partying and passages of a blue-tinted melancholy that gives the work its name. Despite being a denser work, it managed to maintain the band's sales and massive draw across the entire country.
It represents the consolidation of Los Piojos as a stadium band capable of offering a rich and varied musical proposal. Critics praised the evolution of the sound and the group's ability not to repeat themselves after the easy success of 'Tercer Arco'. Its importance lies in the depth of its arrangements and the maturity of a proposal that continued to connect with the popular soul.