Vida es un álbum de Sui Generis lanzado en 1972. Grabado en Estudios Phonalex, Buenos Aires. Producción a cargo de Billy Bond y Jorge Álvarez. Escuchalo completo en LyricStream.
It is the debut album of the duo formed by Charly García and Nito Mestre, marking the birth of acoustic folk-rock with classical touches in Argentina. The album was recorded with top-tier session musicians, including members of La Pesada del Rock and Roll, who contributed solid instrumentation to Charly's compositions. The freshness of the voices and the apparent simplicity of the arrangements immediately connected with the youth of the time.
It includes eternal classics such as 'Canción para mi muerte', 'Necesito' and 'Mariel y el Capitán', songs that became the soundtrack for thousands of teenagers. Charly's lyrics spoke of loneliness, childish love, school alienation, and dreams of freedom with a direct and poetic language. It was an unexpected massive success that brought rock out of the basements and into the campfires and homes across the country.
Vida is considered the beginning of the legend of Charly García and the album that popularized national rock among the Argentine middle classes. Its impact was seismic, creating a new category of followers who felt identified with the vulnerability and honesty of the duo. Its legacy lives on in every acoustic guitar that plays at a gathering of friends to this day.