Almendra II

Agnus Dei is a song by Argentine band Almendra. It's the ninth track from their second self-titled album, released in 1970. Due to its length, it occupies almost the entire B-side of the first disc of the album, where it is only accompanied by the track "Para ir." The song is composed of two distinct parts: the first two minutes, during which the song itself is performed, influenced by progressive folk, and the remaining 12 minutes, which are a free-flowing jam session. Read more on Last.fm.

Almendra was a rock group from Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed around 1967. They are considered to be one of the first Argentinean rock groups along with Los Gatos and Manal. They reached stardom in 1969 after various shows including Mar del Plata, Festival de la cancion in Peru, and Festival Pinap. This is also the year their most influential LP came out, titled 'Almendra', with songs that would stay forever in the history of Argentinean rock, including 'Muchacha (Ojos de Papel)','Color Humano' and 'Plegaria para un Niño Dormido, a beautiful lullaby. The band split in 1970, in three new bands: Aquelarre, Pescado Rabioso and Color Humano. They had a short reunion in 1979, and then briefly reformed the band in 1980 to create a new album named El Valle Interior. They played their final concert as Almendra in 1981. Spinetta played with the entire band in 2009, along with all his other bands in a big concert that lasted 5 hours. Spinetta died in February 8th of 2012. Almendra is also the name of a Venezuelan rock/fusion (latin/smooth Jazz) band that released a self titled album in 1978 and sequentially broke up. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.