Pateando piedras

Pateando piedras
Studio album by Los Prisioneros
Released	September 15, 1986 (1986-09-15)
Recorded	June–August 1986
Genre	Synth-pop new wave post-punk
Length	44:48
Language	Spanish
Label	EMI
Producer	Alejandro Lyon
Los Prisioneros chronology
La voz de los '80 (1984) Pateando piedras (1986) La cultura de la basura (1987)
Singles from Pateando piedras
"Muevan las industrias" Released: September 8, 1986 "Quieren dinero" Released: November 2, 1986 "El baile de los que sobran" Released: January 31, 1987 "¿Por qué no se van?" Released: April 20, 1987

Pateando piedras is the second studio album by the Chilean group Los Prisioneros. It was released on September 15, 1986 in cassette format in Chile and 12-inch vinyl in South America.^[1] It was the group's first album to be released by a multinational company. It sold five thousand copies in its advance sale, and reached ten thousand units sold in a short time. The album was preceded by the hit single, "Muevan las industrias", which featured the group drawing European techno influences from bands like Depeche Mode.^[2]

It meant the band's leap to massiveness and the defeat of the censorship imposed by the dictatorship, by vetoing them on television and in the media.^[3] On November 1, 1986, the group promoted the album with two upside-down recitals at the Chile Stadium. The album became famous for its lyrics focused on social issues and a danceable sound with electronic components.

It was chosen as the 15th best Chilean album of all time, according to Rolling Stone Chile magazine.^[1] In this way, it shares an important place in the musical history of Chile. It was reissued on CD for the first time in 1991, then in 1995 and in 2011 it was remastered along with the albums La cultura de la basura, La voz de los '80 and Corazones.