Get ready CD

Released in 1981

"Prepárate" is the title of the debut studio album by the Spanish heavy metal band Obús. Few arrangements, just guitar, bass, and drums as the base for Fortu's vocals, the undisputed star of the album.

"Prepárate, va a estallar el obús…" (Get Ready, the Obús is going to explode...), a song that reached number 1 in January 1982. This long track opens the album and was a premonition of what the heavy metal explosion, especially in Madrid, was going to be. With "Cállate" (Shut Up), they began to defend themselves from attacks on the new style. Similar themes are presented in "Dosis de heavy metal" (Dose of Heavy Metal) and "Préstame amigo tu cabeza" (Lend Me Your Head, Friend), praising the virtues of the nascent style. "Petrodólares" (Petrodollars) and "Pesadilla nuclear" (Nuclear Nightmare) are critical songs about classic, pessimistic themes but with a glimmer of hope, as in "La escalera" (The Ladder), just what they needed to escape.