El Silencio (The Silence) is a studio album by Mexican rock band Caifanes, released in 1992.

[3] It is the last Caifanes album to feature bassist Sabo Romo and keyboardist/saxophonist Diego Herrera.

Spin called the album a "heavenly hybrid of Roxy Music and Led Zeppelin.

"[4] Chuck Eddy wrote that it "flows through cotton-candy high notes, rumbling ocean rhythms with upsurges that bellow like sea elephants, Salvation Army funeral-wake honking, stuttery little chamber-group guitar figures.

"[5] All tracks are written by Saúl Hernández, except where noted‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.