The album allowed the band to enter into the Argentine music mainstream and contains some of their first hits like "Trátame Suavemente" and "Te Hacen Falta Vitaminas".

[3] The album cover was designed by the band alongside friend Alfredo Lois - it originally featured stills from the three members but they were deemed too photographic and were replaced with drawings and colored paper cuts on top of the pictures.

[3] The band was formed during the early eighties when Gustavo Cerati and Zeta Bosio met while studying Marketing at the Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The trio started performing under the name Los Estereotipos and recorded a demo including the song "¿Por qué no puedo ser del Jet-Set?"

", "Sobredosis de TV", "Te Hacen Falta Vitaminas" and "Trátame Suavemente" became very successful for the band, gaining attention from radio stations and music television programs.

[2][6] It was influenced by different genres, such as the ska of The Specials, the new wave of Madness, the reggae of The Police, Fischer-Z and Men at Work, and the art punk of Television.

"Te Hacen Falta Vitaminas" ("You Need Vitamins"), "Dietético" ("Dietetic") and "Mi Novia Tiene Bíceps" ("My Girlfriend Has Biceps") talk about the youth culture, frivolity and hedonism of Argentine society and the prejudices within the rock scene, and "El Tiempo es Dinero" ("Time is Money") makes references to Dorian Gray and critiques consumerism.