# Ástor Piazzolla — Every Record We Rank

Ástor Piazzolla appears 3 times in our Tango list, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 3
- **Appears on:** Tango
- **Years:** 1959–1974
- **Highest placing:** No. 2 in Tango
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/astor-piazzolla/

## Appears on

### [Adiós Nonino](https://waxonia.com/track/astor-piazzolla--adios-nonino/)

*1959 · No. 2 in [Tango](https://waxonia.com/genre/tango/)*

Written the day after his father died, in a hotel room in New York. Piazzolla was hated in Buenos Aires for what he did to tango, and this is the piece that eventually ended the argument.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/%C3%81stor%20Piazzolla%20Adi%C3%B3s%20Nonino) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=WWursLMsEHU)

### [Libertango](https://waxonia.com/track/astor-piazzolla--libertango/)

*1974 · Carosello · No. 5 in [Tango](https://waxonia.com/genre/tango/)*

A riff rather than a song, and the most covered thing he wrote. Tango nuevo at its most exportable, and it lost him the last of the traditionalists.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/%C3%81stor%20Piazzolla%20Libertango) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8UNtQpMMSEM)

### [Balada para un Loco](https://waxonia.com/track/astor-piazzolla--balada-para-un-loco/)

*1969 · No. 8 in [Tango](https://waxonia.com/genre/tango/)*

Half spoken, half sung, and booed at the festival where it premiered before becoming a standard. Horacio Ferrer's lyric is deranged in the best way.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/%C3%81stor%20Piazzolla%20Balada%20para%20un%20Loco) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=8t8VaVgSDfc)

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