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Artist: Amaral
 
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Group Members:

Juan Aguirre, Eva Amaral

Similar Artists:

Estopa, Julieta Venegas, Luz Casal, Los Secretos, Celtas Cortos, El Ultimo de La Fila

Influenced By:

091, Los Brincos, R.E.M., Ennio Morricone, Portishead, Radiohead, Riccardo Cocciante, John Lennon, The Byrds, David Bowie
  • Genres: Latin
  • Representative Albums: "Gato Negro/Dragón Rojo," "Pájaros en la Cabeza," "Una Pequena Parte del Mundo"

Biography

Amaral are a Spanish pop/rock band who began topping the national charts with remarkable frequency after the turn of the century. Comprised of songwriters Eva Amaral (vocals, guitar; born on August 4, 1973, in Zaragoza, Spain) and Juan Aguirre (guitar; born on February 11, 1970, in San Sebastián, Spain), the duo first met in 1993 in Zaragoza, where they were active in separate bands: the former was a drummer in Bandera Blanca while the latter was a guitarist in Días de Vino y Rosas. In 1997, after leaving their respective bands and forming one of their own, the duo moved to Madrid and, in turn, signed a major-label recording contract with EMI. The following year they made their full-length debut with the eponymous album Amaral. The album spawned a series of singles, as did the follow-up effort, Una Pequeña Parte del Mundo (2000), and the band's fortunes rose steadily. Amaral's third album, Estrella de Mar (2002), marked their mainstream breakthrough, peaking at number one on the Spanish albums chart and spawning five chart-topping hit singles ("Sin Ti No Soy Nada," "Moriría por Vos," "Toda la Noche en la Calle," "Te Necesito," "Salir Corriendo"). The follow-up album, Pájaros en la Cabeza (2005), was similarly successful, again peaking at number one on the Spanish albums chart and spawning five chart-topping hit singles ("El Universo Sobre Mí," "Días de Verano," "Marta, Sebas, Guille y los Demás," "Resurrección," "Si Tú No Vuelves"). In the midst of this success, the live video El Comienzo del Big Bang: Gira 2005 (2005) was released. After a few years out of the spotlight, Amaral returned in 2008 with the chart-topping double album Gato Negro/Dragon Rojo and the likewise chart-topping lead single "Kamikaze." Follow-up singles included "Tarde de Domingo Rara" and "Perdóname." ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
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Amaral
Aguirre and Amaral
Aguirre and Amaral
Background information
Origin Zaragoza, Spain
Genre(s) Folk rock
Pop rock
Years active 1997— present
Label(s) EMI International
Website www.amaral.es
Members
Eva Amaral
Juan Aguirre

Amaral is a music group from Zaragoza, Spain. The band consists of Eva Amaral (vocalist) and Juan Aguirre (guitarist). They write their songs together. Eva Amaral started out as a drummer in another group until she set out with Aguirre to play her own material in 1997. Their musical style is often called pop rock, but it is often fused with Latin beats, folk rock, synthesizers, complex poetic lyrics, and especially traditional spanish folk. Juan Aguirre was born in San Sebastián (also known as Donostia) in the Guipúzcoa province of Spain. He spent his childhood in the town of Gros and currently resides in Zaragoza, while Eva is from Zaragoza. Amaral is one of the best-selling acts in Spain at the time.

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Collaborations

Amaral has collaborated with many well-known artists in the music industry:

Discography

As of 2006, Amaral has released four albums and one DVD. In July 2006, an English version of Estrella de Mar (also called Estrella de Mar) was released to British fans, only on iTunes.

Information
Amaral
  1. "Rosita" (Little Rose)
  2. "Un día más" (One More Day)
  3. "Voy a acabar contigo" (I'm Going to Finish With You)
  4. "Cara a cara" (Face to face)
  5. "Tardes" (Afternoons)
  6. "No existen los milagros" (Miracles Don't Exist)
  7. "Lo quiero oír de tu boca" (I Want to Hear It From Your Mouth)
  8. "Habla" (Speak)
  9. "1997" (1997)
  10. "Dile a la rabia" (Tell It to [The] Rage)
  11. "Soy lo que soy" (I Am What I Am)
  12. "No sé qué hacer con mi vida" (I Don't Know What To Do With My Life)
  13. "Mercado negro" (Black Market)
Una pequeña parte del mundo
  1. "Subamos al cielo" (Let's Rise Up To Heaven)
  2. "Cabecita loca" (Crazy Little Head)
  3. "Cómo hablar" (How to Speak)
  4. "Los aviones no pueden volar" (Airplanes Can't Fly)
  5. "Queda el silencio" (Silence Remains)
  6. "Una pequeña parte del mundo" (A Small Part Of The World)
  7. "Botas de terciopelo" (Velvet Boots)
  8. "Volverá la suerte" (Luck Will Return)
  9. "El día de año nuevo" (New Year's Day)
  10. "El mundo al revés" (Upside-Down World)
  11. "Siento que te extraño" (I Feel That I Miss You)
  12. "Nada de nada" (Nothing At All)
  13. "El final" (The End)
Estrella de mar
  • Released: February 4, 2002
  • Produced by Cameron Jenkins
  • Promusicae: #1 (SP) (1 Milion)
  • Tracks:
  1. "Sin ti no soy nada" — #1 (SP) (Without You I'm Nothing)
  2. "Moriría por vos" — #1 (SP) (I Would Die For You)
  3. "Toda la noche en la calle" — #1 (SP) (Out All Night At The Street)
  4. "Te necesito" — #1 (SP) #15 (MX) (I Need You)
  5. "¿Qué será?" (What Will Be?)
  6. "Salir corriendo" — #1 (SP) (To Leave Running)
  7. "Estrella de mar" (Starfish)
  8. "Rosa de la paz" (Peace Rose)
  9. "No sabe dónde va" (She Doesn't Know Where She's Going)
  10. "De la noche a la mañana" (Overnight)
  11. "El centro de mis ojos" (The Center of My Eyes)
  12. "En sólo un segundo" (In Just A Second)
Pájaros en la cabeza
  1. "El universo sobre mí" — #1 (SP) (#5 (MX) (The Universe Over Me)
  2. "Días de verano" — #1 (SP) #24 (MX) (Summer Days)
  3. "Revolución" — #5 (SP) (Revolution)
  4. "Mi alma perdida" (My Lost Soul)
  5. "Marta, Sebas, Guille y los demás" — #1 (SP) #20 (MX) (Marta, Sebas, Guille and the Others)
  6. "Esta madrugada" (This Early Morning)
  7. "Big Bang" (Big Bang)
  8. "Enamorada" (In Love)
  9. "Tarde para cambiar" (Late to Change)
  10. "En el río" (In the River)
  11. "Resurrección" — #1 (SP) (Resurrection)
  12. "Confiar en alguien" (To Trust In Somebody)
  13. "Salta" (Jump)
  14. "No soy como tú" (I'm Not Like You)
  15. "Si Tú No Vuelves" — #1 (MEX), #3* (ARG), #31* (Ibero America) (If You Don't Come Back)
El comienzo del big bang (DVD)
  • Released: November 27, 2005
  • Recorded: Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, September 15, 2005
  • Promusicae: #1 (SP) (80.000)
  • Songs:
    1. Intro-Live el comienzo del big bang
    2. "El universo sobre mí" (Universe Over Me)
    3. "Revolución" (Revolution)
    4. "Resurrección" (Resurrection)
    5. "Te necesito" (I Need You)
    6. "Marta, Sebas, Guille y los demás" (Marta, Sebas, Guille and the Others)
    7. "Sin ti no soy nada" (I'm Nothing Without You)
    8. "Subamos al cielo" (Let's Rise Up to Heaven)
    9. "Salir corriendo (To Leave Running)
    10. "Cómo hablar" (How To Speak)
    11. "En sólo un segundo" (In Just A Second)
    12. "Toda la noche en la calle" (Out All Night)
    13. "Moriría por vos" (I Would Die For You)
    14. "Estrella de mar" (Starfish)
    15. "En el río" (In the River)
    16. "Rosita" (Little Rose)
    17. "Enamorada" (In Love)
    18. "Big Bang"
    19. "Tarde para cambiar" (Late to Change)
    20. "Días de verano" (Summer Days)
    21. "Mi alma perdida" (My Lost Soul)
    22. "No soy como tú" (I'm Not Like You)
    23. "Salta" (Jump)
    24. "Esta madrugada" (This Early Morning)
    25. "Días de verano" (Summer Days)
    26. "Moriría por vos" (I Would Die For You)
    27. "Revolución" (Revolution)
    28. "Marta, Sebas, Guille y los demás" (Mart, Sebas, Guille and the Others)
    29. "Tardes" (Afternoons)
Gato Negro Dragón Rojo (Double Album)
  • Released: 27 May 2008
  • Promusicae: #1 (SP) (160.000)
  • Gato negro:
    1. Kamikaze — #1 (SP) (Kamikaze)
    2. Tarde de domingo rara — #5 (SP) (Strange Sunday afternoon)
    3. La barrera del sonido (The sound barrier)
    4. Las chicas de mi barrio (The girls of my neighborhood)
    5. Esta noche (Tonight)
    6. Las puertas del infierno (The gates of hell)
    7. Biarritz (Biarritz)
    8. Gato negro (Black cat)
    9. Rock & Roll (Rock & Roll)
  • Dragón rojo:
    1. Perdóname — #4 (SP) (Forgive me)
    2. Alerta (Alert)
    3. El blues de la generación perdida (Lost generation blues)
    4. De carne y hueso (Flesh and Blood)
    5. Dragón rojo (Red dragon)
    6. Es sólo una canción (It's only one song)
    7. El artista del alambre (The artist of the wire)
    8. Deprisa (Fast)
    9. Doce palabras (Twelve words)
    10. Concorde (Concorde)
Key
  • [*] Current in Charts

(SP) Spain (MX) Mexico

Singles

  1. "Rosita"
  2. "Voy a acabar contigo"
  3. "No sé qué hacer con mi vida"
  4. "Un día más"
  5. "Tardes"
  6. "Como hablar"
  7. "Subamos al cielo"
  8. "Cabecita loca"
  9. "Nada de nada"
  10. "Al final"
  11. "Sin ti no soy nada" #1
  12. "Te necesito" #1
  13. "Toda la noche en la calle" #1
  14. "Moriría por vos" #1
  15. "Estrella de mar"
  16. "Salir corriendo" #1
  17. "El universo sobre mí" #1
  18. "Días de verano" #1
  19. "Marta, Sebas, Guille y los demás" #1
  20. "Resurrección" #1
  21. "Si tú no vuelves" (with Chetes) #1 (MEX)
  22. "Escapar" (with Moby) #3
  23. "Revolución" #5
  24. "Llegará la tormenta"
  25. "Kamikaze" #1
  26. "Tarde de domingo rara" #5
  27. "Perdóname" #4

Amaral has always talked about liking cinema; two of their songs have served as sound tracks for short films. One of these, Salir corriendo, featured in Flores para Maika (Flowers for Maika), a movie about domestic violence. The other song, Noche de cuchillos, features in Otro corto con niños (Another Short Film with Children.)

The Song "Si tú no vuelves" ("If you don't come back"), is a cover song of Miguel Bosé, and It's sung together with Chetes, and appears on the soundtrack of the film "Efectos Secundarios".

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