Amaral

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 Sebasti?n (also known as Donostia) in the Guip?zcoa 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.

Collaborations

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

Danny Cummings (Mark Knopfler, Bryan Adams) on percussion
Tony Beard (Mike Oldfield, Mick Jagger) on drums
Russell Milton (The Waterboys) on bass
Melvin Duffyel (Robbie Williams, Sting) on pedal steel guitar
Danny Shogger (George Michael, Paul McCartney) on keyboard
Echo String Quartet on strings.
Moby on the single Escapar (Slipping Away)
Peter Buck on the song Doce palabras, from their fith album
Chetes on the song Si T? No Vuelves, from the album Pajaros en la Cabeza

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.

Albums

Amaral

Released: , 1998
Tracks:
"Rosita" (Little Rose)
"Un d?a m?s" (One More Day)
"Voy a acabar contigo" (I'm Going to Finish With You)
"Cara a cara" (Face to face)
"Tardes" (Afternoons)
"No existen los milagros" (Miracles Don't Exist)
"Lo quiero o?r de tu boca" (I Want to Hear It From Your Mouth)
"Habla" (Speak)
"1997" (1997)
"Dile a la rabia" (Tell It to Rage)
"Soy lo que soy" (I Am What I Am)
"No s? qu? hacer con mi vida" (I Don't Know What To Do With My Life)
"Mercado negro" (Black Market)

Una peque?a parte del mundo

Released: , 2000
Recorded in London
Produced by Cameron Jenkins.
Tracks:
"Subamos al cielo" (Let's Rise Up To Heaven)
"Cabecita loca" (Crazy Little Head)
"C?mo hablar" (How to Speak)
"Los aviones no pueden volar" (Airplanes Can't Fly)
"Queda el silencio" (Silence Remains)
"Una peque?a parte del mundo" (A Small Part Of The World)
"Botas de terciopelo" (Velvet Boots)
"Volver? la suerte" (Luck Will Return)
"El d?a de a?o nuevo" (New Year's Day)
"El mundo al rev?s" (Upside-Down World)
"Siento que te extra?o" (I Feel That I Miss You)
"Nada de nada" (Nothing At All)
"El final" (The End)

Estrella de mar

Released: , 2002
Produced by Cameron Jenkins
Promusicae: #1 (SP) (1 Milion)
Tracks:
"Sin ti no soy nada" ? #1 (SP) (Without You I'm Nothing)
"Morir?a por vos" ? #1 (SP) (I Would Die For You)
"Toda la noche en la calle" ? #1 (SP) (Out All Night At The Street)
"Te necesito" ? #1 (SP) #15 (MX) (I Need You)
"?Qu? ser??" (What Will Be?)
"Salir corriendo" ? #1 (SP) (To Leave Running)
"Estrella de mar" (Starfish)
"Rosa de la paz" (Peace Rose)
"No sabe d?nde va" (She Doesn't Know Where She's Going)
"De la noche a la ma?ana" (Overnight)
"El centro de mis ojos" (The Center of My Eyes)
"En s?lo un segundo" (In Just A Second)

P?jaros en la cabeza

Released: , 2005
Promusicae: #1 (SP) (700.000 units)
Recorded at Eden Studios, London
Tracks:
"El universo sobre m?" ? #1 (SP) (#5 (MX) (The Universe Over Me)
"D?as de verano" ? #1 (SP) #24 (MX) (Summer Days)
"Revoluci?n" ? #5 (SP) (Revolution)
"Mi alma perdida" (My Lost Soul)
"Marta, Sebas, Guille y los dem?s" ? #1 (SP) #20 (MX) (Marta, Sebas, Guille and the Others)
"Esta madrugada" (This Early Morning)
"Big Bang" (Big Bang)
"Enamorada" (In Love)
"Tarde para cambiar" (Late to Change)
"En el r?o" (In the River)
"Resurrecci?n" ? #1 (SP) (Resurrection)
"Confiar en alguien" (To Trust In Somebody)
"Salta" (Jump)
"No soy como t?" (I'm Not Like You)
"Si T? No Vuelves" ? #1 (MEX), #3* (ARG), #31* (Ibero America) (If You Don't Come Back)

El comienzo del big bang (DVD)

Released: , 2005
Recorded: Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, , 2005
Promusicae: #1 (SP) (80.000)
Songs:
Intro-Live el comienzo del big bang
"El universo sobre m?" (Universe Over Me)
"Revoluci?n" (Revolution)
"Resurrecci?n" (Resurrection)
"Te necesito" (I Need You)
"Marta, Sebas, Guille y los dem?s" (Marta, Sebas, Guille and the Others)
"Sin ti no soy nada" (I'm Nothing Without You)
"Subamos al cielo" (Let's Rise Up to Heaven)
"Salir corriendo (To Leave Running)
"C?mo hablar" (How To Speak)
"En s?lo un segundo" (In Just A Second)
"Toda la noche en la calle" (Out All Night)
"Morir?a por vos" (I Would Die For You)
"Estrella de mar" (Starfish)
"En el r?o" (In the River)
"Rosita" (Little Rose)
"Enamorada" (In Love)
"Big Bang"
"Tarde para cambiar" (Late to Change)
"D?as de verano" (Summer Days)
"Mi alma perdida" (My Lost Soul)
"No soy como t?" (I'm Not Like You)
"Salta" (Jump)
"Esta madrugada" (This Early Morning)
"D?as de verano" (Summer Days)
"Morir?a por vos" (I Would Die For You)
"Revoluci?n" (Revolution)
"Marta, Sebas, Guille y los dem?s" (Mart, Sebas, Guille and the Others)
"Tardes" (Afternoons)

Gato Negro Drag?n Rojo (Double Album)

Released:
Promusicae: #1 (SP) (160.000)
Gato negro:
Kamikaze ? #1 (SP) (Kamikaze)
Tarde de domingo rara ? #5 (SP) (Strange Sunday afternoon)
La barrera del sonido (The sound barrier)
Las chicas de mi barrio (The girls of my neighborhood)
Esta noche (Tonight)
Las puertas del infierno (The gates of hell)
Biarritz (Biarritz)
Gato negro (Black cat)
Rock & Roll (Rock & Roll)
Drag?n rojo:
Perd?name ? #4 (SP) (Forgive me)
Alerta (Alert)
El blues de la generaci?n perdida (Lost generation blues)
De carne y hueso (Flesh and Blood)
Drag?n rojo (Red dragon)
Es s?lo una canci?n (It's only one song)
El artista del alambre (The artist of the wire)
Deprisa (Fast)
Doce palabras (Twelve words)
Concorde (Concorde)
Key
Current in Charts

(SP) Spain (MX) Mexico

Singles
"Rosita"
"Voy a acabar contigo"
"No s? qu? hacer con mi vida"
"Un d?a m?s"
"Tardes"
"Como hablar"
"Subamos al cielo"
"Cabecita loca"
"Nada de nada"
"Al final"
"Sin ti no soy nada" #1
"Te necesito" #1
"Toda la noche en la calle" #1
"Morir?a por vos" #1
"Estrella de mar"
"Salir corriendo" #1
"El universo sobre m?" #1
"D?as de verano" #1
"Marta, Sebas, Guille y los dem?s" #1
"Resurrecci?n" #1
"Si t? no vuelves" (with Chetes) #1 (MEX)
"Escapar" (with Moby) #3
"Revoluci?n" #5
"Llegar? la tormenta"
"Kamikaze" #1
"Tarde de domingo rara" #5
"Perd?name" #4
"El blues de la generaci?n perdida"

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 ni?os (Another Short Film with Children.)

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