Dile al sol

Dile al sol
Studio album by La Oreja de Van Gogh
Released	May 18, 1998
Recorded	ASK Producciones Madrid, Spain Estudios Ashram Madrid, Spain 1996 – 1998
Genre	Rock, Pop rock
Length	44:57
Language	Spanish
Label	Sony Music Entertainment
Producer	Alejo Stivel
La Oreja de Van Gogh chronology
Dile al sol (1998) El viaje de Copperpot (2000)
Singles from Dile al sol
"El 28" Released: May 8, 1998 "Soñaré" Released: August 7, 1998 "Cuéntame al oído" Released: December 10, 1998 "Pesadilla" Released: March 26, 1999 "Dile al Sol" Released: June 1999 "Qué puedo pedir" Released: August 13, 1999 "El Libro" Released: 1999 "La Estrella y la Luna" Released: 2000

Dile al sol is Spanish pop rock band La Oreja de Van Gogh's debut album released by Sony Music Entertainment in May 1998. The album was very successful in Spain, selling more than 800,000 copies there.

This first album was recorded in Madrid between the months of July and August. The first single from this album, Dile al sol (Tell the Sun), was the one with which people began to know them, but it was not until Cuéntame al oído (Tell me in the ear) that the band became a success.

Track listing

#	Title	Length
01.	"El 28" (The 28th) • Guest artist: Txetxo Bengoetxea[1] • Music & Lyric: La Oreja de Van Gogh	2:48
02.	"Cuéntame al oído" (Tell me in my ear) • Music: La Oreja de Van Gogh • Lyric: Xabi San Martín, Pablo Benegas	3:10
03.	"Pesadilla" (Nightmare) • Guest artist: Mikel Erentxun[2] • Music: La Oreja de Van Gogh • Lyric: Pablo Benegas	4:18
04.	"La estrella y la luna" (The star and the moon) • Guest artist: Txetxo Bengoetxea[1] • Music: La Oreja de Van Gogh • Lyric: Pablo Benegas	3:46
05.	"Viejo cuento" (Old tale) • Music: La Oreja de Van Gogh • Lyric: Pablo Benegas	5:05
06.	"Dos cristales" (Two crystals) • Guest artist: Txetxo Bengoetxea[1] • Music: La Oreja de Van Gogh • Lyric: Xabi San Martín, Amaia Montero	4:24
07.	"Lloran piedras" (They cry stones) • Guest artist: Txetxo Bengotxea[1] • Music & Lyric: La Oreja de Van Gogh	4:04
08.	"¿Qué puedo pedir?" (What can I ask for?) • Guest artist: Mikel Erentxun[2] • Music: La Oreja de Van Gogh, Rafael Berrio García • Lyric: Rafael Berrio García	3:01
09.	"Dile al sol" (Tell the sun) • Music: La Oreja de Van Gogh • Lyric: Pablo Benegas	3:36
10.	"El libro" (The book) • Guest artist: Txetxo Bengoetxea[1] • Music: La Oreja de Van Gogh • Lyric: Pablo Benegas	3:45
11.	"La carta" (The Letter) • Music: La Oreja de Van Gogh • Lyric: Pablo Benegas	2:40
12.	"Soñaré" (I will dream) • Music: La Oreja de Van Gogh • Lyric: Amaia Montero	3:34

Outtakes – Aquella ingrata (That ungrateful girl), Déjate llevar (Get carried away)

Personnel

Performing

• La Oreja de Van Gogh
  • Amaia Montero – vocals, backing vocals
  • Pablo Benegas – guitar
  • Xabi San Martín – keyboards, programming
  • Álvaro Fuentes – bass
  • Haritz Garde – percussion
• Mikel Erentxun^[2] – backing vocals
• Txetxo Bengoetxea^[1] – backing vocals
• Pablo Martín – backing vocals
• Josu García – backing vocals, guitar
• Marcelo Fuentes – bass
• Fernando Samalea – percussion
• Francis Amat – piano

Technical

• Alejo Stivel – record production
• Barry Sage – sound recording, audio mixing, audio mastering
• Josu García – record production
• Marta García – sound recording
• Alberto Vidal – sound recording
• Gugu Martínez – audio engineering

Design

• Carlos Martín – graphic design
• Jesús Ugalde – photography
• Luis Oliveira – hair & makeup
• Oddyty San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, Spain – wardrobe

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Appearing courtesy of Warner Music
2. ^ ^{a b c} Appearing courtesy of DRO East West