Gato Negro Dragón Rojo [Import]

Amaral | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 17, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Music Spain, S.A.
• ASIN: B001APH192
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,136,360 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

2008 ALBUM FROM THE FOLK ROCK BAND FROM ZARAGOZA, SPAIN. EMI. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, October 5, 2008

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Constant Traveler (Atlanta USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gato Negro Dragon Rojo (Audio CD)

Flawless double album - a feat rarely accomplished by anyone who attempts to put so many songs together in one release. CD 1 has more electric energy and faster tempos, CD 2 is no less energetic but more subtle and introspective. Found out about Amaral after learning that Bob Dylan in 2007-2008 picked them to do a Spanish cover of his anthem "Hard Rain's Gonna Fall."

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Spanish Band, October 6, 2008

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L. Pike - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gato Negro Dragon Rojo (Audio CD)

Fantastic album by a very popular band in Spain (from Zaragoza.) Great music. Diverse sounds within this 2-disc set. I have heard people compare them to another well-known Spanish band called Oreja de Van Gogh however I find OVG too poppy. I think Amaral has a much more interesting sound. Highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What you get when intelligent, sophisticated people make music..., July 17, 2008

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triskaidekaphilia (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gato Negro Dragon Rojo (Audio CD)

This album is very, very good. The songs are well written, arranged and produced, and the band pulls off a 19-song double CD without a trace of repetitiveness.

Eva Amaral's voice, one of my two all-time favorite female pop voices, is, incredibly, better than before. Her tone is richer and her melodies sweeter. Her use of two different voices on the final song, Concorde, is a sublime artistic touch that actually becomes more impactful upon repeated listening.

One final comment on the lyrics: Although I don't know whether Eva Amaral or Juan Aguirre share lyric-writing jointly, switch off, or whether one person does most of the writing most of the time, I do know that the quality of the lyrics is extremely good, at times pure poetry, and very near in quality to the best lyricists of whom I'm aware - accessible, subtle, layered and leaving the listener thinking about the song after it's finished.