El Canto del Loco

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El Canto del Loco

Background information
Origin Madrid, Spain
Genre(s) Pop rock pop
Years active 2000 - present
Label(s) Sony BMG
Website www.elcantodelloco.com
Members
Dani Martín
David Otero
Chema Ruiz
Jandro Velázquez

El Canto del Loco (sometimes abbreviated ECDL) is a Spanish pop rock band, although its members recognize that some of their songs are more in the style of power pop. The group was created in 1994 by Dani Marin and Ivan Ganchegui (Ivan later left the group in 2002), although the final five members wouldn’t come together until years later. Influenced mainly by other Spanish groups from the 1980s and with five studio albums, El Canto del Loco has gone on to sell more than a million albums, making them one of the most important bands currently on the Spanish music scene.

In 2005 they won Best Spanish Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

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[edit] Members

  • Dani Martín (vocals)
  • David Otero (guitar-chorus
  • Chema Ruiz (bass)
  • Jandro Velázquez (drums)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • 2000: El Canto del Loco (1st Studio Album) >> #6 SP
  • 2002: A contracorriente (2nd Studio Album) >> #1 SP
  • 2002: En directo - Sala Caracol 22-11-2002 (1st Live Album)
  • 2003: Estados de ánimo (3rd Studio Album) >> #1 SP; English: States of mind[1]
  • 2004: En directo - Sala Bikini 30-12-03 (2nd Live Album)
  • 2005: Zapatillas (4th Studio Album) >> #1 SP
  • 2007: Arriba el telón (Las mejores rarezas) (1st Rarities and B-Sides Album) #8 SP
  • 2008: Personas (5th Studio Album)>> #1 SP

[edit] Singles

  • 2000 "Pequeñita" >> #8 SP
  • 2000 "Llueve En Mí"
  • 2001 "Eres Un Canalla" >> #7 SP
  • 2001 "Y Si El Miedo"
  • 2001 "Vivir Así Es Morir De Amor"
  • 2002 "Son Sueños" >> #1 SP
  • 2002 "Puede Ser (with Amaia Montero)" >> #1 SP
  • 2002 "A Contracorriente" >> #1 SP
  • 2002 "Crash" (The Primitives' version)
  • 2002 "Contigo"
  • 2003 "La Madre De José" >> #1 SP
  • 2003 "Volver A Disfrutar" >> #1 SP
  • 2003 "Ya Nada Volverá A Ser Como Antes" >> #1 SP
  • 2004 "Insoportable" >> #1 SP
  • 2004 "No Voy A Parar" >> #2 SP
  • 2004 "Una Foto En Blanco y Negro" >> #1 SP
  • 2004 "Despiértame"
  • 2005 "Zapatillas" >> #1 SP
  • 2005 "Volverá" >> #1 SP
  • 2006 "Besos" >> #1 SP
  • 2008 "Eres tonto" >> #1 SP, #16 LA

[edit] Non-Albums Tracks

  • 2005 "Por Qué No Ser Amigos (with Hombres G)" >> #1 SP
  • 2005 "La Barra De Este Bar" (from Cien Gaviotas Donde Irán... Un Tributo a Duncan Dhu)
  • 2006 "Palabras mas, palabras menos" (from Calamaro Querido! [Cantando Al Salmón]) - A tribute to Andres Calamaro

[edit] References

  1. ^ Translation: Dictionary.com word of the day

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