Los Planetas

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Los Planetas (The Planets) is a Spanish indie group from the city of Granada which started out in the second half of the 1990s and continue now through the 2000s. The group's first hit was "Qué puedo hacer" (What can I do?) from their album "Super 8", although they had previously had some success with various demos on a contest run by Spanish national public radio station "Radio 3".

After "Super 8" the group produced albums which caught on quickly in the Spanish indie scene, including "Una semana en el motor de un autobús" (A week in the engine of a bus), "Pop", "Unidad de Desplazamiento" (Movement unit), "Encuentro con entitades" (Meeting with entities), "Los Planetas contra la ley la gravedad" (Los Planetas against the law of gravity) and a Greatest Hits album, "Canciones para una orquesta química" (Songs for a chemical orchestra)

Los Planetas are strongly influenced by English-language rock bands such as early-period Mercury Rev and are considered to be a key reference point in the world of Spanish indie.

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[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Super 8 (1994 RCA; BMG Ariola)
  • Pop (1996 RCA; BMG Ariola)
  • Una semana en el motor de un autobús (1998 RCA; BMG Music Spain)
  • Canciones para una orquesta química (May 1999 RCA; BMG Music Spain)
  • Unidad de desplazamiento (Sep 2000, RCA; BGM Music Spain)
  • Encuentros con entidades (2002)
  • Los planetas se disuelven (EP) (2004)
  • Contra la la ley de la gravedad (Jul 2004)
  • La leyenda del espacio (2007)

[edit] CD Singles

  • Qué puedo hacer (1994 RCA; BMG Ariola)
  • Brigitte (1994 RCA; BMG Ariola)
  • Nuevas sensaciones (1995 RCA; BMG Ariola)
  • Himno Generacional #83 (1995 RCA; BMG Ariola)
  • David y Claudia (1996 RCA ;BMG Ariola)
  • Punk (1996 RCA; BMG Ariola)
  • Medusa (1996 Elefant Records)
  • Segundo premio (1998 RCA; BMG Music Spain)
  • Cumpleaños total (1998 RCA; BMG Music Spain)
  • La playa (1998 RCA; BMG Music Spain)
  • ¡Dios existe! El rollo mesiánico de los planetas (1999 RCA; BMG Music Spain)
  • Vas a verme por la tele (May 2000 RCA; BMG Music Spain)
  • Un buen día (Aug 2000 RCA; BMG Music Spain)
  • Santos que yo te pinte (Feb 2001 RCA; BMG Music Spain)
  • Maniobra de evasión (2001 RCA; BMG Music Spain)
  • Corrientes circulares en el tiempo (2002 RCA; BMG Music Spain)
  • Y además es imposible (2004 RCA; BMG Music Spain)
  • No ardieras (2004 RCA; BMG Music Spain)
  • Alegrías del incendio (Mar 2007 RCA; BMG Music Spain)

[edit] Compilation Appearances

  • Warsaw: Un Homenaje a Joy Division "Disorder" (Joy Division cover)(1998 El Colectivo Karma (now green ufo's))

[edit] Vinyl EPs

  • Medusa (1992 Elefant Records)
  • Nuevas sensaciones (1995 RCA; BMG Ariola)
  • Himno generacional #83 (1996 Subterfuge records. Coleccionistas "Mil *copias")
  • David y Claudia (1996 Subterfuge records. Coleccionistas "Mil copias")
  • Punk (1996 RCA; BMG Ariola)
  • Su mapamundi, gracias (1997 Acuarela; Compartido con Sr. Chinarro)