El viaje de Copperpot

El viaje de Copperpot (Copperpot's Voyage) is Spanish pop rock band La Oreja de Van Gogh's second studio album, issued by Epic Records on September 11, 2000. It was the band's first album to feature a bonus track. El viaje de Copperpot is the band's most successful album in Spain; it sold more than 1,300,000 copies and received a diamond certification. The album also catapulted the band's fame in Latin America going 3x Platinum in Mexico (under Mexican certification before 2001, 750,000 was 3x Platinum, but today it would be Diamond or 7x Platinum). Over 2,000,000 copies were sold worldwide. The album's title is inspired by Chester Copperpot, a scavenger in the film The Goonies.

El viaje de Copperpot
Studio album by
La Oreja de Van Gogh
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2000
RecordedStudio du Manoir
Léon, Landes, France
Estudio Red Led
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Air Studios (Lyndhurst)
London, England, United Kingdom
GenrePop, alternative pop, pop rock, psychedelic rock
Length52:52
LanguageSpanish
LabelEpic
ProducerNigel Walker
La Oreja de Van Gogh chronology
Dile al sol
(1998)		 El viaje de Copperpot
(2000)		 Lo Que te Conté Mientras te Hacías la Dormida
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

It received generally favourable reviews from critics and produced eight Top 20 singles, including "Cuidate", "La Playa" and "Paris" which reached the No.1 spot on the Spain chart; as well as the hits "Mariposa" and "Soledad". It is considered their best album to date and one of the best pop albums in Spanish.

Track listing
El viaje de Copperpot
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Cuídate" (Take Care)Xabi San MartínAmaia Montero, Xabi San Martín, Pablo Benegas2:50
2."Soledad" (Loneliness)Pablo BenegasAmaia Montero, Xabi San Martín3:52
3."París" (Paris)Pablo BenegasAmaia Montero, Xabi San Martín3:46
4."La Playa" (The Beach)Amaia MonteroAmaia Montero4:07
5."Pop" (Pop)Pablo BenegasAmaia Montero, Xabi San Martín2:31
6."Dicen Que Dicen" (They Say That Rumor Has It)Xabi San MartínAmaia Montero, Xabi San Martín3:21
7."Mariposa" (Butterfly)Amaia Montero, Xabi San MartínAmaia Montero, Xabi San Martín4:02
8."La Chica Del Gorro Azul" (The Girl With The Blue Bonnet)Pablo BenegasAmaia Montero, Xabi San Martín3:35
9."Tu Pelo" (Your Hair)Amaia Montero, Xabi San MartínAmaia Montero, Xabi San Martín3:57
10."Tantas Cosas Que Contar" (So Many Things To Tell)Pablo BenegasAmaia Montero, Xabi San Martín3:53
11."Los Amantes Del Círculo Polar" (Lovers of the Arctic Circle)Pablo BenegasAmaia Montero, Xabi San Martín, Pablo Benegas4:40
12."Desde El Puerto" (From The Harbour)Amaia Montero, Xabi San MartínAmaia Montero, Xabi San Martín, Pablo Benegas3:44
13."Tic Tac" (HIDDEN TRACK (Tick Tock))Amaia MonteroAmaia Monteroat 8:35

Personnel

Performing

Technical

Design

Singles
  • 2000 – Cuídate #1 (SPA), #1 (MEX)
  • 2000 – París #1 (SPA), #1 (MEX)
  • 2001 – La Playa #1 (SPA), #1 (MEX), #21 (US Latin)
  • 2001 – Pop #1 (SPA)
  • 2001 – Soledad #1 (SPA)
  • 2001 – Mariposa #1 (SPA)
  • 2001 – La Chica del Gorro Azul
  • 2002 – Tu Pelo

Other song
  • Los Amantes Del Circulo Polar #5 (SPA) #37 (US Latin)

Sales and certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[2] 2× Platinum 300,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[3] 11× Platinum 1,100,000^
United States (RIAA)[4] Platinum (Latin) 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References
  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p371467
  2. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type La Oreja de Van Gogh in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and El viaje de Copperpot in the box under TÍTULO
  3. Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p. 960. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  4. "American album certifications – La Oreja de Van Gogh – El viaje de Copperpot". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH. 
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