Nocturnal (Amaral album)

2015 studio album by Amaral

Nocturnal

Studio album by

Amaral

Released| 30 October 2015
Recorded| Madrid
Genre|

* Indie rock
* rock
* alternative

Length| 54:23 [1]
Language| Spanish
Label| Discos Antártida / Gatorama Music S.L.
Producer| Eva Amaral, Juan Aguirre and Chris Taylor
Amaral chronology
| Hacia lo salvaje
(2011)  | Nocturnal
(2015)  | Salto al color
(2019)

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|

Nocturnal is the seventh studio album by Spanish band Amaral. The songs were composed by Eva Amaral and Juan Aguirre, while the recording included the participation of Guillermo Quero as the sound and mixing engineer, Toni Toledo and Ged Lynch playing the drums, Chris Taylor on the bass and Tomás Virgos on the piano. Also, Nus Cuevas contributed an arrangement of strings, Abraham Boba played the organ for one of the songs, and John Calvert and David Antony Brinkworth, along with Eva and Juan themselves, undertook the synth programming. Eva Amaral and Juan Aguirre also took charge of the production, along with Chris Taylor.

It is the second album published under the label created by the duo, Discos Antártida. It went on sale on 30 October 2015 and includes 14 tracks. In the week of its release, it reached number one for bestselling albums in Spain[2] and, on 18 December 2015, the album was recognised as a gold record after reaching 20,000 sales.[3]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Llévame muy lejos" (Take me far away)| Eva Amaral, Juan Aguirre| 5:36
2.| "Obertura (Unas veces se gana…)" (Opening (Sometimes you win…))| Eva Amaral, Juan Aguirre| 1:30
3.| "Unas veces se gana y otras se pierde" (Sometimes you know and others you lose)| Eva Amaral, Juan Aguirre| 3:50
4.| "Nocturnal" (Nocturnal)| Eva Amaral, Juan Aguirre| 3:27
5.| "La ciudad maldita" (The cursed city)| Eva Amaral, Juan Aguirre| 4:18
6.| "Lo que nos mantiene unidos" (What keeps us together)| Eva Amaral, Juan Aguirre| 4:18
7.| "500 vidas" (500 lives)| Eva Amaral, Juan Aguirre| 4:17
8.| "Cazador" (Hunter)| Eva Amaral, Juan Aguirre| 3:59
9.| "Nadie nos recordará" (No one will remember us)| Eva Amaral, Juan Aguirre| 3:58
10.| "La niebla" (Fog)| Eva Amaral, Juan Aguirre| 3:54
11.| "Laberintos" (Labyrinths)| Eva Amaral, Juan Aguirre| 3:29
12.| "Chatarra" (Scrap)| Eva Amaral, Juan Aguirre| 3:45
13.| "En el tiempo equivocado" (In the wrong time)| Eva Amaral, Juan Aguirre| 4:53
14.| "Noche de cuchillos" (Night of knives)| Eva Amaral, Juan Aguirre| 3:09

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## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for Nocturnal | Chart (2015)  | Peak
position

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Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[5] | 3

### Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for Nocturnal | Chart (2015)  | Position

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Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[6] | 36
Chart (2016)  | Position
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[7] | 38

## Certifications

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Certifications for Nocturnal Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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Spain (PROMUSICAE)[8] | Gold  | 20,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

## References

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1. ^ "Nocturnal" – via Amazon.
2. ^ [1] [dead link]
3. ^ "Amaral recibe el Disco de Oro por las ventas de Nocturnal". Europapress.es. 18 December 2015.
4. ^ "Amaral". Facebook.com.
5. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Amaral – Nocturnal". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
6. ^ "Top 100 Albums Annual 2015". El portal de Música. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
7. ^ "Top 100 Albums Annual 2016". El portal de Música. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
8. ^ "Spanish album certifications – Amaral – Salto al Color". El portal de Música. Productores de Música de España. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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Amaral

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Studio albums|

* Amaral
* Una pequeña parte del mundo
* Estrella de mar
* Pájaros en la cabeza
* Gato Negro ◆ Dragón Rojo
* Hacia lo salvaje
* Nocturnal
* Salto al color

Singles|

* "El universo sobre mí"
* "Si Tú No Vuelves"

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