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- Guapa
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La Oreja de Van Gogh
Released 2006

Noche
04:28
5,673 plays

Cuantos Cuentos Cuento
03:40
5,640 plays

Apareces Tu
04:33
5,420 plays

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- 1
- Noche
- 04:28
- 5,673 plays

- 2
- Muñeca De Trapo
- 03:54
- 13,830 plays

- 3
- Dulce Locura
- 04:29
- 17,669 plays

- 4
- Perdida
- 04:20
- 5,019 plays

- 5
- Vuelve
- 04:29
- 4,179 plays

- 6
- Escapar
- 04:29
- 3,672 plays

- 7
- Irreversible
- 03:27
- 3,727 plays

- 8
- A Diez Centimetros De Ti
- 04:29
- 4,182 plays

- 9
- V.O.S.
- 02:20
- 3,823 plays

- 10
- Apareces Tu
- 04:33
- 5,420 plays

- 11
- Manhattan
- 04:33
- 3,361 plays

- 12
- Cuantos Cuentos Cuento
- 03:40
- 5,640 plays

- 13
- Cuantos Cuentos Cuento
- 03:42
- 1,139 plays

- 14
- [Untitled Track] [DVD]
- 00:00
- 342 plays

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album review

Like its predecessor, the multi-platinum Lo Que Te Conté Mientras Te Hacías la Dormida (2003), Guapa is a stunning showcase of La Oreja de Van Gogh's talent for crafting an array of nearly perfect pop/rock songs that are memorable and instantly appealing yet also intelligent and unique from one another. While many contemporary pop/rock albums feature a few highlights and a bunch of filler, La Oreja de Van Gogh albums are exceptionally high quality from beginning to end, with any particular song catchy and well-crafted enough to be a potential hit single. For instance, last go round Lo Que Te Conté Mientras Te Hacías la Dormida spawned eight chart hits -- over half the album -- and like its predecessor, Guapa offers a bounty of gems. The dynamic lead single, "Muñeca de Trapo," is the best of them, featuring a chorus powered by a surging guitar riff. The two highlights that follow, "Dulce Locura" and "Perdida," are also explosive. While the quiet-loud-quiet dynamics of these songs aren't as prevalent elsewhere on Guapa, every song boasts a memorable hook, and there's often a palpable tension between guitarist Pablo Benegas, whose riffs tend to overtake the songs during the choruses, and lead vocalist Amaia Montero, whose singing grows more intense whenever the guitar riffs kick in. All of this makes for dramatic and frequently powerful pop/rock -- that is, pop songs that at times truly rock. Toward the latter half of Guapa, after all of the aforementioned highlights have passed, there is a bunch of lighter songs ("Irreversible," "V.O.S.," "Apareces Tú," "Mi Vida sin Ti," "Cuantos Cuentos Cuento"), which helps relieve some of the earlier tension and closes the album on a fairly relaxed note. [A CD/DVD version was also released.] ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide