Amor Amarillo

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Amor amarillo
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Studio album by
Gustavo Cerati
Released1 November 1993
Recorded1992–1993
Genre Alternative rock, dream pop, pop rock, neo-psychedelia
Label RCA International
Producer Gustavo Cerati
Zeta Bosio
Gustavo Cerati chronology
Amor amarillo
(1993)		 Bocanada
(1999)
Singles from Amor amarillo
  1. "Te llevo para que me lleves"
    Released: 1993
  2. "Pulsar"
    Released: 1993
  3. "Lisa"
    Released: 1994
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Amor Amarillo (Spanish for Yellow Love) is the first solo album by Argentine rock musician Gustavo Cerati, as a side-project, while he was still active in Soda Stereo, his ex-band.

Contents

Amor Amarillo was released on November 1, 1993 (during a period of conflict with Soda Stereo). The album's only official presentation was an acoustic performance for FM 100 in 1994, as Gustavo considered it an intimate album. The album features his wife Cecilia Amenábar, both as a collaborator and as the main inspiration for the songs, along with the expectation of the arrival of their first child (except for "Rombos," which he composed during the time of Colores Santos). Cerati also covers Luis Alberto Spinetta's song "Bajan," taken from the album Artaud, a landmark album for this project. The song "Crema de estrellas," included on Soda Stereo's album Sueño Stereo, was one of the songs left out of this album.

Recording

After finishing the tour for his studio album, Dynamo, Gustavo decided to take a break from his time with Soda Stereo and move to Santiago, Chile, with his wife, to await the birth of his first child. While his son was conceiving, he began creating songs that would be used for what would become his first solo album. He recorded the first versions of the songs in a home studio he set up in his house in Providencia, which he called Ámbar Studios. The album was finished mixing and recording in Buenos Aires and released 25 days before Benito Cerati was born.

Name

According to Cecilia Amenábar, the album's name came from some yellow stones they collected together on the beaches of Los Roques, during a break from Dynamo's tour of Venezuela. For Cerati, the color of those stones represented energy, the sun; what defined this love.

Track listing

All songs written by Gustavo Cerati, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Note(s)Length
1."Amor amarillo" (Yellow Love)  5:39
2."Lisa"  4:28
3."Te llevo para que me lleves" (I Take You So You Can Take Me) Cerati sings a duet with Cecilia Amenábar.3:44
4."Pulsar" (Pulsate)  4:57
5."Cabeza de Medusa" (Medusa Head)  5:11
6."Avenida alcorta" (Alcorta Avenue)  4:46
7."Bajan" ([They] Go Down) Luis Alberto Spinetta This track covers a song originally released as part of the album Artaud by Pescado Rabioso, written by Spinetta.4:12
8."Rombos" (Diamonds)  4:25
9."Ahora es nunca" (Now is Never)Cerati, Cecilia Amenábar  4:45
10."A Merced" (At Mercy)  6:28
11."Torteval" (Released exclusively on the first and third issues of the album.)  6:05
Total length:54:40

Samples

Videoclips

Personnel

Produced by Gustavo Cerati and Zeta Bosio.

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [3] Platinum60,000^
United States (RIAA) [4] Gold (Latin)30,000‡

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Adaíme, Iván. Amor Amarillo at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "CERATI.COM - Amor Amarillo" . Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Argentinian album certifications – Gustavo Cerati – Amor Amarillo". Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers . Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  4. ↑ "American album certifications – Gustavo Cerati – Amor Amarillo". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved June 15, 2022.



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