Cometas por el cielo

Cometas Por El Cielo (Kites Across The Sky), is the sixth studio album by La Oreja de Van Gogh which was released on 13 September 2011 under Sony Music. It is the second album by LOVG that is not produced by Nigel Walker. Simon Nordberg handled the production. The album departs from previous efforts as an electropop and power pop record.

Cometas Por El Cielo
Studio album by
La Oreja de Van Gogh
Released13 September 2011 (Spain)
RecordedMusic Lan Studios (Girona, Spain)
Decibel Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
GenrePop
Power pop
Electropop
Pop Rock
Length41:51 (Standard edition)
45:03 (Special Edition)
45:11 (Itunes edition)
45:17 (Spotify edition)
LanguageSpanish
LabelSony Music
ProducerSimon Nordberg
La Oreja de Van Gogh
La Oreja de Van Gogh chronology
Nuestra casa a la izquierda del tiempo
(2009)		 Cometas Por El Cielo
(2011)		 El planeta imaginario
(2016)
Singles from Cometas por el cielo
  1. "La niña que llora en tus fiestas"
    Released: 16 July 2011
  2. "Cometas por el cielo"
    Released: 29 October 2011
  3. "Día cero"
    Released: 21 July 2012

It was released in two physical editions, standard and special, and two online editions, on iTunes and Spotify. All the editions differ on the bonus track. The standard edition does not contain a bonus track (unlike almost every album by the band, which include a hidden track), the rest of them has each one a different song as a bonus track.

The album art was drawn by Serge Birault aka PapaNinja.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicTranslationLength
1."La Niña Que Llora En Tus Fiestas"Pablo BenegasXabi San MartínThe Girl Who Cries At Your Parties2:41
2."Día Cero"Pablo BenegasXabi San MartínZero-Day3:46
3."Paloma Blanca"Xabi San MartínXabi San MartínWhite Dove4:10
4."Cometas Por El Cielo"Pablo BenegasXabi San MartínKites Across The Sky3:40
5."Las Noches Que No Mueren"Pablo BenegasXabi San MartínThe Nights That Don't Die3:36
6."El Tiempo A Solas"Pablo BenegasXabi San MartínTime On My Own3:36
7."Promesas De Primavera"Xabi San MartínXabi San MartínPromises Of Spring3:04
8."Un Minuto Más"Pablo BenegasXabi San MartínOne More Minute4:24
9."Mi Calle Es Nueva York"Pablo BenegasXabi San MartínMy Street Is New York2:47
10."Mientras Quede Por Decir Una Palabra"Xabi San MartínXabi San MartínAs Long As There's A Word Left To Say3:16
11."Esta Vez No Digas Nada"Xabi San MartínXabi San MartínThis Time Don't Say Anything3:39
12."Dos Copos De Nieve" (Special Edition Bonus Track)  Two Snowflakes3:12
iTunes Edition
No.TitleTranslationLength
12."Epifanía"Epiphany3:20
Spotify Edition
No.TitleTranslationLength
12."Me Falta El Aire"I'm Lacking Air3:26

Year End Charts

The album peaked #1 in Spain, being certified Platinum (60.000 copies sold).

Year-End Chart (2011) Peak
position
Spain (PROMUSICAE) 20
Year-End Chart (2012) Peak
position
Spain (PROMUSICAE) 37

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[1] Gold 30,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[2] Platinum 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved May 26, 2014. Type La Oreja de Van Gogh in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Cometas por el cielo in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  2. "Spain Certification" (PDF).
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