Sister (Dover album)

Sister is the debut studio album by the Spanish rock band Dover. It was released on 15 August 1995 under the independent record company Everlasting-Caroline.^[1]

It was recorded between July and August 1995, at Estudio La Nave in Madrid. The record company, lacking resources, did little promotion for the album, which led to a complete failure to sell only 500 copies of an edition of 800, when his goal was to edit and sell 4,000. This was a big disappointment, but at least it allowed them to add performances (Festimad from 1996 to 1998, and Festival Internacional de Benicàssim in 1996).^[2]^[3]

Even with the disappointment of sales, they recorded their first video Come with me. Officially the album had no single but this song was the most demanded for at concerts by fans. The music video was recorded in a garage, with reduced budget, under the direction of Juan Bullón.

Release

Reissue

The album was reissued by Chrysalis on March 26, 2001.^[4] Besides having a new album cover and a neat internal booklet with funny pictures from his last tours, it contained a song that, in its day, could not enter the album because of publishing problems. It was "Noche Tras Noche", the only song that the band has recorded in Spanish. It is a cover version of the Spanish group Solera, that Dover used to play in his first concerts back in 1994.^[5]

One single, "Angelus", was released from this reissued album, which contained three songs: "Angelus" itself, "The Morning After", and the aforementioned "Noche Tras Noche".^[6]

Appearances

The songs "Angelus" and "The Morning After" made appearance in the 2001 Spanish film "No te fallaré".^[7]

Reception

Critical

Sister did not draw too much attention, and did not receive favorable reviews (nor unfavorable). BDF from LaFonoteca describes it as a "debut in which the group is kind of laid down". BDF listed "Anacrusa", "Come with me", "Grey" and "She will" as great songs on this debut, and also points that, however, the tracks generally seem unfinished, with some of them that does not even reach a minute long.^[8]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Amparo Llanos and Cristina Llanos, except where noted..

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Anacrusa"		1:36
2.	"Stamber"		2:26
3.	"El Perro Loco"		1:57
4.	"Grey"		2:34
5.	"Jane Below"		2:07
6.	"In Hole"		2:25
7.	"The Morning After"		2:41
8.	"She Will"		2:14
9.	"Her Bed Star"	Amparo Llanos, Cristina Llanos, Álvaro Gómez	2:54
10.	"La Turmis"		1:56
11.	"Angelus"		3:39
12.	"Distortion She"		1:36
13.	"Come With Me"		2:44
14.	"Three Cowboys"		0:57
15.	"Green"		2:07
Total length:			36:20

Reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"Noche Tras Noche"	Rodrigo García Blanca, José María Guzmán González	2:27
Total length:			38:47

Personnel

Dover

Technical personnel

José Luis Crespo – Mastering, mixing, recording
Álvaro Cruz – Recording

Additional personnel

Paul Díaz – Photography

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Spain^[1]	15 August 1995	CD, LP	Everlasting-Caroline
Spain^[4]	26 March 2001	CD	Chrysalis, Loli Jackson

References

1 2 "Dover - Sister (1995) at Discogs". Discogs.com.
↑ Moreno Pachón, Susana (9 February 1998). "El empujón del Festimad" (in Spanish). El País.
↑ Grau, Daniel (4 August 1996). "Dover en el FIB" (in Spanish). El País.
1 2 "Dover - Sister (2001) at Discogs". Discogs.com.
↑ "Reedición del primer álbum de Dover" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 26 March 2001.
↑ "Dover - Angelus (single)". March 2001.
↑ "Biografía de Dover" (in Spanish). Los 40 Principales. 2001.
↑ "Crítica de Sister" (in Spanish). LaFonoteca. 18 May 2010.

External links

Official website

Dover

Cristina Llanos Amparo Llanos Jesús Antúnez Samuel Titos Álvaro Gómez Álvaro Díez

Studio albums	Sister (1995) Devil Came to Me (1997) Late at Night (1999) I Was Dead for 7 Weeks in the City of Angels (2001) The Flame (2003) Follow the City Lights (2006) I Ka Kené (2010) Complications (2015)

EPs	It's Good To Be Me! (2002)

Compilations	2 (2007)

Category

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