''Los Ángeles'' (; Spanish for 'the angels') is the debut
studio album
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by Spanish singer
Rosalía
Rosalia Vila Tobella (born 25 September 1992), known mononymously as Rosalía (, ), is a Spanish singer. Born and raised in the outskirts of Barcelona, she has been described as an "atypical pop star" due to her genre-bending musical styles. ...
, with production and arrangements by
Raül Refree
Raül Fernandez Miró (Barcelona, 1976), better known as Raül ''Refree'', is a Spanish record producer, musician and composer.
Career
In 1996, Raül joined the melodic hardcore group, Barcelona Corn Flakes, with whom he recorded ''Ménage' ...
. It was released on 10 February 2017 by
Universal Music Spain
Universal Music Group owns, or has a joint share in, many of the record labels listed here.
According to UMG official site, the main labels are Abbey Road Studios, Bravado, Capitol Music Group, Decca Records, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammopho ...
.
Background
Rosalía began performing in
tablao
A tablao (colloquial term for the Spanish "tablado", floorboard) is a place where flamenco shows are performed and also tablao is the term used for the platform floor in which a flamenco dancer dances. Tablao venues were developed during the 1960s ...
s a decade before the release of her recording debut, gradually becoming a well-known vocalist within
Barcelona
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's flamenco circuit. She worked as a
guest artist
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and
supporting act
A opening act, also known as a warm-up act, support act, or supporting act, is an entertainment act (musical, comedic, or otherwise), that performs at a concert before the featured act, or "headliner". Rarely, an opening act may perform again a ...
for various artists, including
Chicuelo,
Enric Palomar,
La Fura dels Baus
La Fura dels Baus () is a Spanish theatrical group founded in 1979 in Moià, Barcelona (Spain), known for their urban theatre, use of unusual settings and blurring of the boundaries between audience and actor. "La Fura dels Baus" in Catalan mea ...
,
Miguel Poveda
Miguel Ángel Poveda León (born 13 February 1973) is a Spanish flamenco singer known by his stage name Miguel Poveda.
Biography
Born in Barcelona, Spain, his father is from Lorca in Murcia and his mother from Puertollano ( Castilla-La Mancha) ...
and Rocío Márquez, performing across countries such as Germany, Singapore and Panama and events like the 2015
Primavera Sound
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and an
APAP conference in
New York City
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.
She told ''
ABC
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** Disney–ABC Television ...
'': "I have done many collaborations with other musicians, and I have always tried that they were older than me, in order to learn from them."
Rosalía grew up in a family with no artistic background that mostly listened to music in English.
She discovered flamenco at thirteen when her friends played
Camarón de la Isla
José Monje Cruz (5 December 1950 – 2 July 1992), better known by his stage name Camarón de la Isla (), was a Spanish Romani flamenco singer. Considered one of the all-time greatest flamenco singers, he was noted for his collaborations ...
while meeting in a park after school, soon becoming fascinated with the genre and studying it on her own.
As she immersed herself in the Catalan flamenco scene, Rosalía met local fixture José Miguel Vizcaya "El Chiqui de la Línea", who suggested she started a degree in music.
"El Chiqui" became Rosalía's teacher for the following eight years, as she studied Interpretation of Flamenco Singing at the
Catalonia College of Music
The Catalonia College of Music ( ca, Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, ESMUC; ) is a music school in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
The school is located at L'Auditori, a performing arts center inaugurated in 1999 which also houses three conc ...
(Catalan: ''Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya'', ESMUC).
The ESMUC only accepts one student of this discipline per year and Rosalía was selected in 2014. The singer has described "El Chiqui" as a fundamental figure in her career, who encouraged her to investigate the genre even further back in time. Speaking with ''ABC'', she stated: "To me, flamenco was Camarón, something of
gypsy
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aesthetics, and when going back I found many other things that I loved.
..When I discovered ''
cantaor
The cante flamenco (), meaning "flamenco singing", is one of the three main components of flamenco, along with ''toque'' (playing the guitar) and ''baile'' (dance). Because the dancer is front and center in a flamenco performance, foreigners ofte ...
es'' like Niño de la Huerta or "El Gloria", "El Chiqui" taught me to listen and appreciate their singing, because their recordings sound very bad! To people of our age that sound seems terrible to us."
Composition
''Los Ángeles'' is a
concept album
A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical. Som ...
that collects a series of ''
cantes'' which have
death
Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain ...
as its central theme.
It is a presentation of Rosalía as a soloist ''
cantaora'' and as such its structure is similar to that of the debut of any orthodox flamenco singer: "a selection of varied ''
palos'', often with traditional or popular lyrics, in which the artist shows his or her aptitude and background."
In this manner, the singer encompasses several
forms
Form is the shape, visual appearance, or configuration of an object. In a wider sense, the form is the way something happens.
Form also refers to:
*Form (document), a document (printed or electronic) with spaces in which to write or enter data
* ...
of the genre, including ''
alegrías
''Alegrías'' () is a flamenco palo or musical form, which has a rhythm consisting of 12 beats. It is similar to Soleares. Its beat emphasis is as follows: 1 2 '' 4 5 '' 7 '' 9 0'' 11 2''. Alegrías originated in Cádiz. Alegrías belongs to ...
'', ''
tangos
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* "Tangos" (song), a song popularized in Spain
* Tangos (district), a district or barangay in Navotas, Philippines
* ''Tangos'' (album), a 1973 album by Buenos Aires 8
* ''Tangos'' (Rubén Blades album), a 2014 album by Ru ...
'', ''
fandango
Fandango is a lively partner dance originating from Portugal and Spain, usually in triple meter, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, or hand-clapping. Fandango can both be sung and danced. Sung fandango is usually bipartite: it has ...
s'', ''fandanguillos'', ''
seguidillas'', ''
tarantas
''Tarantas'' and ''Taranto'' are two related styles ('' palos'') of Flamenco music, that originated in the ''Andalusian'' province of Almería. Each is characterized by a shared modality (F-sharp Phrygian) and harmonic progression (Bm–A7– ...
'', ''
malagueñas'' and "more specific" styles like ''
guajira'', ''
saeta
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'' and ''milonga''.
Rosalía felt that in the album "the ''cantes'' become songs", and as such did not list the ''palos'' titles in the track listing, explaining that: "It's a way of saying that I am based on melodies and lyrics from ''cantes'', but we turn it into something else. Those who know something about flamenco will be able to identify them, because we are influenced by that, but we do our own thing."
It includes a cover of
Enrique Morente
Enrique Morente Cotelo (25 December 1942 – 13 December 2010), known as Enrique Morente, was a flamenco singer (in Spanish, cantaor) and a celebrated figure within the world of contemporary flamenco. After his orthodox beginnings, he plunged in ...
's ''Aunque era de noche'' of
Saint John of the Cross
John of the Cross, OCD ( es, link=no, Juan de la Cruz; la, Ioannes a Cruce; born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez; 24 June 1542 – 14 December 1591) was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite friar of converso origin. He is a major figu ...
's 16th-century poem as well as a cover of ''
La Hija de Juan Simón'' (1934).
Rosalía told Ecleen Luzmila Caraballo of
in 2018: "I feel like with ''Los Ángeles'', I wanted to establish my musical legacy... and honor the classic sound of flamenco in the most traditional sense, respecting them to the maximum, with a pop and experimental structure, but with very basic instrumentation and a minimalist sound—just guitar and voice."
Release and promotion
''Los Ángeles'' was released on 20 February 2017 on
Universal Music Spain
Universal Music Group owns, or has a joint share in, many of the record labels listed here.
According to UMG official site, the main labels are Abbey Road Studios, Bravado, Capitol Music Group, Decca Records, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammopho ...
.
It was released at
digital audio
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stores and
streaming
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platforms, as well as a
CD and
double
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* Th ...
LP record
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.
"Catalina" was released as the album's
lead single
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Release s ...
on 17 October 2016 and presented by Rosalía in
Radio 3, after having shared its
B side
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"Que se muere, que se muere" online a few weeks before. Its
music video
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was directed by Txema Yeste and has been described as "a visual translation of the power of this song".
An
electronic press kit
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(EPK) featuring English subtitles was published in Rosalía's
YouTube
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channel on 21 April 2017. The video was produced by Yverz and directed by Bàrbara Farré, with photography by Lucas Casanovas and animation by Pepe Gay.
Spanish filmmaking collective Manson directed the music video for the second single "De plata", which features the singer performing the track as she walks and dances in the streets of
Los Angeles
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,
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
.
It was published in Rosalía's YouTube channel on 26 May 2017. Luis Troquel of ''
Rockdelux
''Rockdelux'' is a Spanish music magazine.
History and profile
''Rockdelux'' was first published in November 1984, and celebrated its 200th anniversary in October 2002, when it released a list of the 200 greatest international albums of all tim ...
'' felt that the clip showed a "facet of Rosalía that was unknown to many", as she dances "with a glowing enchantment and exuberant style."
Manson shot the clip in
16 mm film
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, as they "wanted to portray Rosalía as a classic
Hollywood star
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, but with a contemporary sensibility." The collective told
Nowness
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Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (; born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, writer, producer, and actor. His films are characterized by stylized violence, extended dialogue, profanity, dark humor, non-linear storylines, cameos, ensemble ...
-esque vibe" that they thought matched Los Angeles. They further explained: "Her art is very pure and wild and we wanted a video to match—no camera tricks, no VFX, no ornaments, no
Tumblr
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aesthetics, just the pure and raw performance of a new-born classic star."
A
cover version
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of
Enrique Morente
Enrique Morente Cotelo (25 December 1942 – 13 December 2010), known as Enrique Morente, was a flamenco singer (in Spanish, cantaor) and a celebrated figure within the world of contemporary flamenco. After his orthodox beginnings, he plunged in ...
's "Aunque es de noche", which was not included in the album and had only been performed live, was released as a single on 2 November 2017 on streaming platforms. Its music video was directed by Ignasi Monreal and produced by CANADA in collaboration with Pink Salt and Collateral Films, with animation by Iria López, Dani Negrín and Bjørn-Erik Aschim from the
London
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animation studio
The Line
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* Telephone line, a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system
Line, lines, The Line, or LINE may also refer to:
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.
Filmed as a
long take
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, the video's first two minutes show the inside of a car filled with elements of
Christian symbolism
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The symbolism of the early Church was characterized by bei ...
, leading the viewer to Rosalía sitting on a chair.
The singer then stands up and shows that she is inside a
cemetery
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and in the last minutes, animation appears around and on her.
According to Rosalía, the music video "intends to be a celebration of death as part of life", and as such has been linked to the concept of ''Los Ángeles''.
In between recording for the video, Monreal also filmed Rosalía performing an
a capella
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rendition of the track, which was released via
Nowness
Nowness (stylized NOWNESS) is a digital video channel that was launched in 2010 by its founder Jefferson Hack as a brand of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE. on 14 December 2017.
Critical reception
''Los Ángeles'' was met with critical acclaim from
music critics
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.
Spanish magazine ''
Rockdelux
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History and profile
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'' called it "one of the most intense and sweeping debuts of recent times", with critic Juan Monge complimenting its mix of tradition and avant-garde.
AllMusic
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's Mariano Prunes highly commended Rosalía's vocals, writing that "her instrument is a tornado capable of sweeping away any cultural or
language barrier
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s", while noting that "she does not accomplish this with sheer volume or vocal histrionics, but by reaching almost unbearable levels of intensity and expression."
He concluded that ''Los Ángeles'' "signals the appearance of a major talent in both the flamenco and the
world music scene."
Writing for MondoSonoro, Yeray S. Iborra felt that with ''Los Ángeles'', Rosalía "is posited as the contemporary
cantaor
The cante flamenco (), meaning "flamenco singing", is one of the three main components of flamenco, along with ''toque'' (playing the guitar) and ''baile'' (dance). Because the dancer is front and center in a flamenco performance, foreigners ofte ...
a who has better understood the current times", noting the difference between the album and her "more American" collaboration with C. Tangana.
Flamenco specialists
In an ''
El Confidencial
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'' article, musician and investigator Pedro Lópeh criticized the album, particularly Refree's arrangements, deeming them "artificial" and "wearisome". His views coincided with those of Silvia Cruz, another flamenco specialist. She explained: "I also insist on talking about Refree because the criticisms are always aimed against her and rarely if ever against him, when he is the producer and primary author of this album. I do not think ''Los Ángeles'' does any harm to flamenco, but it is a decontextualized product. Apart from the lyrics, I do not hear anything in it that evokes the history of flamenco, its roots or its hallmarks. For that reason, it does not seem to me a groundbreaking or revolutionary work and if it has come to save anything, it is the
music industry
The music industry consists of the individuals and organizations that earn money by writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling recorded music and sheet music, presenting concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, ...
, not flamenco."
''
ABC
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''s Alberto García Reyes told
eldiario.es
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that while he does not consider ''Los Ángeles'' to be "an aberration", he feels Rosalía is not suited to the genre. He said: "Rosalía does not sing badly, but in flamenco she does not fit much. She is a very respectful girl, who has not come barging in to invent a revolution. She is not hurting anyone and has not proclaimed herself master of anything." He was also critical of the album's promotional campaign, arguing that it hailed the unworthy image of Rosalía as "the great revolution of flamenco".
Accolades
''Los Ángeles'' ranked highly in the year-end lists of the Spanish specialized press. It was listed as the best Spanish album of 2017 by newspaper ''
ABC
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'' and magazine ''Rockdelux''.
Readers of the Barcelonian edition of ''
Time Out'' selected ''Los Ángeles'' as the best album of 2017, with the publication describing Rosalía as "the musical revelation of 2017". The album also appeared at number 6 in the year-end list of Spanish
online magazine
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Jenesaispop.com, which described it as "an unbeatable presentation, up to the expectations, which are even higher in the face of a bright future."
CrazyMusic ranked the album at number 8 in its list of the best Spanish albums of 2017. Music critics of ''
El País
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'' listed ''Los Ángeles'' as the tenth best album of the year. Efe Eme selected the album as the 13th best Spanish record of 2017. It also appeared in Hipersónica's and Muzikalia's lists of the best Spanish albums of the year, at number 17 and 18 respectively.
In late 2017, Rosalía received the Premio Ojo Crítico in the category of Modern Music, awarded by
RNE. The jury highlighted the singer's "artistic projection, her interpretative capacity and versatility, her charisma, capable of transferring flamenco to young audiences."
Rosalía was also nominated for
Best New Artist
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at the
2017 Latin Grammy Awards, losing to
Vicente García. On 17 January 2018, ''Los Ángeles'' was awarded the
Premio Ruido
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, given to the best national album of the year by the Spanish music press. The album also received a Premio Glamour to "the arts", awarded by the Spanish edition of ''
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'' magazine in celebration of its 15th anniversary.
Commercial performance
''Los Ángeles'' debuted at number 42 on the
Spanish Albums Chart
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on 19 February 2017.
A month later, Sebas E. Alonso of Jenesaispop.com noted that the album had remained charting since its release, ascending to number twenty-eight in its third week and maintaining that position the following week. Feeling that it was in its way to becoming the Spanish "
sleeper hit
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of the year", Alonso described ''Los Ángeles''s chart run as "totally exceptional", taking into account that most albums "after the hype of the fans during the first week,
all
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slightly on the list until they settle depending on the duration of the promotion of the album or directly collapse." Likewise, Jordi Bardají wrote on 1 November 2018 that the record was "one of the greatest 'sleepers' that Spanish sales lists have known in recent times."
''Los Ángeles'' reached its peak position of number nine on 11 November 2018 and remained in the albums chart until 9 February 2020, accumulating a total of 116 weeks.
Track listing
All tracks produced by Raül Refree. All songs are ''public domain'', except where noted.
Notes
* "Si tú supieras compañero" partly reinterprets "La Chiquita Piconera", written by Manuel López-Quiroga y Miquel, Rafael de León y Arias de Saavedra and Nicolás M. Callejón López Alcalá.
* "De plata" partly reinterprets "Cuando Yo Me Muera", performed by
Manolo Caracol
Manuel Ortega Juárez (9 July 1909 – 24 February 1973) was a Spanish flamenco cantaor (singer).
Life and family
Born in Seville, Spain, he was descended from a long line of flamenco artists including Enrique Ortega (father and son) and Cur ...
and Melchor de Marchena, and "El Querer Que Yo Te Tengo", performed by Manolo Frenegal.
* "Que se muere, que se muere" partly reinterprets "Que se Muere", written by
Rafael Farina
Rafael Antonio Salazar Motos (born ), commonly known as Rafael Farina (Rafael Salazar for his composing work), was a singer of Copla and Flamenco. His granddaughter is the pop-singer Tamara.
Biography
Farina was born in Martinamor, into a R ...
.
* "Te venero" partly reinterprets “Cuba Linda, Te Venero”, written by Joaquin Alfonso,
José Tejada and Jose Arroyo.
* "I See a Darkness" is a cover of the
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
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track.
Personnel
Musicians
*
Rosalía
Rosalia Vila Tobella (born 25 September 1992), known mononymously as Rosalía (, ), is a Spanish singer. Born and raised in the outskirts of Barcelona, she has been described as an "atypical pop star" due to her genre-bending musical styles. ...
- vocals
*
Raül Refree
Raül Fernandez Miró (Barcelona, 1976), better known as Raül ''Refree'', is a Spanish record producer, musician and composer.
Career
In 1996, Raül joined the melodic hardcore group, Barcelona Corn Flakes, with whom he recorded ''Ménage' ...
- guitar, arrangement
Technical
* Alex Psaroudakis - mastering
Artwork
* Folch - set design
* Txema Yeste - photography
* Cristina Ramos - set design
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
See also
*
2017 in European music
*
2017 in Latin music
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List of concept albums
Concept albums have been produced by bands and solo artists across all musical genres. In popular music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." The following is ...
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Music of Andalusia
The Music of Andalusia encompasses a range of traditional and modern musical genres which originate in the territory of Andalusia in southern Spain. The most famous are copla and flamenco, the latter being sometimes used as a portmanteau term ...
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Music of Catalonia
The music of Catalonia comprises one of the oldest documented musical traditions in Europe. In tandem with the rest of Western Europe, it has a long musical tradition, incorporating a number of different styles and genres over the past two thousa ...
References
External links
''Los Ángeles''at
Acclaimed Music
Acclaimed Music is a website created by Henrik Franzon, a statistician from Stockholm, Sweden in September 2001. Franzon has statistically aggregated hundreds of published lists that rank songs and albums into aggregated rankings by year, deca ...
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Last.fm
Last.fm is a music website founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. Using a music recommender system called "Audioscrobbler", Last.fm builds a detailed profile of each user's musical taste by recording details of the tracks the user listens to, e ...
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Los Ángeles' at
Rate Your Music
Rate Your Music (often abbreviated to RYM) is an online collaborative database of music releases and films. Users can catalog items from their personal collection, review them, and assign ratings in a five-star rating system. The site also fea ...
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2017 debut albums
Rosalía albums
Universal Music Spain albums
Nuevo Flamenco albums
Spanish-language albums
Death in music
Concept albums
Collaborative albums