''La Flaca'' is the debut album by the Spanish Latin rock group

Jarabe de Palo Jarabe de Palo (literally "Wooden Stick Syrup" or, by virtue of the Spanish expression "dar un jarabe de palo", i.e. a "hell of a beating") was a Spanish rock band founded in 1996. The group was led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Pau Doné ...

, released in 1996. The album was produced by Joe Dworniak for Virgin Records España. Immediately after its release, the album obtained a poor commercial reception, selling only 12,000 copies within seven months. However, when the title-track of the album was used as a TV advertisement, the album became a commercial success in Spain, reaching number one on the charts and being certified six times platinum for domestic shipments exceeding 600,000 copies. Released in Europe, Latin America and the United States, it also received gold and platinum status in several other countries, including Italy, where it peaked at number two and was certified triple platinum by the

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Track listing

All words and lyrics by Jarabe de Palo

Personnel

*Pau Donés – Vocals, Guitar *Joan Gené –

Bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

(except in "La Flaca" and "Grita") *Jordi Mena –

Guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

*Daniel Forcada –

Percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

(except in "El lado oscuro") *Alex Tenas –

Drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

Other personnel *Carlos de France – Bass in "Grita" *Joe Dworniak – Bass in "La Flaca" *Antonio Martínez – Spanish guitar *Nigel Roberts – Keyboards

Charts and certifications

Peak positions

Certifications

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Chile) , Gold , 5,000^x , - , - !scope="row", Uruguay (CUD) , Gold , 2,000^x , -

References

External links

Official webpageJarabe de Palo
1996 albums Jarabe de Palo albums {{latin-album-stub