Sister (Dover album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Sister
| type = Studio
| artist = Dover
| cover = Dover_Sister.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1995|8|15|df=yes}}
{{start date|2001|3|26|df=yes}} (reissue)
| recorded = July–August 1995
| venue =
| studio = Estudio La Nave (Madrid, Spain)
| genre = {{flatlist|
}}
| length = {{Duration|m=36|s=20}} (original release)
{{Duration|m=38|s=47}} (2001 reissue)
| label = Everlasting-Caroline (original release)
Chrysalis, Loli Jackson (2001 reissue)
| producer = Amparo Llanos
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Devil Came to Me
| next_year = 1997
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Sister
| type = Studio
| single1 = Angelus
| single1date = March 2001
}}
}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Dover-Sister/release/2228953|title=Dover - Sister (1995) at Discogs|publisher=Discogs.com}}
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 it allowed them to add performances (Festimad from 1996 to 1998, and Festival Internacional de Benicàssim in 1996).{{cite web|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1998/02/09/madrid/887027075_850215.html|publisher=El País|language=Spanish|title=El empujón del Festimad|date=9 February 1998|last=Moreno Pachón|first=Susana}}{{cite web|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1996/08/04/cultura/839109609_850215.html|publisher=El País|language=Spanish|date=4 August 1996|title=Dover en el FIB|last=Grau|first=Daniel}}
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.
Reissue
The album was reissued by Chrysalis on 26 March 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Dover-Sister/release/5470856|title=Dover - Sister (2001) at Discogs|publisher=Discogs.com}} Besides having a new album cover and an internal booklet with pictures from the 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 their first concerts back in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2001/03/25/cultura/985525927.html| title=Reedición del primer álbum de Dover|publisher= El Mundo|date=26 March 2001|language=Spanish}}
One single, "Angelus", was released from this reissued album, which contained three songs: "Angelus" itself, "The Morning After", and the aforementioned "Noche Tras Noche".{{cite web|url=https://www.musicoscopio.com/dover/singles/1319/|title=Dover - Angelus (single)|date=March 2001}}
Appearances
The songs "Angelus" and "The Morning After" made appearance in the 2001 Spanish film "No te fallaré".{{cite web|url=http://los40.com/los40/2002/06/25/actualidad/1024956000_269187.html|title=Biografía de Dover|language=Spanish|publisher=Los 40 Principales | date=2001}}
Critical reception
Sister did not draw too much attention, and did not receive favorable reviews (nor unfavorable). BDF from LaFonoteca described 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.{{cite web| url=http://lafonoteca.net/disco/sister | title= Crítica de Sister | publisher= LaFonoteca | date= 18 May 2010 | language=Spanish}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Amparo Llanos and Cristina Llanos, except where noted
| total_length = 36:20
| title1 = Anacrusa
| length1 = 1:36
| title2 = Stamber
| length2 = 2:26
| title3 = El Perro Loco
| length3 = 1:57
| title4 = Grey
| length4 = 2:34
| title5 = Jane Below
| length5 = 2:07
| title6 = In Hole
| length6 = 2:25
| title7 = The Morning After
| length7 = 2:41
| title8 = She Will
| length8 = 2:14
| title9 = Her Bed Star
| length9 = 2:54
| writer9 = Amparo Llanos, Cristina Llanos, Álvaro Gómez
| title10 = La Turmis
| length10 = 1:56
| title11 = Angelus
| length11 = 3:39
| title12 = Distortion She
| length12 = 1:36
| title13 = Come With Me
| length13 = 2:44
| title14 = Three Cowboys
| length14 = 0:57
| title15 = Green
| length15 = 2:07
}}
;Reissue bonus tracks
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| total_length = 38:47
| title16 = Noche Tras Noche
| length16 = 2:27
| writer16 = Rodrigo García Blanca, José María Guzmán González
}}
Personnel
;Dover
- Cristina Llanos – vocals and guitar
- Amparo Llanos – guitar
- Jesús Antúnez – drums
- Álvaro Gómez – bass
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label |
|---|
| scope="row"| Spain
| rowspan="1"|15 August 1995 | rowspan="1"|Everlasting-Caroline |
| scope="row"| Spain
| rowspan="1"|26 March 2001 | rowspan="1"|CD | rowspan="1"|Chrysalis, Loli Jackson |
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.dover.es}}
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