El Dorado (Aterciopelados album)
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| Released | October 24, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | October–December 1994 | |||
| Studio | Audiovisión, Bogotá | |||
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| Length | 47:55 | |||
| Label | Sony BMG | |||
| Producer | Federico López | |||
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El Dorado is the second studio album released by Colombian rock group Aterciopelados, released on October 24, 1995 through Sony BMG. The album was produced by Federico López and recorded at Audiovisión in Bogotá, Colombia.
The album has been considered by many music critics as one of the most important albums of rock in Spanish as well as the album that brought international recognition and commercial success to the group. American magazine Al Borde placed the album at number 9 in their list of 250 Most Important Albums of Iberoamerican Rock, released in 2006, being one of the three albums by the group to appear on the list. The album also contains "Bolero Falaz", one of the most acclaimed songs from the group, the song was placed at number on by Rolling Stone Colombia on their of 50 Greatest Colombian Songs, released in 2014.
It was a commercial success for the group, selling 150,000 copies in its first year of release. Nowadays, the album has sold over 400,000 copies in Colombia and 600,000 copies worldwide, with several editions released for United States, Spain, Mexico and Argentina.