Devil Came to Me (Dover album)

"Serenade"
Devil Came to Me
Studio album by Dover
Released	April 21, 1997
Recorded	February 1997
Studio	Infinity Studios, Madrid
Genre	Grunge; hard rock;
Length	36:41
Label	Subterfuge Records
Producer	Dover
Dover chronology
Alternate cover
	15th anniversary reissue album artwork
Singles from Devil Came to Me
	"Serenade"; Released: 1997; "Loli Jackson"; Released: 1997; "Devil Came to Me"; Released: 1997; "Judas"; Released: 1998;

Devil Came to Me is the second studio album by Spanish rock band Dover. It was released on 21 April 1997 under Subterfuge Records.[1]

Devil Came to Me was recorded and mixed in 20 days in February 1997, at Infinity Estudios in Madrid, with Daniel Alcover, and it cost 80 000 pesetas (at current exchange rates, 480 euros). Dover was disclosed with this record and made the leap to fame. The cover was designed by the drummer of the band, Jesús Antúnez, graphic designer.[2]

On 25 September 1997 they won their first gold record for the 50,000 copies sold of the album[3] and subsequently were certified four times platinum to achieve a volume of more than 500,000 albums sold. Following the success of the album, Dover won the Ondas award for best Spanish group revelation on 13 November in Barcelona.[4]

The album's title track was used both in a collection of songs from revealing bands of the moment, under the name of Pepsi The Next Generation (1998), and the announcement of a US brand drinks, Radical Fruit Company, which involved a big push to publicize the group. Along with the songs also contained on the album, «Loli Jackson» and «Serenade», album's first single, can be considered the most representative of the group so far.

Release

15th anniversary reissue

To commemorate the album's 15th anniversary, Octubre Records reissued the album with the name "Dover Came to Me", in several different versions and formats on June 18, 2013.[5][6] These included:

Deluxe Boxset (2CD+1DVD) - Remastered version of the album plus bonus tracks, 20 live tracks from Sala El Sol (Madrid) in March 2013, 12 bonus videos and interviews.
Standard Digital Edition - Remastered version of the album, plus 20 live tracks from Sala El Sol (Madrid).
Deluxe Digital Edition (iTunes) - Remastered version of the album, plus 20 live tracks from Sala El Sol (Madrid), 3 live tracks (1997), 7 live tracks (2013) and 2 bonus videos.
Streaming Digital Edition - 20 live tracks from Sala El Sol (Madrid).

Track listing

Lyrics and music by Amparo Llanos and Cristina Llanos.

Standard edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Devil Came to Me"	4:36
2.	"Loli Jackson"	3:26
3.	"Serenade"	3:54
4.	"Winter Song"	2:45
5.	"La Monja Mellada"	1:46
6.	"Spectrum"	3:38
7.	"Rain of the Times"	3:14
8.	"Pangea"	1:58
9.	"Push"	1:57
10.	"Judas"	3:58
11.	"Nightmare"	2:50
12.	"Sick Girl"	2:39
Total length:		36:41

Personnel

Dover

Cristina Llanos – Vocals and guitar
Amparo Llanos – Guitar
Álvaro Gómez – Bass guitar
Jesús Antúnez – Drums, illustration

Technical personnel

Daniel Alcover – Recording, mixing, mastering

Additional personnel

María Jesús Velasco - Photography

Charts and certifications

Chart positions

Charts (1997)	Peak position
Spanish Album Charts[7]	8

15th Anniversary Edition

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Spanish Albums Charts[8]	32

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[9]	4× Platinum	400,000^{^}
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Spain[1]	21 April 1997	CD, LP, Cassette	Subterfuge
Germany[10]	31 May 1999	CD	Intercord

References

"Dover - Devil Came to Me (Spain)". Discogs.com.
"Así se grabó 'Devil came to me'" (in Spanish). Rolling Stone. 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015.
Manrique, Diego Alfredo (27 September 1997). "El éxito de Dover reanima el mercado del rock alternativo" (in Spanish).
Ramírez, Verónica (20 June 2013). "Dover, el milagro irrepetible" (in Spanish).
Román, Javier (May 31, 2013). "Devil Came to Me cumple 15 años y Dover lo reedita en diferentes formatos" (in Spanish). Nos Gusta La Música. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
Pérez, Lucas (27 June 2013). "El Dover de antaño" (in Spanish). El Mundo.
"List of the best selling albums from 13.10.1997 to 18.10.1997". 18 October 1997.
Promusicae (23 June 2013). "Top 100 álbumes" (PDF) (in Spanish). Lista de los títulos mas vendidos del 17.06.2013 al 23.06.2013. Dover Came to Me, Sem. Actual 32.
Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año : 1959-2002 (PDF). Iberautor Promociones Culturales (in Spanish). p. 947. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
"Dover: Devil Came to Me (Germany)". Discogs.com.

External links

Official website

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[DevilSpain-1] "Dover - Devil Came to Me (Spain)". Discogs.com.

[2] "Así se grabó 'Devil came to me'" (in Spanish). Rolling Stone. 7 March 2013. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015.

[3] Manrique, Diego Alfredo (27 September 1997). "El éxito de Dover reanima el mercado del rock alternativo" (in Spanish).

[4] Ramírez, Verónica (20 June 2013). "Dover, el milagro irrepetible" (in Spanish).

[5] Román, Javier (May 31, 2013). "Devil Came to Me cumple 15 años y Dover lo reedita en diferentes formatos" (in Spanish). Nos Gusta La Música. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2015.

[6] Pérez, Lucas (27 June 2013). "El Dover de antaño" (in Spanish). El Mundo.

[UK-7] "List of the best selling albums from 13.10.1997 to 18.10.1997". 18 October 1997.

[8] Promusicae (23 June 2013). "Top 100 álbumes" (PDF) (in Spanish). Lista de los títulos mas vendidos del 17.06.2013 al 23.06.2013. Dover Came to Me, Sem. Actual 32.

[Spain-9] Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año : 1959-2002 (PDF). Iberautor Promociones Culturales (in Spanish). p. 947. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Retrieved 15 May 2015.

[10] "Dover: Devil Came to Me (Germany)". Discogs.com.