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{{Infobox album
| name       = Dile al sol
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[La Oreja de Van Gogh]]
| cover      = 1998 - Dile al sol.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 18 May 1998
| recorded   = ASK Producciones<br> <small>[[Madrid]], Spain</small><br>Middle Ear Studios<br> <small>New York, United States<br> 1997 – 1998</small>
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = Rock, [[Pop rock]]
| length     = 44:57
| language   = Spanish
| label      = [[Sony Music Entertainment]]
| producer   = Alejo Stivel
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[El viaje de Copperpot]]
| next_year  = 2000
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Dile al sol
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = El 28
 | single1date = 8 May 1998
 | single2     = Soñaré
 | single2date = 7 August 1998
 | single3     = Cuéntame al oído
 | single3date = 10 December 1998
 | single4     = Pesadilla
 | single4date = 26 March 1999
 | single5     = Dile al Sol
 | single5date = June 1999
 | single6     = Qué puedo pedir
 | single6date = 13 August 1999
 | single7     = El Libro
 | single7date = 1999
 | single8     = La Estrella y la Luna
 | single8date = 2000
}}
}}

'''''Dile al sol''''' is the debut album from Spanish pop rock band [[La Oreja de Van Gogh]] released by [[Sony Music Entertainment]] in May 1998.  The album was very successful in Spain, selling more than 800,000 copies there.<ref>{{cite magazine |last= Cobo |first= Leila |date= 13 March 2004 |title= U.S. Opens Ears To La Oreja De Van Gogh |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=0A8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Dile+al+sol%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA49|magazine= Billboard |publisher= Lynne Segall |access-date= 25 October 2021}}</ref>

This first album was recorded in Madrid between the months of July and August 1997. The title track from this album was the one with which people began to know them, but it was not until the release of "Cuéntame al oído" that the band became a success.

==Track listing==
{{Tracklist
| headline        = ''Dile al sol'' track listing
| title1          = El 28
| note1           = with Txetxo Bengoetxea
| lyrics1         = La Oreja de Van Gogh
| music1         = [[La Oreja de Van Gogh]]
| length1        = 2:48
| title2         = Cuéntame al oído
| lyrics2        = Xabi San Martín, Pablo Benegas
| music2         = La Oreja de Van Gogh
| length2        = 3:10
| title3         = Pesadilla
| note3          = with Mikel Erentxun
| lyrics3        = Benegas
| music3         = La Oreja de Van Gogh
| length3        = 4:18
| title4         = La estrella y la luna
| note4          = with Txetxo Bengoetxea
| lyrics4        = Benegas
| music4         = La Oreja de Van Gogh
| length4        = 3:46
| title5         = Viejo cuento
| lyrics5        = Benegas
| music5         = La Oreja de Van Gogh
| length5        = 5:05
| title6         = Dos cristales
| lyrics6        = San Martín, [[Amaia Montero]]
| music6         = La Oreja de Van Gogh
| length6        = 4:24
| title7         = Lloran piedras
| note7          = with Txetxo Bengoetxea
| lyrics7        = La Oreja de Van Gogh
| music7         = La Oreja de Van Gogh
| extra7         = 
| length7        = 4:04
| title8         = ¿Qué puedo pedir?
| note8          = with Mikel Erentxun
| lyrics8        = La Oreja de Van Gogh, Rafael Berrio García
| music8         = La Oreja de Van Gogh, Berrio García
| length8        = 3:01
| title9         = Dile al sol
| lyrics9        = Benegas
| music9         = La Oreja de Van Gogh
| length9        = 3:36
| title10        = El libro
| note10         = with Txetxo Bengoetxea
| lyrics10       = Benegas
| music10        = La Oreja de Van Gogh
| length10       = 3:45
| title11        = La carta
| lyrics11       = Benegas
| music11        = La Oreja de Van Gogh
| length11       = 2:40
| title12        = Soñaré
| lyrics12       = Montero
| music12        = La Oreja de Van Gogh
| length12       = 3:34
|}}

==Personnel==

===Performing===
* [[La Oreja de Van Gogh]]
** [[Amaia Montero]] – vocals, backing vocals
** Pablo Benegas – guitar
** Xabi San Martín – keyboards, [[Programming (music)|programming]]
** Álvaro Fuentes – bass
** Haritz Garde – percussion
* [[Mikel Erentxun]]  – backing vocals
* [[Txetxo Bengoetxea]]  – backing vocals
* Pablo Martín – backing vocals
* Josu García – backing vocals, guitar
* Marcelo Fuentes – bass
* Fernando Samalea – percussion
* Francis Amat – piano

===Technical===
* Alejo Stivel – [[Record producer|record production]]
* [[Barry Sage]] – [[sound recording and reproduction|sound recording]], [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|audio mixing]], [[audio mastering]]
* Josu García – record production
* Marta García – sound recording
* Alberto Vidal – sound recording
* Gugu Martínez – [[audio engineering]]

===Design===
* Carlos Martín – [[graphic design]]
* Jesús Ugalde – [[photography]]
* Luis Oliveira – [[Cosmetology|hair & makeup]]
* Oddyty <small>[[San Sebastián]], [[Gipuzkoa|Guipúzcoa]], Spain</small> – [[Wardrobe stylist|wardrobe]]

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1999)
! Peak<br>position
|-
!scope="row"| Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.cl/books?id=8g0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75|title=Hits of the World|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=6 March 1999|page=75|access-date=14 June 2025}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|}

==Sales and certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|title=Dile al sol|artist=La Oreja de Van Gogh|type=album|salesamount=800,000|salesref=<ref name="Sales">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0A8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Puerto+Rico&pg=PA49|title=U.S. Opens Ears To La Oreja De Van Gogh|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 2, 2023|page=49|date=March 13, 2004|author-link=Leila Cobo|first=Leila|last=Cobo}}</ref>|award=Platinum|number=7|relyear=1998|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/albumes/historial/TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%2006_17.pdf|title=Top 100 álbumes|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|accessdate=January 2, 2013}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|nocert=true|salesamount=19,000|salesref=<ref name="Sales"/>}}
{{table end}}

==See also==
*[[List of best-selling albums in Spain]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{La Oreja De Van Gogh}}

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[[Category:1999 debut albums]]
[[Category:La Oreja de Van Gogh albums]]