Entre el cielo y el suelo

Entre el cielo y el suelo (English: Between Heaven and the Earth) is an album by pop group Mecano. It was released in 1986. This was the album that established them as international artists not just in Spain, but also in the Americas, Germany, France]] and Italy. It was their first release with Ariola Records. The album's title is taken from a line in "Me cuesta tanto olvidarte."

Entre el cielo y el suelo
Studio album by Mecano
Released	1986 (Spain)
Genre	Synthpop, pop, acoustic, ballada, latin
Label	Ariola Eurodisc S.A.
Producer	Mecano
Mecano chronology
Lo último de Mecano (1986) Entre el cielo y el suelo (1986) Descanso dominical (1988)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

This was the first album in Spain to reach 1 million copies sold worldwide. In Latin America, they started to be recognized, while in Spain they were able to stay 70 consecutive weeks in the Top 5 on the singles charts with songs like "Cruz de navajas" and "Hijo de la luna."[2]

Track listing

Spain CD Edition

Tracks:[3]

No.	Title	English translation*	Length
1.	"Ay, qué pesado"	"What a drag!"	3:58
2.	"Ángel"	"Angel"	4:28
3.	"Hijo de la luna"	"Son of the moon"	4:21
4.	"50 palabras, 60 palabras ó 100"	"50 words, 60 words or 100"	3:57
5.	"Te busqué"	"I searched for you"	2:55
6.	"Me cuesta tanto olvidarte"	"So hard to forget you"	2:53
7.	"No tienes nada que perder"	"You've got nothing to lose"	3:00
8.	"Las curvas de esa chica"	"The curves on that girl"	3:09
9.	"No es serio este cementerio"	"This cemetery ain't serious"	4:25
10.	"Cruz de navajas"	"A cross of knives"	5:02
11.	"Las cosas pares"	"A couple of things"	2:25
12.	"Esta es la historia de un amor"	"This is the story of a love"	3:59

• English translations not official

Spain LP and USA/Latin America CD Edition

Tracks:[4]

1. Ay, qué pesado 4:02
2. Ángel 4:37
3. Hijo de la luna 4:22
4. 50 palabras, 60 palabras ó 100 4:04
5. Me cuesta tanto olvidarte 2:57
6. No tienes nada que perder 3:05
7. Las Curvas de Esa Chica 3:14
8. No es serio este cementerio 4:42
9. Cruz de navajas 5:04
10. Esta es la historia de un amor 3:58

2005 re-release

Tracks:[5]

1. Ay, qué pesado
2. Ángel
3. Hijo de la luna
4. 50 palabras, 60 palabras ó 100
5. Te busqué
6. Me cuesta tanto olvidarte
7. No tienes nada que perder
8. Las curvas de esa chica
9. No es serio este cementerio
10. Cruz de navajas
11. Las cosas pares
12. Ésta es la historia de un amor
13. Canción cortita para antes que nos abandone el mar ("A quick song for time, before the sea abandons us")
14. Figlio della luna (Italian rendition of "Hijo de la luna")

Charts

Album charts

#	Chart	Spain Peak Position	Date
1.	"Spain Album Charts" (2nd Edition)	#30[6]	3 July 2005[7]

Single charts

• Ay qué pesado
• Baila con Mecano (Maxi-single, special edition for Clubs, 7 July 1986)
• Cruz de navajas
• Me cuesta tanto olvidarte
• No es serio este cementerio
• Hijo de la luna

Date	Title	Chart Positions								B-Sides
		United States H.Lat.	Spain	Mexico	Costa Rica	Chile	Colombia	Argentina	Germany
16 June 1986	Ay, qué pesado	17[5]	1	5	2	2	4	9	-	Esta es la historia de un amor
28 July 1986	Cruz de navajas	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	Las cosas pares
1 December 1986	Me cuesta tanto olvidarte	-	1	2	5	1	1	6	-	Ángel
2 February 1987	No es serio este cementerio	-	7	15	25	13	24	30	-	50 palabras, 60 palabras ó 100
25 July 1987	Hijo de la luna	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	45[8]	Te busqué

References

1. Entre el cielo y el suelo at AllMusic Allmusic review
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-04-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. Entre el cielo y el suelo at AllMusic
4. Entre el cielo y el suelo at AllMusic
5. https://www.billboard.com/music/mecano/chart-history/
6. "spanishcharts.com - Mecano - Entre el cielo y el suelo". spanishcharts.com.
7. "spanishcharts.com - Spanish charts portal". spanishcharts.com.
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2008-06-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)