Hacia lo salvaje

Hacia lo salvaje (Into the wild) is the sixth studio album by the Spanish band Amaral. The songs were recorded in the duo's Madrid studio by Eva Amaral and Juan Aguirre, with the participation of Toni Toledo and Chris Taylor. The production was undertaken by Juan de Dios Martín, Eva Amaral and Juan Aguirre. Antonio Escobar was the synthesizer programmer. The album was mixed and mastered in New York by Michael Brauer in Electric Lady and Greg Calbi in Sterling Sound. It was the first album published under the new label created by the duo, Antártida, which was named after the song that the band were currently working on when they realised that they had not yet given their new label a name. Acoustic versions of all the songs were also recorded and released as bonus material

The album was received positively by critics and became a gold record (30,000 copies sold) in its first week, putting it at number one in the list of music sales in Spain for four weeks running. In November 2011, the album reached the status of platinum record (40,000 copies sold) in January 2012 was a certified triple gold record (60,000 copies sold), as well as being awarded Double Silver by the Independent Music Companies Association (IMPALA). "Hacia lo salvaje" was chosen as the third most important Spanish album of 2011 by the magazine Rolling Stone as well as achieving the "Rolling Stone Prize" for Best song for the track "Hacia lo salvaje", which was also considered by the same publication as "one of the most epic rock songs".