Other songs "Geografía", "Vestido azul", "Historia de un sueño" y "Bonustrack" were released to a minor success globally but it maintained popularity in Spain where some appeared on the charts the latter reaching number nine on PROMUSICAE Top 100 Canciones.

Globally it is La Oreja de Van Gogh's second best-selling album with over two million copies sold worldwide.

On their previous album El viaje de Copperpot (2000), La Oreja de Van Gogh characterized their own pop rock and ballad sound similar to their first record Dile al sol (1998) while delved more into a Spanish pop rock style with songs such as "Cuídate" as well and power-ballads with songs like their hit "La playa".

However, when recording Lo que te conté mientras te hacías la dormida the band mixed their previous style of genres while exploring Electropop and Europop resulting in songs like "Puedes contar conmigo" which contains more of a pop rock style as well as receiving influences of electropop synthetizers.

Other songs like "Bonustrack", "Geografía" and "Deseos de cosas imposibles" combines both styles characterizing it as the sound of the album.

While the user rating of the website holds at 4.5 stars, La Oreja de Van Gogh’s highest ranking.

[8] Lo que te conté mientras te hacías la dormida is La Oreja de Van Gogh's most accomplished album, and would be an excellent choice for an audience willing to lay the seductions of caliente aside in favor of a distinctly European and new wave-inflected cool"Puedes contar conmigo" ("You Can Count on Me") was the first song released to promote the record being published on March 28, 2003, one month prior the album's release.

It was not received as well as "Puedes contar conmigo" internationally but still the single became a hit in Spain reaching the number one as well as their previous release.

Not much after its release the song became a breakthrough hit that peaked number one in Spain and gave the band commercial success internationally.

It did not performed as good as the prior title commercially peaking at 19 in Spain, however internationally it was better received reaching number 24 in the United States.

Maintaining a classical pop-rock sound the song was produced and written all group members and Xabi San Martín on the production.

Including the songs from Lo que te conté mientras te hacías la dormida but also featuring songs from their previous record El viaje de Copperpot (2000) and an additional version duet with Belgian singer Pablo Villafranca of the track «París».

The artwork from this project is the same as its Spanish release but changing the title to «París» and a lighter white color filter.

The album cover depicts band singer Amaia Montero sleeping sideways on a white bed.