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Piel de Barrabás

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Piel de Barrabás
Studio album by
Released1981
Recorded1981
GenreLatin rock, disco
LabelColumbia Records, TXS-3214
ProducerFernando Arbex, Jordi Soley
Barrabás chronology
Barrabás
(1977)
Piel de Barrabás
(1981)
Bestial
(1982)

Piel de Barrabás is a 1981 album by the Spanish group Barrabás. It was the band's seventh album and the first after the band's four-year break. It marked the return of drummer José María Moll, and the arrival of new members Armando Pelayo, Susy Gordaliza and Koky Maning.

A song inspired by the Cold War, "Please Mr Reagan, Please Mr Breznev", was released as a single in some countries, with "Laura" as the B-side. "On the Road Again" was also a single, with "Hard Line for a Dreamer" as the B-side, and this reached #9 in the Swiss charts.[1]

Track listing

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  1. "On the Road Again" (Fernando Arbex) – 5:52
  2. "What's Happened" (Arbex, Jorge Eduardo Maning) – 4:04
  3. "Hard Line for a Dreamer" (Arbex, Jesús Moll, José María Moll) – 4:45
  4. "Please Mr Reagan, Please Mr Breznev" (Arbex) – 5:53
  5. "Wild Cat" (Arbex) – 4:49
  6. "Jeronimo" (Arbex) – 5:20
  7. "Be the Way to Be" (Arbex, Jesús Gordaliza) – 3:39
  8. "Laura" (Arbex, Moll, Moll) – 5:02

Personnel

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  • José Luis Tejada – vocals, harmonica
  • Jorge Eduardo "Koky" Maning – guitar, vocals
  • Jesús "Susy" Gordaliza – bass guitar, vocals
  • Ernesto "Tito" Duarte - saxophone, flute, percussion
  • Armando Pelayo – keyboards
  • José María Moll – drums, vocals
  • Nani Prosper, Naomi Hussey, Mari Jamison, Paula Nerea – chorus vocals
  • Fernando Arbex, Jordi Soley – production
  • Engineer – Luís Calleja
  • Mixed by Jame Rathbone
  • Photography – Peter Müller
  • Design – Juan Aboli
  • Recorded at Kirios Studios, Madrid

Release information

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  • Spain – Discos Columbia (RCA) TXS-3214
  • Disconforme DISC 1996CD (2000 CD, re-released 2004)

References

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  • Entry at Allmusic [1]
  • Album sleeve notes