Piel de Barrabás is a 1981 music album

Album

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 by the Spanish group Barrabás

Barrabás

Barrabás are a Spanish musical group, most successful in the 1970s and 1980s, when they were led by drummer Fernando Arbex. The group's musical style was initially Latin rock with jazz and funk influences, and later developed into a more disco-orientated sound.-History:Arbex formed Barrabás in 1971...

. 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

Cold War

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, "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.

Track listing

1. "On the Road Again" (Fernando Arbex
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   ) – 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

• José Luis Tejada – vocals
  Singing
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  , harmonica
  Harmonica
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• Jorge Eduardo "Koky" Maning – guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
• Jesús "Susy" Gordaliza – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals
• Ernesto "Tito" Duarte - saxophone
  Saxophone
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  , flute
  Flute
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Armando Pelayo – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• José María Moll – drums
  Drum kit
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  , vocals
• Nani Prosper, Naomi Hussey, Mari Jamison, Paula Nerea – chorus vocals

• Fernando Arbex
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  , Jordi Soley – production

• Engineer – Luís Calleja
• Mixed by Jame Rathbone
• Photography – Peter Müller
• Design – Juan Aboli

• Recorded at Kirios Studios, Madrid

Release information

• Spain – Discos Columbia (RCA) TXS-3214

• Disconforme DISC 1996CD (2000 CD, re-released 2004)