Baccara The Best Of Baccara

Album: The best of New Baccara mp3 download Year: 1991 Artist: New Baccara Quality: High Rating:  New Baccara - The best of New Baccara album Track listing. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1990 CD release of 'The Original Hits' on Discogs.

Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for The Best of Baccara 2001 - Baccara on AllMusic - 2001. Baccara is a famous pop duo from Spain, having gained the greatest popularity in the 80s. The band's name comes from a special rose type, which also became a symbol of the duo. The band was formed in the early '70s, when two talented girls Mayte Mateus and Maria Mediolo met on tour. Future singers got the idea to create a group and perform on.

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The Best of Baccara is a compilation album by Spanish duo Baccara released by Sony-BMG UK's midprice sublabel Camden in 2005.
This release includes sixteen of Baccara's hits and best-known songs from the era of the original formation (1977-1981), mainly focussing on their best-selling debut album Baccara, and finishing with two recent re-recordings dating from 1999 album Baccara 2000, by Mayte Mateos' formation of the duo.
In 2006 this compilation was to get an international re-release under the title The Very Best of Baccara with an alternate tracklisting.

Track listing

1. 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' (Dostal - Soja) - 4:35
2. 'Sorry, I'm a Lady' (Dostal - Soja) - 3:39
3. 'Parlez-Vous Français?' (English version) (Dostal - Soja - Zentner) - 4:30
4. 'Can't Help Falling In Love' (Creatore - Peretti - Weiss) - 3:26
5. 'Koochie-Koo' (Dostal - Soja) - 4:04
6. 'Cara Mia' (Soja) - 2:53
7. 'Yummy, Yummy, Yummy' (Levine - Resnick) - 3:35
8. 'Gimme More' (Soja - Zentner) - 3:50
9. 'Granada' (Lara) - 4:17
10. 'Number One' (Dostal - Soja) - 2:37
11. 'Darling' (full length version) (Dostal - Soja) - 5:40
12. 'Ay, Ay Sailor' (Dostal - Soja) - 3:50
13. 'The Devil Sent You To Lorado' (Dostal - Soja) - 4:03
14. 'Feel Me' (Soja - Zentner) - 4:20
15. 'Adelita' (Traditional) - 2:27
16. 'Somewhere In Paradise' (Sacher) - 4:23
17. 'Hit Mix' ('Yes Sir I Can Boogie'/'Sorry I'm A Lady'/'Darling'/'The Devil Sent You To Lorado') (Soja - Dostal) - 5:38
18. 'Yes Sir I Can Boogie' (1999 karaoke version) (Soja - Dostal) - 3:30

Baccara The Best Of Baccara – Original Hits

Personnel

• Mayte Mateos - vocals
• María Mendiola - vocals, except tracks 17 & 18
• Cristina Sevilla - vocals tracks 17 & 18

Production

Baccara The Best Of Baccarat

• Produced and arranged by Rolf Soja.
• Tracks 17 & 18 produced by Thorsten Brötzmann.

Track annotations

• Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 & 14 from 1977 studio album Baccara.
• Track 3 from 1978: 7' single 'Parlez-Vous Français? (English version)'. Original French version appears on album Light My Fire.
• Tracks 7, 11 & 15 from 1978 studio album Light My Fire.
• Track 12 from 1979 studio album Colours.
• Track 13 & 16 from 1978 compilation The Hits Of Baccara.
• Track 17 taken from 1999 album Baccara 2000 by Baccara 2000 (Mayte Mateos' formation).
• Track 18 taken from 1999 CD-single 'Yes Sir I Can Boogie '99' by Baccara 2000 (Mayte Mateos' formation).

Artist Biography by Amy Hanson

Spanish flamenco artists Mayte Mateus and Maria Mendiolo were already performing together in 1977 for tourists when they were snapped up by RCA exec Leon Deane. Named Baccara, the duo partnered with Rolf Soja, who penned their debut, 'Yes Sir I Can Boogie.' Released in the middle of 1977, the song rocketed up the U.K. charts, scoring the band a number one in September. On the strength of that song, their self-titled debut album was an instant success, and a further follow-up single, 'Sorry I'm a Lady,' gave the duo another U.K. hit in early 1978. Touring Europe brought Baccara a larger fan base and even wider audience for their follow-up albums. Light My Fire was released in 1978 and spun off several singles, including 'La Bamba' and 'Parlez-Vous Français?' The latter, of course, was their entry for that year's Eurovision Song Contest, where they represented Luxembourg. A hot property, Baccara found themselves on the European and U.K. television circuit, appearing on Germany's Musikladen and on England's Sacha Distel Show as regular guests while their disco was in fashion.

The band released just two more albums, Colours in 1979 and Bad Boys in 1981. The hit process continued in their native Spain, Germany, and Japan during these three years, although Britain considered them little more than one- or two-hit wonders. Indeed, their final album as Baccara didn't even see release in that country. By the time Bad Boys hit the racks, both Mateus and Mendiolo were increasingly focusing on their own solo ventures and, by 1983, the original incarnation of Baccara had split. However, by the middle of the decade, both women were leading their own versions of the band -- Mendiolo as Baccara paired with Marissa Perez, and Mateus as New Baccara, first with Jane Comerford and later with Gina T. It was the Mendiolo/Perez duo that emerged triumphant heavy-hitters on the HI-NRG scene during the late '80s, releasing a string of club hits -- 'Touch Me,' 'Fantasy Boy,' and 'Call Me Up' -- that culminated in the confusingly titled New Baccara's Fun, Fun, Fun LP in 1990 (the album also included a new version of 'Yes Sir I Can Boogie').

Both versions of Baccara continued to record and perform throughout the '90s, with a cover version of 'Wind Beneath My Wings' a massive U.K. club hit, while various hits packages have been released without any real distinction between the two bands. Indeed, in the late '90s, New Baccara dropped the first word from their name, again becoming Baccara. A hits package, Baccara 2000, was released in 1999.