Piel de Barrabás

Piel de Barrabás
Studio album by Barrabás
Released	1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Latin rock, disco
Label	Columbia Records, TXS-3214
Producer	Fernando 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.

Track listing

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

• 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

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

References

• Entry at Allmusic [1]
• Album sleeve notes