Incognito (Amanda Lear album)

Infobox Album
Name = Incognito
Type = studio
Artist = Amanda Lear


Released = 1981
Recorded = 1980/1981
Genre = Pop, Rock, Euro Disco
Length =
Label = Ariola-Eurodisc
203 450-320
Producer = Anthony Monn
Reviews = Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9fqxqlaldke]
Infobox Album
Name = Incognito
Type = studio
Artist = Amanda Lear


Last album = Diamonds for Breakfast
This album = Incognito
Next album = Ieri, Oggi

"Incognito" is a studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, first released on West German label Ariola Records in March 1981.

The album contains singles "Nymphomania", "Hollywood Is Just A Dream When You're Seventeen", "Love Amnesia", "Red Tape", "New York" and "Égal".

Just like 1978's "Sweet Revenge", "Incognito" is a concept album - to a certain degree. This nine track package is loosely based on the Christian classification of vices, the seven deadly sins - with Lear adding two vices of her own: bureaucracy and nostalgia.

The track "New York" was originally recorded by composer Francis Lai and included on his 1980 album "Paris - New York".

The rights to the Ariola-Eurodisc back catalogue are currently held by Sony BMG Music Entertainment - the original "Incognito" album in its entirety remains unreleased on compact disc.

Track listing

Side A
#"Laziness:" "Hollywood Is Just A Dream When You're Seventeen" (Hanne Haller - Anthony Monn - Amanda Lear) - 4:50
# "Indifference:" "Love Amnesia" (E. Mule) - 3:45
# "Bureaucracy:" "Red Tape" (Anthony Monn - Amanda Lear) - 3:28
# "Fear:" "New York" (Francis Lai - Amanda Lear) - 4:28
#*Tracks 2-4: segued medley. Total time: 11:41.

Side B
# "Pride:" "Égal" (a.k.a. "Ça M'est Égal") (Anthony Monn - Amanda Lear) - 3:25
# "Nostalgia:" "Berlin Lady" (M. Stepstone - P. Dibbens) - 3:22
# "Greed:" "Nymphomania" (P. Macabal - M. Gouty) - 3:27
# "Envy:" "If Was A Boy" (W. Foini - original lyrics: A. Salerno - English lyrics.: Amanda Lear) - 3:15
# "Anger:" "Made In France" (P. Jaymes - Amanda Lear) - 2:10

Personnel

* Amanda Lear - vocals
* Todd Canedy - drums.
* Mats Björklund - guitar.
* Geoff Bastow - keyboards, Moog.
* Anthony Monn - Moog.
* Wolly Emperhoff - backing vocals.
* Herbert Ihle - backing vocals.
* Renate Mauer - backing vocals.
* Claudia Schwarz - backing vocals.
* Edit Prock - backing vocals.
* Angelika Tiefenböck - backing vocals.

Production

* Produced by Anthony Monn.
* Arranged by Geoff Bastow and Charly Ricanek.
* Recorded and mixed at Arco Studios Munich, Germany, November 1980 - February 1981.
* Sound engineer: Frank (Bolzi) von dem Bottlenberg.
* Mastered by Piero Mannucci.
* Design: Ariola-Eurodisc Studios.
* Photos: Regine de Chivré.

Original liner notes

:"» Walking incognito behind my dark glasses in a future world not so far away I see the deadly sins.":"Fighting to survive (it is the law of the jungle) we meet with envy, violence, greed, fear, indifference and even bureaucracy and nostalgia, this favorite sin of mine which helps to accept the future...«":"Amanda Lear 1981"

:"»Hell Is Who (Where) You Really Are«":"Robert Sheckley"

Release history

* 1981 West Germany: Ariola 203 450-320.
* 1981 West Germany: Ariola 403 450-352 (cassette).
* 1981 Italy: Ariola ARL 39155.
* 1981 Greece: Ariola 6483 322.
* 1981 Netherlands: Ariola 203 450.
* 1981 Spain: Ariola I-203450.

Charts

Alternative album editions

* 1981 South American Spanish language edition:Side B
#"Igual" ("Égal" - Spanish version) (Anthony Monn - Amanda Lear - Julio César)
#"Dama De Berlin" ("Berlin Lady" - Spanish version) (M. Stepstone - P. Dibbens - Julio César)
#"Ninfomanía" ("Nymphomania" - Spanish version) (P. Macabal - M. Gouty - Julio César)

ingle releases

7"

*1981: "Égal" / "If I Was A Boy" (West Germany - Ariola 102 969 100)
*1981: "Égal" / "If I Was A Boy" (Turkey - Türküola/Ariola 102 969)
*1981: "Ça M'est Égal" / "Made In France" (France - Arabella 102296)
*1981: "Igual" ("Égal" - Spanish version) / "Ninfomanía" ("Nymphomania" - Spanish version) (Spain - Ariola A-102 592 Promo)
*1981: "Love Amnesia" / "Nymphomania" (Italy - RCA Victor PB 6511)
*1981: "Hollywood Is Just A Dream (When You're Seventeen)" / "Égal" (Brazil - Ariola 103 472)
*1981: "Red Tape" / "New York" (France - Arabella 102 811)
*1981: "Nymphomania" / "Boy" ("If I Was A Boy") (Sweden - Ariola ARI 8105)
*1982: "Igual" ("Égal" - Spanish version) / "Made In France" (Chile - Ariola ARS 10.091)
*1982: "Fever" (J. Davenport - E. Cooley) 3:36 - Intersong (Non-album track) / "Red Tape" (West Germany - Ariola 104 053-100)
*1982: "Fever" / "Red Tape" (Spain - Ariola B 104.053)
*1982: "Fever" / "Red Tape" (Portugal - Ariola 5104 053)
*1982: "Fever" / "Red Tape" (Brazil - Ariola)

Russian compilation CD

NB: Sound quality: vinyl.
* "I Am A Photograph" / "Incognito"