- Primitive Love
Infobox Album |
Name = Primitive Love
Type = Album
Artist =Miami Sound Machine
Released = flagicon|USAAugust 16 ,1985
flagicon|JapanAugust 1 ,1985
flagicon|WorldAugust 23 ,1985
Recorded = 1985
Genre = Pop-Dance
Length = 39:24
Label =Epic Records
Producer =Emilio Estefan Jr.
Last album = "Eyes of Innocence"
(1983)
This album = "Primitive Love"
(1985)
Next album = "Let It Loose"
(1987)"Primitive Love" is the 9th studio album released by the
Miami Sound Machine , and their secondEnglish language studio album. It was released in1985 (see1985 in music ).Album history
This album was a follow-up to the band's previous releases in every sense; in the music, in rhythms and in
Gloria Estefan 's vocals. Previous releases by Miami Sound Machine had failed to achieve much in the way of crossover success. However, with the release of "Primitive Love" in 1985, their distinctive sound was finally being heard by a wider audience, both in theUnited States and abroad.This album was the band's first appearance on the American albums chart, reaching #23 on the
Billboard 200 . The album ended the year on the 1986 Billboard Year End Charts at number ten [http://www.geocities.com/geprimitivelove/primitivelove.html Primitive Love (1985) ] ] .All the singles released from this album reached the
Top 40 of theBillboard Hot 100 chart: "Conga" peaked at #10; "Bad Boy" reached #8; "Words Get in the Way " was the highest-charting single from this album, at #5; and "Falling in Love (Uh-Oh) " climbed to #25. .As of 2008, the album has sold over 5 million copies world wide.
Track listing
Personnel
Musician & others
*
Gloria Estefan - vocal, background vocals, songwriter
*Emilio Estefan Jr. - percussions
*Enrique "Kiki" Garcia - drums
*Juan Marcos Avila - bass
*Wesley B. Wright - guitar
*Roger Fisher - keyboard
*Gustavo Lezcano - harmonica
*Victor Lopez - trumpet
*Ed Calle - saxophone
*Tony Concepcion - trumpet
*Rafael Padilla - percussion, timbales
*Betty Cortez - keyboard, background vocals
*Rafael Vigil - background vocals
*Paquito Hechevarria - guest musician (Piano "Conga")
*Juanito Marquez - guest musician (Guitar "Conga")
*Suzi Carr - background vocal ("Body To Body")Production
*Producers: Emilio Estefan Jr.
*Arrangers: Lawrence Dermer & Joe Galdo
*Engineer & Mixing: Eric Schilliing
*Additional Engineers: Ted Stein, John Haag & Mark Richman
*Assistant Engineers: Teresa Verplanck, Patrice Caroll Levinsohn, Carlos Santos
*Horn Arrangement: Juanito Marquez ("Mucho Money", "Movies"), Victor Lopez & Ricardo Eddy Martinez ("Conga")
*Recorded & Mixed: New River Studios and International Sound Studios.Design
*Design and Art Direction: Bob Rauchman
*Front Cover Photography: Al Freedy
*Back Cover Photographs: Michael Wray
*Gloria Estefan’s Hair & Makeup: Samy
*Front Cover Clothes: Fini LignaroloCharts
References
External links
* [http://www.gloriaestefanmexico.com GloriaEstefanMexico.com]
* [http://www.geocities.com/weslarkins/glorialibre.html GLORIA! The Official Gloria Estefan Discography Database]
* [http://www.90millas.com 90millas.com] (Official Album Website; English)
* [http://www.gloriaestefanmexico.com/90millas 90 Millas @ gloriestefanmexico.com] (Spanish)
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