The Best of Baccara

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The Best Of Baccara
The Best Of Baccara cover
Compilation album by Baccara
Released 2005
Recorded 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1999
Genre Pop/Disco
Label Sony-BMG UK/Camden
Producer Rolf Soja, Thorsten Brötzmann.
Baccara chronology
The Best Of Baccara - Original Hits The Best Of Baccara The Very Best Of Baccara

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 altered tracklisting.

Contents

[edit] 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

[edit] Personnel

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

[edit] Production

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

[edit] 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).
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Baccara
Original studio albums &
main compilations
Baccara (1977) · Light My Fire (1978) · The Hits of Baccara (1978) · Colours (1979) · Bad Boys (1981) · The Original Hits (1990) · Star Collection (1993) · The Collection (1993) · Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (1994) · Star Gala (1994) · Golden Stars (1995) · The Collection (1998) · Woman To Woman (1999) · The Best of Baccara - Original Hits (2001) · The Best Of Baccara (2005) · The Very Best of Baccara (2006) · 30th Anniversary (2007).