| Bossa Nova Hotel | ||||||||||
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| Studio album by Michael Sembello | ||||||||||
| Released | September 25, 1983 (U.S.) | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||||||||
| Genre | Rock AOR |
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| Label | Warner Bros. | |||||||||
| Producer | Phil Ramone | |||||||||
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Bossa Nova Hotel is the debut album of rock singer/guitarist Michael Sembello. The album contained ten tracks including the smash hit "Maniac" from the motion picture Flashdance, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 on September 1983. The album itself peaked at #80 on the Billboard 200. "Automatic Man" and "Talk" were the other singles released from the album. "Automatic Man" had three other versions released on an LP and 45 single (which were the Extended mix, Instrumental mix and Single Version). The version of "Maniac" that appeared on the soundtrack to Flashdance is different than the one that appears on this album. "Maniac" also had remixed and instrumental versions of the song.
The album has recently been re-issued on CD by Wounded Bird Records.
| # | Song title | Composer/songwriter | length |
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| 1 | "Automatic Man" | David Batteau, Michael Sembello, Danny Sembello | 4:13 |
| 2 | "First Time" | Batteau, Freeman, Sembello | 3:04 |
| 3 | "Cowboy" | Batteau, Sembello, Sembello | 3:35 |
| 4 | "It's Over" | Alfred Rubalcava, Michael Sembello | 4:56 |
| 5 | "Maniac" | Dennis Matkosky, Michael Sembello | 4:18 |
| 6 | "Godzilla" | Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello, Danny Sembello | 3:50 |
| 7 | "Talk" | Sembello, Sembello | 3:26 |
| 8 | "Cadillac" | Sembello | 4:11 |
| 9 | "Lay Back" | Sembello | 4:02 |
| 10 | "Superman" | Sembello | 4:36 |
| 11 | "Easy Life" [*] | Sembello | 3:11 |
| 12 | "Maniac (Live)" [*] | Sembello | 4:51 |
| 13 | "Automatic Man (Live)" [*] | Sembello | 5:00 |
[*] - Re-issue bonus tracks