Heart of the City (album)

Heart of the City
Studio album by Barrabás
Released August 1975
Recorded 1974–75
Genre Latin rock, funk, soul
Label Ariola, Atco
Barrabás chronology
¡Soltad a Barrabás! (1974) Heart of the City (1975) Watch Out
(1975)
Alternative cover

Heart of the City is the fourth album by the Spanish group Barrabás, released in 1975. The album charted at #149 on the Billboard 200 in the USA,[1] and was later re-released on CD in Spain as Check Mate.

This album was the first to feature Daniel Louis on drums, after the departure of José María Moll.

"Checkmate" / "Family Size" and "Make It Easy" / "Take a Wild Ride" were released as singles. The instrumental "Mellow Blow" was one of the first 12-inch singles to be released, and the first ever on Atlantic Records.[2][3]

Track listing

  1. "Checkmate" (Fernando Arbex) – 4:28
  2. "Take a Wild Ride" (E. Morales, M. Morales, Ernesto Duarte, Daniel Louis) – 4:00
  3. "Along the Shore" (Duarte, José Luís Tejada) – 6:06
  4. "Make It Easy" (E. Morales, M. Morales) – 3:54
  5. "Family Size" (Arbex) – 3:21
  6. "Mellow Blow" (E. Morales) – 4:12
  7. "Thank You Love" (E. Morales, M. Morales) – 4:45
  8. "Four Season Woman" (Arbex) – 3:57

Personnel

Release information

References

  1. Entry at Record Heaven
  2. Entry at DiscoMusic.com
  3. Saturday Night Forever: The Story of Disco Alan Jones, Jussi Kantonen - 2011 1907195912 "Barrabas supplied breezy dance-floor fodder via "Wild Safari,” “Woman,” "Hijack” (which Herbie Mann covered for America, garnering the most successful single of his career), and from their album Heart of the City, "Family Size,” “Checkmate,” .."


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