Bandido (Azúcar Moreno album)
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| Studio album by Azúcar Moreno | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 35:47 | |||
| Label | CBS-Epic | |||
| Producer | Julio Palacios Jaime Stinus Raúl Orellana Luis Carlos Esteban |
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Bandido is the fourth studio album by Spanish duo Azúcar Moreno, released on CBS-Epic in 1990. The album became the Salazár sisters' international breakthrough.
The title track "Bandido" was chosen to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. A house music anthem, co-written and produced by the well-known guitar player and producer Jaime Stinus and one of Spain's most prolific dance producers Raúl Orellana, complete with palmas and flamenco guitars, "Bandido" was turned down by the bookmakers before the contest since Spain's previous ethnic entries usually never fared well; in 1983 fellow flamenco singer Remedios Amaya's "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" had for example finished last with zero points. Despite this the song finished an honourable fifth and was given the full 12 points score from countries like West Germany and it became the starting point of Azúcar Moreno's international career. "Bandido" became a major club hit in the summer of 1990 not only in the Mediterranean countries but also the rest of Continental Europe and Scandinavia and the 12" Deep Mix, issued with a new promo video, was put on heavy rotation on music TV channels like MTV Europe and Super Channel. In Sweden the song was remixed by DJ Emil Hellman and re-issued on the Swemix label. The song has been covered in Turkish by singer Askin Nur Yengi under the title "Zehir Gibisin", in Dutch as "Alleen maar de zon" by Paul de Leeuw and the Deep Mix version of the song was recorded in Spanish by Serbian singer Ceca Raznatovic. In 2005 "Bandido" was included in the Eurovision 50th anniversary CD/DVD box set Winners and classics.
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