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Exotica (Bananarama album)

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Released
  
March 2001

Producer
  
Pascal Caubet

Release date
  
March 2001

Recorded
  
July 1999 - May 2000

Artist
  
Bananarama

Label
  
M6 Interactions

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Exotica (2001)
  
The Very Best of Bananarama (2001)

Genres
  
Pop music, Dance-pop, Pop rock, Latin pop

Similar
  
Ultra Violet, Please Yourself, Pop Life, True Confessions, Viva

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Exotica is the eighth studio album released by the British female vocal duo Bananarama. This is Bananarama's third album as a duo, and was produced by Pascal Caubet and issued only in France in 2001 on the M6 Interactions label. The work is a combination of new compositions along with re-recordings of past Bananarama hits, including a Latin pop version of the U.S. and UK Top 10 hit, "Cruel Summer".

Contents

Two promo-only singles were released from the album: "If" (which was abandoned mostly before release) and a cover version of George Michael's "Careless Whisper". The album was not a commercial or critical success for Bananarama, but the few copies of "If" which made it to the French market have become one of the rarest items ever by the band, heavily sought after by fans and collectors.

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Track listing

France CD version

  1. "If" — 3:52 (P. Caubet/S. Dallin/K. Woodward)
  2. "Starz" — 3:45 (S. Dallin/T. Moran/Bassey Walker)
  3. "What You Gonna Do" — 4:32 (S. Dallin/B. Walker)
  4. "Cruel Summer" — 4:05 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward)
  5. "Crazy" — 4:01 (S. Dallin/P. Hampartzyoumyan/K. Woodward)
  6. "Boom" — 3:15 (S. Dallin/P. de Havilland/B. Walker)
  7. "Robert De Niro's Waiting..." — 3:24 (S. Jolley/T. Swain/S. Dallin/S. Fahey/ K. Woodward)
  8. "Careless Whisper" — 4:02 (George Michael/Andrew Ridgeley)
  9. "Sleep" — 4:06 (S. Dallin/P. Statham/B. Walker/K. Woodward)
  10. "I Heard a Rumour" — 3:53 (S. Dallin/S. Fahey/K. Woodward/M. Stock/M. Aitken/P. Waterman)
  11. "Got a Thing for You" — 3:41 (P. Caubet/S. Dallin/B. Walker/K. Woodward)
  12. "Venus" — 3:38 (R. V. Leeuwen)

Unreleased songs and demos

  1. "What You Gonna Do"
  2. "Boom"
  3. "Venus" '97"
  4. "Sleep"
  5. "You and I"
  6. "You Are Not Me"
  7. "U R My Baby" #:Available on the Disco Brothers CD album Disco Brothers Present Stars of the '80s.
  8. "Your Love Tastes So Sweet"
  9. "Breathe"
  10. "Finally"
  11. "Blue Sky"
  12. "Middle of Nowhere"
  13. "Waterloo" #:Available on the CDs A Song for Eurotrash and ABBA: A Tribute, The 25th Anniversary Celebration.
  14. "I'm Waiting"
  15. "I Like It"

Personnel

Bananarama

  • Sara Dallin - Vocals
  • Keren Woodward - Vocals

    • Produced by

  • Krysty Music Ltd.

    • Vocal arrangements

  • Sara Dallin on most songs
  • Keren Woodward on most songs
  • Bassey Walker on most songs

    • Recorded at

  • Krysty Music Studios, Paris
  • Pat Studio, Paris

    • Voices recorded at

  • Matrix Studios, London
  • North London Studios
  • Studio du Palais des Congres, Paris
  • Big Onion Studios, London

    • Guitars

  • Vasken Sayrin on "If", "Boom", "Careless Whisper" and "Got a Thing for You"
  • Alejandro Otero on "Cruel Summer"
  • Juan-Carlos Pellegrino on "Careless Whisper", "Sleep" and "Venus"

    • Keyboards

  • Pascal Caubet on most songs
  • Juan Carlos Pellegrino on "Cruel Summer"
  • Florent Enfer on "Robert De Niro's Waiting...", and "I Heard a Rumour"
  • Patrick Hampartzoumian on "Crazy"

    • Programming

  • Florent Enfer on most songs
  • Patrick Hampartzoumian on "Crazy"

    • Arrangements

  • Pascal Caubet and Florent Enfer on most songs
  • Bassey Walker and Peter de Havilland on "What You Gonna Do"
  • Patrick Hampartzoumian on "Crazy"

    • Executive producer

  • Pascal Caubet

    • Sound engineer

  • Juan Carlos Pellegrino

    • Mixed by

  • Juan Carlos Pellegrino and Pascal Caubet on most songs
  • Patrick Hampartzoumian on "Crazy"

    • Songs

    1If3:52
    2Starz3:45
    3What You Gonna Do4:32

    References

    Exotica (Bananarama album) Wikipedia
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