''Aidalai'' is an album by pop group

Mecano Mecano was a Spanish pop band formed in 1981 and active until 1992. Mecano became one of the most successful Spanish pop bands of all time. The band is still the best-selling Spanish band, with over 25 million records worldwide. They were consid ...

. It was released in 1991 and produced by the group. Its launch was in the middle of rumors of the separation of the group due to differences between

Nacho Cano Ignacio Cano Andrés (b. Madrid, 26 February 1963), better known as Nacho Cano, is a Spanish arranger, composer, musician and record producer. He and his brother showed an interest in music in their young lives. At 5, he began to play the Spani ...

and

José María Cano José Cano Andrés (born 21 February 1959) is a Spanish visual artist, musician, composer, and record producer. From 1982 to 1998, he was a member and principal composer of the Spanish pop-rock band Mecano. Since 1998, he works primarily in the ...

. It was their third release with

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. The title refers to a game word: Aidalai → ¡Ay Dalai!, meaning in English something like ''Oh Dalai!''.

Spain Edition

''Aidalai'' songs range from very minimalist ones like "Sentía" (''I felt''), a kind of

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music in which the voice of singer

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is accompanied by only two acoustic guitars and

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s, to others as complex as "Naturaleza muerta" (''Still Nature''), which has a complex orchestral string arrangement. However, also on the album are songs typical of the group's

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style, like "El fallo positivo" (''The positive verdict'') about the issue of

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, with perhaps one of the best works of vocal arrangements of

, and "Dalai Lama", that narrates the life of the

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and the invasion of

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. It also includes "El 7 de septiembre" (''September 7th''), written by

, which won best song of the year in Spain in 1991 and was dedicated to his ex-girlfriend, the writer Coloma Fernández Armero. "Tú" (''You''), a sensitive song by

, is also included. José María Cano's song "Una rosa es una rosa" (''A rose is a rose'') was inspired by the famous sentences of the writer

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and the video won in the category of "Best National Video of the Year" in the

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and the

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Track listing

Tracks: # "El fallo positivo" (I. Cano) - 4:00 # "El uno, el dos, el tres" (J.M. Cano) – 4:41 # "Bailando salsa" (J.M. Cano)– 4:08 # "El 7 de septiembre" (I. Cano) – 5:02 # "Naturaleza muerta" J.M. Cano – 5:02 # "1917 (Instrumental)" (I.Cano)– 4:12 # "Una rosa es una rosa" (J.M. Cano) – 4:48 # "El lago artificial" – 3:53 (I.Cano) # "Tú" J.M. Cano – 4:10 # "Dalai Lama" – 5:29 ( I.Cano) # "El peón del rey de negras" (J.M. Cano) – 4:49 # "J.C." (I. Cano) – 4:20 # "Sentía" (J.M Cano) – 3:28 # "El 7 de septiembre (Acoustic version)" (I. Cano) – 4:36 (Only on the 2005 edition)

Singles

* El 7 de septiembre * El peón del rey de negras * Naturaleza muerta * Dalai Lama * Una rosa es una rosa * Tú * El fallo positivo * Bailando salsa (Only for

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)

Italy Edition

This edition was released simultaneously with the Spain and France editions. It has a length of 56:02 min; it includes 6 tracks in

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and the rest in

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. The adaptations were made by B. Bonezzi and M. Luberti.

Track listing

Tracks: # "Responso positivo (El fallo positivo)" – 4:00 # "El uno, el dos, el tres" – 4:41 # "Bailando salsa" – 4:08 # "Il 7 di settembre (El 7 de septiembre)" – 5:02 # "Anna e Miguel (Naturaleza muerta)" – 5:02 # "1917 (Instrumental)" – 4:12 # "Una rosa è una rosa (Una rosa es una rosa)" – 4:48 # "El lago artificial" – 3:53 # "Tu (Tú)" – 4:10 # "Dalai Lama (Italian Version)" – 5:29 # "El peón del rey de negras" – 4:49 # "J.C." – 4:20 # "Sentía" – 3:28

Singles

* Tu/Tú (1991)

France Edition

This French edition was released simultaneously with the Spain and Italy editions. It has a length of 60:22 min. It includes 7 songs in

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, 6 in

and an instrumental one. This edition was published by BMG Musique in

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. Its adaptations were made by

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, D. Burgard, M. Penalva and A. Moreau.

Track listing

Tracks: # "Dis-moi lune d'argent (Hijo de la Luna)" – 4:20 # "El fallo positivo" – 4:00 # "Une histoire à trois (El uno, el dos, el tres)" – 4:41 # "J.C. (French version)" – 4:20 # "Bailando salsa" – 4:08 # "Dalai Lama" – 5:29 # "Toi (Tú)" – 4:10 # "Le 7 septembre (El 7 de septiembre)" – 5:02 # "Una rosa es una rosa" – 4:48 # "Le paradis artificiel (El lago artificial)" – 3:53 # "Nature morte (Naturaleza muerta)" – 5:02 # "1917 (instrumental)" – 4:12 # "El peón del rey de negras" – 4:49 # "Sentía" – 3:28

Singles

* Dis-moi lune d'argent/Hijo de la Luna (1991) * Nature morte/Naturaleza muerta (1991) * Toi/Tú (1991) * Dalai Lama/Le 7 Septembre (1991)

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