''Ana José Nacho'' is a compilation album by the 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 1998, and was produced by the group itself. There are two editions: Spain and France. It includes 8 new songs by the brothers Cano: José and Nacho; these tracks were recorded in CTS Studios and
Belsize Park
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The residential streets are lined with mews houses and Georgian and Victorian villas. Some nearby localities ar ...
in
London
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; and Red Led and Eurosonic in
Madrid
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.
Spain edition
This edition was presented in 2 CDs. The Spanish release includes eight new songs, six of which were culled out from the group's previous work, the album
Aidalai
''Aidalai'' is an album by pop group Mecano. 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 and José María Cano. It was their third r ...
; the other two are new versions of their successful song "Aire" (''Air'') and the song named "El club de los humildes" (''The club of the humble ones'').
The other six "new" songs are "Cuerpo y corazón" (''Body and heart'') that talks about the world of
prostitution
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; "Otro muerto" (''Another dead person'') that shows different interpretations around the theme of death and terrorism; "Stereosexual", a story about a man questioning his sexuality (It was censored in some countries of Latin America), "El mundo futuro" (''The future world'') exhibits a concern for a life and feelings increasingly material and superficial; "Esto no es una canción" (''This is not a song'') tells a tragic story about how drug addiction is destroying the life of a man; and "Los piratas del amor" (''Pirates of love'') tells the experiences of men who are promiscuous and womanizers. An altered version of this song entitled "Canción de los piratas" (''Song of the Pirates'') was released as a single; this altered version featured child-friendly lyrics and was written for
Telecinco
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's "Club Disney" container program.
The sleeve was designed by Ian Ross for Bill Smith Studio. Photography by David Scheinmann.
Track listing
* Disc 1
# Cuerpo y corazón
# Otro muerto
# El club de los humildes
# Aire (otra versión)
# Un año más
# Naturaleza muerta
# Hoy no me puedo levantar
# Dalí
# El 7 de septiembre
# Me cuesta tanto olvidarte
# La fuerza del destino
# No es serio este cementerio
# Hermano sol, hermana luna
# Una rosa es una rosa
# Maquillaje
# Hijo de la luna
* Disc 2
# Stereosexual
# El mundo futuro
# Esto no es una canción
# Los piratas del amor
# El uno, el dos, el tres
# Barco a Venus
# Cruz de navajas
# Ay, qué pesado
# No hay marcha en Nueva York
# Perdido en mi habitación
# Hawaii-Bombay
# Dalai Lama
# Mujer contra mujer
# Me colé en una fiesta
French edition
The French edition of this compilation, on a single disc, was released simultaneously with the Spanish one. It includes six new songs in Spanish, the French version of three of them, and a collection of songs from previous albums sung in French.
The three new songs in French are "Le club des modestes" (''The club of the humble ones''), "Corps et coeur" (''Heart and body'') and "Frère Soleil, Soeur Lune" (Brother Sun, Sister Moon). "Encore un mort" (''Another dead person'') was not included due to a last-minute error by the composer, but was recorded and released as a B-side single. The tracks were recorded in
London
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.
Track listing
Tracks:
# Une femme avec une femme
# Hijo de la Luna (Dis-moi Lune d'argent)
# Dalai Lama
# No Hay Marcha en Nueva York
# Le Club des modestes
# Otro Muerto
# Toi
# 1 histoire à 3
# Corps & Coeur
# Le 7 septembre
# Stereosexual
# Esto No es Una Canción
# El Mundo Futuro
# Los Piratas del Amor
# El Blues del Esclavo
# Frère Soleil, sœur Lune
# Aire (Nouvelle version)
Charts
Album charts
* Note: This release reached the #10 position in
Latin Pop Albums Billboard staying for 10 weeks
and it reached the #28 position in the
Billboard Top Latin Albums
Top Latin Albums is a record chart published by ''Billboard'' magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language, full-length albums in the American music market. Like all ''Billboard'' album charts, the chart is based ...
staying for 1 weeks in the chart.
Single charts
Certifications
References
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1998 compilation albums
Mecano albums
Sony BMG compilation albums