''Barrabás'' is the sixth album by the Spanish group

Barrabás Barrabás are a Spanish musical group, most successful in the 1970s and 1980s when they were led by drummer and producer Fernando Arbex. The group's musical style was initially Latin rock with jazz and funk influences, and later developed into a ...

, released in 1977. It was the last album before the group's four-year hiatus, and the last to feature several band members including Ricky Morales, Juan Vidal and Daniel Louis. American jazz musician Herbie Mann featured in the recording of the album, after his hit cover of Barrabás' song " Hi Jack", which was released earlier that year. Also appearing was American saxophonist Michael Brecker. The album is sometimes known as ''Swinger'', after the opening track. The album was later re-released on CD as ''Watch-Out'' with a similar sleeve, but is not related to the other Barrabás album of that name, the 1975 release, '' Watch Out''. "Swinger" / "Week End" was released as a single.

Track listing

#"Swinger" (

Fernando Arbex José Fernando Arbex Miró (28 May 1941 – 5 July 2003) was an influential Spanish musician and songwriter from Madrid, who enjoyed success both with his own groups and also with other artists. While still in his teens, he was the drummer in Los ...

) – 4:55 #"Movin' On" ( Ernesto Duarte) – 4:30 #"Turn Me Love" (Enrique Morales) – 4:48 #"Oldie" (Duarte, E. Morales, Miguel Morales) – 5:10 #"Week End" (E. Morales, M. Morales) – 4:42 #"Do It" (M. Morales) – 4:09 #"Sweet and Mellow" (E. Morales) – 4:48 #"Love Is in the Air" (M. Morales) – 4:10

Personnel

*José Luís Tejada –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

on tracks 1–3 *Enrique "Ricky" Morales –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

, backing vocals *Miguel Morales –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, backing vocals, lead vocals on track 8 * Ernesto "Tito" Duarte –

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

, bass guitar *Juan Vidal –

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

, backing vocals *Daniel Louis –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, percussion * Herbie Mann –

on track 1 * Michael Brecker – saxophone on track 6 *Ray Gomez – guitar on track 2 *Produced by

*Recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York

Release information

*Spain – Ariola Eurodisc *Disconforme DISC 1988CD (2001 CD) as ''Watch-Out''

References

* Entry for the ''Watch-Out'' CD version at

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