''Indigo'' is the third

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by British pop/

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band

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, released in July 1988.

Overview

This was Warner Brothers' attempt to launch Matt Bianco in the United States, hence the hiring of

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(

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's husband) as producer. He contributed to three of the tracks on the album, including the first

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"Don't Blame It on That Girl". By reaching number 23 in the

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, ''Indigo'' became the highest-charting album for the group, and it also includes their highest-charting single, the

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"Don't Blame It on That Girl" / "Wap-Bam-Boogie", reaching number 11 in the

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. ''Indigo'' follows the path started with the previous album, the eponymous ''

'' from 1986, achieving even more success. The album was promoted by three more singles: "Good Times", "Nervous", and "Say It's Not Too Late", none of which had any commercial success, stalling in the lower parts of the charts―"Say It's Not Too Late" did not even enter the UK Top 75, and it would be included as a

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on " What a Fool Believes", the second single from the fourth studio album by the band, ''

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'' from 1991. The success of "Wap-Bam-Boogie" pushed the group not only to release a number of

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versions of the hit, at the time and in the following years, but it prompted them towards more of a dance influence in their style which, though disappointing early fans, would gain them new ones; however, maybe for a matter of balance, their next studio album, ''Samba in Your Casa'', would feature a much more

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-oriented sound than their previous albums, though not abandoning the dance rhythms.

Track listing

All tracks written and arranged by Mark Reilly and

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. Note * Tracks 11 and 12 on CD only.

Personnel

Adapted from the album's

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. Matt Bianco *Mark Reilly – vocals *

– keyboards, piano, additional synths, melodica, brass arrangements Other musicians *Robert Ahwai – guitar *Ambassador – vocals (track 4) *

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– trumpet, flugelhorn *Randy Barlow – trumpet *

Ed Calle Ed Calle (born ''Eduardo J. Calle'') is a musician from Miami, Florida. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Calle plays the saxophones, flutes, clarinets, EWI, and keyboards, engineers projects, and performs vocals. He also composes and arrange ...

– tenor saxophone *Jorge Casas – bass guitar *

Paquito Hechavarría Paquito Hechavarría (21 February 1939 – 27 September 2012) was a Cuban pianist. Hechavarría built his career in Cuba by playing in some of the most popular orchestras, including Conjunto Casino, Orquesta Riverside and Los Armónicos. However, h ...

– acoustic piano *

Sheila Ferguson Sheila Diana Ferguson (born October 8, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and author. She was the second longest-serving member of the 1970s American female soul music group The Three Degrees, singing lead vocals on most of the g ...

– backing vocals *Weston Foster – backing vocals *Joy Francis – backing vocals *Robin Jones – percussion *Dee Lewis – percussion *Shirley Lewis – backing vocals *Teddy Mulet – trumpet *Trevor Murrel – drums *Clay Ostwald – keyboards, synth programming, drum programming *Rafael Padilla – percussion *

Ronnie Ross Albert Ronald Ross (2 October 1933 – 12 December 1991) was a British jazz baritone saxophonist. Life Born in Calcutta, India, to Scottish parents, Ross moved to England in 1946 and was educated at the Perse School in Cambridge. He beg ...

– brass, saxophone *

Jon Secada Juan Francisco Secada Ramírez (born October 4, 1961), better known as Jon Secada, is a Cuban-born American singer. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 15 million records, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists. His music fus ...

– backing vocals *

Jamie Talbot James Robert Talbot (born 23 April 1960 in London) is an English jazz alto saxophonist. Talbot played with the London Schools Symphony Orchestra and then with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. He attended the Royal College of Music during 1978� ...

– saxophone *Phil Todd – saxophone *Dig Wayne – backing vocals *Tony Fisher, Derek Watkins, Dave Bishop,

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– brass

Production

*Ian Curnow – additional programming *Brad Davis – engineer *Pete Hammond – mixing * Phil Harding – mixing, remixing * Sheila Rock – photography *Paul Samuelson – engineer * Graham Smith – photography, sleeve design *Dana Horowitz, Patrice, Bob, Head, Cliff, Giles Scrumpy, Mickey Mulligan, Kevin, Tony, Carl – assistants *Tracks 1, 11 & 12 produced by

, Jorge Casas and Clay Ostwald *Tracks 2–10 produced and arranged by Mark Reilly and Mark Fisher *Track 1 engineered and mixed by Eric Schilling

Weekly charts

Singles taken from the album

*May 1988 – "Don't Blame It on That Girl" / "Wap-Bam-Boogie" (double A-side) (UK No. 11 – 13 weeks) *August 1988 – "Good Times" (UK No. 55 – 5 weeks) *January 1989 – "Nervous" / "Wap-Bam-Boogie (re-mix)" (UK No. 59 – 2 weeks) *April 1989 – "Say It's Not Too Late"

Certifications

References

External links

Matt Bianco's detailed discography

Amazon.com: audio clips, cover art, track listing, reviews, and other details on the ''Indigo'' album
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