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- Epic in 1991. The duo's two previous studio albums '' Carne De Melocotón'' and '' Bandido'' had resulted in the release of two remix albums, '' Mix in Spain'' and '' The Sugar Mix Album''. ''Mambo'' was their first studio album on which the influences from contemporary dance music genres like

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, R&B and hip hop were fully integrated in the original production; the track "Feria" even saw the sisters making their debut as rappers. The album was also the first not to be entirely recorded in Spain or predominantly produced by their longtime collaborator Julio Palacios - it had no less than ten producers. The lead single "Torero!", although as typically flamenco-flavoured as their international breakthrough single "Bandido", was in fact written and produced by Englishmen Nick Fisher and Garry Hughes and German

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. "Torero!" was in 1992 covered in Turkish under the title "Yetti Artik" ("That's it" in Turkish) by Tarkan, one of Turkey's biggest stars both domestically and internationally. The song was included on his debut album ''

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'' ("Again without you" in Turkish). Follow-up single and title track "Mambo" was written and produced by Enrique "Kiki" Garcia and Hector Almaguer, both longtime collaborators with

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's "Tu Quieres Más (Porque Te Amo)" (#12, US Hot Latin Tracks), "Lujuria" and "Ahora O Nunca", the latter composed by the team behind "Bandido". Just like the ''Bandido'' album, ''Mambo'' also featured a number of flamenco/dance cover versions of songs from a wide variety of genres; the 60s

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on their final studio album '' Bridge Over Troubled Water'' in 1970. ''Mambo'', which sold double platinum in Azúcar Moreno's native Spain, became their proper breakthrough album not only in Latin America but also on the Japanese market where all their albums have been released ever since. The Japanese edition of ''Mambo'' was issued with different cover art and the CD included two tracks from their previous studio albums '' Carne De Melocotón'' and '' Bandido'', "Aunque Me Falte El Aire" and "Bandido", as bonus features. The ten track vinyl edition issued in most parts of the world omitted "Feria", "Paint It Black" and the alternate mixes of "Torero!" and "Mambo". In the United States the album reached #5 on Billboard's Latin Pop chart. "Mambo" and "Tu Quieres Más (Porque Te Amo)" were both included on Azúcar Moreno's first greatest hits album '' Mucho Azúcar – Grandes Éxitos'', released in 1997.

Track listing

CD #"Mambo" ( Hector Almaguer, Enrique "Kiki" Garcia) - 3:47 #"Lujuria" (Javier Losada, Julián Ruiz) - 4:50 #"Torero!" (Nick Fisher, Garry Hughes, lyrics: Luis G. Escolar) - 4:36 #"Tu Quieres Más (Porque Te Amo)" (Pedro Arroyo) - 4:26 #"Ahora O Nunca" (José L. Abel, Raúl Orellana, Jaime Stinus) - 3:53 #"Feria" (Javier Losada, Julián Ruiz) - 3:16 #"Bailaor (Bolero)" (Ayram, C. Biondi, C. Tarantola, M. Biondi, Spanish lyrics: Pedro L. Rito) - 3:36 #"Tus Besos Me Matan" (J. Miguel Evora, Isidoro Muñoz) - 4:33 #"Loca Reloca" ("

") (Gary Lee Jackson, Raynard Miner, Paul Smith, Spanish lyrics: Luis G. Escolar) - 4:20 #"

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, Spanish lyrics: José Carreras) - 4:48 #" El Cóndor Pasa" (Jorge Milchberg, Daniel A. Robles, Spanish lyrics: Manuel Clavero) - 4:15 #"Torero!" (Single Version) (Nick Fisher, Gary Hughes, lyrics: Luis G. Escolar) - 3:57 #"Mambo" (CD Mix) ( Hector Almaguer, Enrique "Kiki" Garcia) - 4:09 LP Side A #"Mambo" ( Hector Almaguer, Enrique "Kiki" Garcia) - 3:47 #"Lujuria" (Javier Losada, Julián Ruiz) - 4:50 #"Torero!" (Nick Fisher, Garry Hughes, Spanish lyrics: Luis G. Escolar) - 4:36 #"Tu Quieres Más (Porque Te Amo)" (Pedro Arroyo) - 4:26 #"Ahora O Nunca" (José L. Abel, Raúl Orellana, Jaime Stinus) - 3:53 Side B #"Bailaor (Bolero)" (Ayram, C. Biondi, C. Tarantola, M. Biondi, Spanish lyrics: Pedro L. Rito) - 3:36 #"Tus Besos Me Matan" (J. Miguel Evora, Isidoro Muñoz) - 4:33 #"Loca Reloca" ("

") (Gary Lee Jackson, Raynard Miner, Paul Smith, Spanish lyrics: Luis G. Escolar) - 4:20 #"

" (Consuelo Velázquez) - 4:26 #" El Cóndor Pasa" (Jorge Milchberg, Daniel A. Robles, Spanish lyrics: Manuel Clavero) - 4:15

Production

* Enrique "Kiki" Garcia -

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("Mambo") * Hector Almaguer - record producer ("Mambo") * Julian Ruiz - record producer ("Lujuria", "Feria", "Paint It, Black") *

- producer ("Torero!") * Nick Fisher - producer ("Torero!") * Garry Hughes - producer ("Torero!") * Raúl Orellana - producer ("Ahora O Nunca") * Jaime Stinus - producer ("Ahora O Nunca") * Julio Palacios - producer ("Tu Quieres Más (Porque Te Amo)", "Bailaor (Bolero)", "Tus Besos Me Matan", "Loca Reloca", "Besame Mucho", "El Condor Pasa") * Alex de la Nuez - producer ("Bailaor (Bolero)", "El Condor Pasa") * Recorded at Studio Center West (Miami) ("Mambo"), Doublewironics (Madrid), Eastcote Studios (London) ("Torero!"), Estudios Sincronia (Madrid) and "El Camión" (Barcelona).

References

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