''Mecano'' is the debut studio album recorded by Spanish

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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 ...

, released on April 5, 1982 under the label

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. The album spawned five singles, "

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", "Perdido en mi Habitación", " Me Colé en Una Fiesta", " Maquillaje" and "No Me Enseñen la Lección", all of them receiving pop culture popularity in

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. While two of them made it to number one in the Spanish Airplays. Those being "Me Colé en Una Fiesta" and "Maquillaje". Both spending a week at the top of the charts, while the first of them spent six week stop the Spanish Singles Sales Chart. While "Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar" and "Perdido en mi Habitación" made it into the ''top 10'' of the Spanish charts, peaking at number four and number two respectively. ''Mecano'' is one of the most commercially successful Spanish albums of all time, selling not much after its release 350.000 pure units and by the end of the year it had already sold over 1.000.000 only in

. Thus elevating Mecano to become the best selling Spanish group and artist of the moment. With a refreshing style of music, ''Mecano'' crowned the homonymous band as the new music sensations in

back in the early 80s, receiving a commercial and critic success.

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rated the album with four out of five stars, adding, "Mecano is their first record, and one of their most popular, a glamorous effort in which listeners can already appreciate Nacho Cano's brilliant mind for composition. Synths and electronic devices mixed with poppy melodies and Torroja's sweet voice are heard throughout the record, forming a style that became the group's personal trademark from then on". ''Mecano'' is better known in popular slang as ''the clock album'' due to the large clock that appears on the cover. In the

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re-issue a new track "Quiero Vivir En La Ciudad" was included as a bonus track.

Track listing

Versión 12", 1982

* Bonus Tracks included on the B-side of some vinyl singles and maxi-singles # "''Quiero vivir en la ciudad''". # "''Viaje espacial''" (single version). # "''Napoleón''". # "''Súper-Ratón''".

Singles

Covers

Maquillaje has later been recorded by many singers and bands, among them: *

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(1989) *Amarillo (2005) *

Ana Torroja Ana Torroja Fungairiño (born 28 December 1959 in Madrid), 3rd marchioness of Torroja, is a Spanish singer. She was the lead singer of the pop trio Mecano, considered one of the most popular pop bands from Spain during the 1980s and 1990s. Mec ...

(2006) *

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(2007) * Cherry Ahava (2009) *Jot Dog (2010) *Nacho Cano presenta: Mecandance (2011)

Charts

Album Charts

Sales and certifications

Personnel

(vocals) *

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 ...

(keyboards, background vocals) *

Jose Maria Cano Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. *Jose ben Abin *Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galilean ...

(guitars, background vocals) * Manolo Aguilar (bass) * Javier de Juan (

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drum machines on tracks 1-5, 7-11) *

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drum machine and

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s on track 6) *

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drum machine, sound effects, keyboards, and sax on "Quiero Vivir En La Ciudad") * Carlos García-Vaso (uncredited; guitars on several tracks of the album)

References

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