''Primitive Love'' is the ninth

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and second English-language record by the

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, released in August 1985, by

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. A 2CD remastered version of the album was scheduled for March 31, 2017 by Vibe on Records, but it was postponed because Estefan is working on her new album. To date there is no set date for the re-release; however, the track listing was revealed to the public: it will include five songs that were previously unreleased on CD, sixteen remixes, two soundtrack songs, one demo and the Spanish version of "

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". The album sold over 6 million copies worldwide.

Background

This album was a follow-up to the band's previous releases in every sense: in the music, in the rhythms, and in

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's vocals. Previous releases by Miami Sound Machine had failed to achieve much in the way of

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success. However, with the release of ''Primitive Love'' in 1985, their distinctive sound was finally being heard by a wider audience, both in the

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and abroad. This album was the band's first appearance on the American albums chart, reaching #23 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album ended the year on the 1986 ''Billboard'' Year End Charts at #10. Three singles released from this album reached the Top 10 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart: "

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" peaked at #10; " Bad Boy" reached #8; "

" was the highest-charting single from this album, at #5; and "

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" climbed to #25.

Track listing

2017 Remastered Deluxe version (to be released)

Personnel

– lead vocal, background vocals *

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– percussions *Enrique "Kiki" García – drums *Juan Marcos Ávila – bass guitar *Wesley B. Wright – guitar *Roger Fisher – keyboards *Gustavo Lezcano – harmonica *Víctor López – 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 ...

– saxophone *Tony Concepcion – trumpet *Rafael Padilla – percussion, timbales *Betty Cortez – keyboards, background vocals *Rafael Vigil – background vocals *

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– piano ("Conga") *Juanito Márquez – guitar ("Conga") *Suzi Carr – background vocal ("Body to Body") *Emilio Estefan Jr. – producer *Lawrence Dermer – arranger *Joe Galdo – arranger *Eric Schilliing – engineer, mixing *Ted Stein – engineer *John Haag – engineer *Mark Richman – engineer *Teresa Verplanck – assistant engineer *Patrice Caroll Levinsohn – assistant engineer *Carlos Santos – assistant engineer *Juanito Márquez – horn arrangement ("Mucho Money", "Movies") *Víctor López – horn arrangement ("Conga") *Ricardo Eddy Martínez – horn arrangement ("Conga") *Pablo Flores – remixes ("Bad Boy" Dub Version, 2009 Japan Mini-LP CD Edition, "Conga", "Primitive Love") * Bob Rauchman – design and art direction *Al Freedy – front cover photography *Michael Wray – back cover photography *Samy – hair and makeup *Fini Lignarolo – front cover clothes

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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