''Samba in Your Casa'' is the fourth studio

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by British pop/

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/ dance

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, released in

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. It was their first

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record for EastWest label, and came out one year after their first

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for

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, the UK number 49 '' The Best of Matt Bianco'', and three years after their third studio work, the UK number 23 ''

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'', the latter including their UK number 11 dance smash hit double A-side

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"Don't Blame It on That Girl/Wap-Bam-Boogie". Unlike their typically jazz and soul early works, the

album was more oriented to Latin pop, dance, and

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, but did not achieve much commercial success in

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, instead starting a loyal fan base for the group in Japan and

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, though it was in fact well received in

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too, one of the few European countries which never forgot Matt Bianco. The LP was mainly promoted by the single "Macumba",See the related page '

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' for the meaning of this exotic word. and the title track "Samba in Your Casa", which featured as a

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on the second single, a

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of " What a Fool Believes", which did not get much

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though - this item also included "Say It's Not Too Late", from the previous studio album by the band, the mentioned

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''Indigo''. The first single, instead, besides two different remix versions of "Macumba" by Bobby Summerfield, also contained a new remix of "Wap-Bam-Boogie" by mixmaster Phil Harding and Ian Curnow.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Mark Fisher and Mark Reilly, except where noted. # "You're The Rhythm" - 4:21 # "Macumba" (Diaz Jr/ Gil/ Liminha/ Mark Reilly/ Velosa) - 4:21 # "

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" (

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, Reggie Andrews) - 4:53 # "Strange Town" - 4:16 # "The Night Has Just Begun" - 3:53 # "True Love" - 4:38 # " What a Fool Believes" (

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, Michael McDonald) - 4:25 # "Lady of My Mind" - 3:53 # "You're the Rhythm (Brazil)" - 3:52 # "Samba in Your Casa" - 4:50

Singles from the album

*"Macumba" # "Macumba" - 3.29 # "Macumba (Que Rumba Mix)" - 4.49 emix by Bobby Summerfield# "Wap-Bam-Boogie (The Sok It to Me Mix)" - 6.32 emix by Phil Harding & Ian Curnow# "Macumba (Dub Version)" - 4.54 emix by Bobby Summerfield *"What a Fool Believes" # "What a Fool Believes" - 4.23 # "Say It's Not Too Late" - 4:56 # "Samba in Your Casa (Cashassa Mix)" - 5.20 emixed by Bobby Summerfield

Charts

Notes

External links

Matt Bianco's detailed discography

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