''Bandido'' (Spanish for ''Bandit'') is the seventh

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by Spanish singer

Miguel Bosé Miguel Bosé (born Luis Miguel Dominguín Bosé; 3 April 1956) is a Spanish-Italian Pop music, pop singer and actor. Early life Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of Italian actress Lucia Bosè (1931–202 ...

, released on November 7, 1984, by

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and Epic. The album represented the artist's comeback in 1984 after releasing his sixth studio album ''Made in Spain'' in 1983. In this project, Bosé got more involved in his musical career and changed his style into a more mature lyric style as well as complex sound. ''Bandido'' was a commercial success, selling 100,000 pure copies in Spain as of 1984, a personal record for Bosé at the time. It spawned three singles, "Sevilla", "Amante Bandido" and "Lento", all of them receiving a good commercial reception in

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and

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, especially the first two releases which peaked the Spanish airplay list in that same year. In 2023, the singer released a film about the history between the record and Bosé's personal situation at the time.

Background and release

At the time, Miguel Bosé was thinking of abandoning his musical career, but his signed contract with CBS required him to release one last album, so he started with the recording and production of ''Bandido'', abandoning his romantic-ballad image while turning it into a new fresh sound closer to the modern sound and under the influence of British star artists at the time such as

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, who influenced Bosé's new sound and album artwork inspired from Bowie's sixth

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'' (1973). The company released "Sevilla" as the first single of the album, to be presented in

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on November 7, 1984.

Critical reception

Track listing

Charts

References

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