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. It was the band's seventh album and the first after the band's four-year break. It marked the return of drummer José María Moll, and the arrival of new members Armando Pelayo, Susy Gordaliza and Koky Maning. A song inspired by the

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, "Please Mr Reagan, Please Mr Breznev", was released as a single in some countries, with "Laura" as the B-side. "On the Road Again" was also a single, with "Hard Line for a Dreamer" as the B-side, and this reached #9 in the Swiss charts.Entry at swisscharts.com
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Track listing

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) – 5:52 #"What's Happened" (Arbex, Jorge Eduardo Maning) – 4:04 #"Hard Line for a Dreamer" (Arbex, Jesús Moll, José María Moll) – 4:45 #"Please Mr Reagan, Please Mr Breznev" (Arbex) – 5:53 #"Wild Cat" (Arbex) – 4:49 #"Jeronimo" (Arbex) – 5:20 #"Be the Way to Be" (Arbex, Jesús Gordaliza) – 3:39 #"Laura" (Arbex, Moll, Moll) – 5:02

Personnel

*José Luis Tejada –

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*Jorge Eduardo "Koky" Maning –

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, vocals *Jesús "Susy" Gordaliza –

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, vocals *Ernesto "Tito" Duarte -

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*Armando Pelayo – keyboards *José María Moll –

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, vocals *Nani Prosper, Naomi Hussey, Mari Jamison, Paula Nerea – chorus vocals *

, Jordi Soley – production *Engineer – Luís Calleja *Mixed by Jame Rathbone *Photography – Peter Müller *Design – Juan Aboli *Recorded at Kirios Studios, Madrid

Release information

*Spain – Discos Columbia (RCA) TXS-3214 *Disconforme DISC 1996CD (2000 CD, re-released 2004)

References

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