Carnaval (Spyro Gyra album)

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Carnaval
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ReleasedSeptember 29, 1980 (1980-09-29)
Recorded1980
Studio
Genre Jazz, jazz fusion
Length33:02
Label MCA
Producer Jay Beckenstein, Richard Calandra
Spyro Gyra chronology
Catching the Sun
(1980)
Carnaval
(1980)
Freetime
(1981)
Professional ratings
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Carnaval is the fourth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1980. It was given gold record status on June 1, 1987. [2]

Contents

At Billboard magazine, Carnaval reached No. 49 on the Top 200 Albums chart. [3] The song "Cafe Amore" reached No. 77 on the Hot 100 singles chart [4] and No. 14 on the Adult Contemporary singles chart. [5]

Track listing

  1. "Cafe Amore" (Chet Catallo) – 5:02 (album version) 4:12 (single edit version)
  2. "Dizzy" (Tom Schuman, Eli Konikoff) – 4:40
  3. "Awakening" (Jeremy Wall) – 5:48
  4. "Cachaca" (Beckenstein) – 4:18
  5. "Fox Trot" (Beckenstein) – 4:40
  6. "Sweet 'n' Savvy" (Schuman) – 5:12
  7. "Bittersweet" (Beckenstein) – 4:28
  8. "Carnaval" (Wall) – 5:26

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [6]

Spyro Gyra

Guests

Horn Section

String Section

Production

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References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r148015
  2. "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  3. "Spyro Gyra - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 15 April 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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  5. "Spyro Gyra - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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