Luna de Fuego

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Luna de Fuego
Album luna de fuego.jpg
Studio album by
Released22 April 1983
Recorded1982
Genre Flamenco
Length35:45
Label Columbia Records 466763 2
Producer Jacqueline Tarta
Gipsy Kings chronology
Allegria
(1982)
Luna de Fuego
(1983)
Gipsy Kings
(1987)
Singles from Luna de Fuego
  1. "Princessa"
    Released: 21 March 1983
  2. "Viento Del Arena"
    Released: 13 July 1983
Professional ratings
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Luna de Fuego is the second studio album by the Gipsy Kings, released in 1983 in Europe. [3]

Contents

Background

Just like Allegria , Luna de Fuego is denoted to be more traditional than their next albums with only acoustic guitars, voices, and hand claps. In 1990, the album was merged with Allegria while omitting certain tracks for a re-release to a United States audience under Allegria (US Version) . [4] Luna de Fuego includes "Gipsyrock", which was never released in the US.

Reception

A reviewer of AllMusic stated "This French import is their first album from 1983, and it is a much more traditional affair, with only acoustic guitars, voices, and hand claps. It shows that artistically the sound did not need to be beefed up; the music is still wonderful. How can an array of seven guitars and full-throated passion not be wonderful?" [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gipsy Kings, except for track 7 written by Gipsy Kings and Los Reyes

No.TitleLength
1."Amor d'un Dia"4:46
2."Luna De Fuego" (Instrumental)3:27
3."Calaverada"2:39
4."Galaxia" (Instrumental)2:53
5."Ruptura"4:26
6."Gipsyrock" (Instrumental)3:54
7."Viento Del Arena"4:47
8."Princessa"3:22
9."Olvidado" (Instrumental)2:31
10."Ciento"3:19
Total length:35:45

Credits

Covers

Song of Viento Del Arena was covered by Volkan Konak, Turkish folk singer, as ″Lilalı Kız″ (″Girl with lilac″ in Turkish) in his album ″Gelir misin Benimle″ (″Do you come with me″ in Turkish), [5] released in 1994. For his video clip of ″Lilalı Kız″: [6]

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