Something Special (Sabrina album)

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Something Special
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Compilation album by Sabrina
Released 1988
Recorded 1986–1988
Genre Pop, Italo disco
Label Mega Records
Producer Claudio Ceccetto
Stock Aitken Waterman
Elvio Moratto
Sabrina chronology
Sabrina
(1987) Sabrina1987
Something Special
(1988)
Super Sabrina
(1988) Super Sabrina1988

Something Special is the first compilation album by Italian singer Sabrina. It was released in 1988 for the Scandinavian market only. [1]

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Contents

Album information

Mega Records of Copenhagen, Denmark, was very busy producing unique remix and/or compilation releases by several well-known pop/dance-artists in the late 1980s. After the releases of the new singles "All of Me (Boy Oh Boy)" and "My Chico", but before the release of Sabrina's second studio album, Mega issued a compilation of remixes of Sabrina's songs issued until then. Several of these mixes are unique (Extended Versions of "My Sharona" and "Lady Marmalade"), while others are very rare at least (The PWL-Remix of "My Chico"). The releases were given an attractive packaging, with the vinyl LP coming as a picture-disc in a gatefold-sleeve, accompanied by a poster, and the CD featuring six bonus-tracks.

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Track listings

  1. "Multimegamix" 6:47
  2. "My Chico" (PWL Mix)
  3. "Boys (Summertime Love)" (Extended Mix)
  4. "Hot Girl" (Dub Version)
  5. "Lady Marmalade" (12" Remix)
  6. "All of Me (Boy Oh Boy)" (PWL Mix)
  7. "The Sexy Girl Mix for Boys and Hot Girls"
  8. "My Sharona" (Extended Mix)
  9. "My Chico"
  10. "All of Me (Boy Oh Boy)" (Extended Mix)
  11. "Hot Girl"
  12. "Boys (Summertime Love)" (Dub Mix)
  13. "Sexy Girl"
  14. "My Chico" (Dub House Mix)

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Swedish Albums Chart [2] 31

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References

  1. http://eurokdj.free.fr/search/eurodb.php?name=Sabrina
  2. "Something Special", Swedish Albums Chart