Miami Sound Machine-Primitive Love-Reissue-CD-FLAC-1989-ERP

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     Artist  | Miami Sound Machine
     Title   | Primitive Love
     Genre   | Pop                                  Format  | Album
     Source  | CD                                   Time    | 64:58
     Label   | Epic Records                         Store   | 1989
     Catalog | EPC 463400 2                         Rip     | 2022
     Bitrate | 855 kbps                             Size    | 419.52 MB
     Freq    | 44.1 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     01. Body To Body                                                3:56
     02. Primitive Love                                              4:41
     03. Words Get In The Way                                        3:25
     04. Bad Boy                                                     3:53
     05. Falling In Love (Uh-Oh)                                     3:51
     06. Conga                                                       4:14
     07. Mucho Money                                                 4:43
     08. You Made A Fool Of Me                                       2:54
     09. Movies                                                      2:57
     10. Surrender Paradise                                          4:49
     11. La Conga (Dance Mix)                                        5:58
     12. Bad Boy (12" Remix Version)                                 6:23
     13. Body To Body (12" Remix Version)                            6:49
     14. Primitive Love (12" Remix Version)                          6:25
 Notes  
     One of the most successful Latin crossover acts of the '80s, Miami Sound
     Machine was formed in 1975 as the Miami Latin Boys, by keyboardist Emile
     Estefan, Jr. Performing at a wedding shortly afterwards, the group was
     joined by guest vocalists Gloria Fajado and her cousin, Merci Navarro
     Murciano. The two singers impressed the band so much that they were invited
     to become members, and with their acceptance, the band was renamed Miami
     Sound Machine.
     After recording four all-Spanish albums released by CBS Discos, Miami Sound
     Machine broke through to a much larger audience with their first English
     album, Eyes of Innocence, in 1984. The album included the dance hit single
     "Dr. Beat." Their next album, 1986's Primitive Love, included the tune
     "Conga!," which became the first single to be simultaneously included on
     Billboard's pop, Latin, soul, and dance charts.
     Two other singles, "Bad Boy" and "Words Get in the Way," joined "Conga!" in
     the pop Top Ten that year, while several singles approached number one
     during 1987-88, all of which - "1-2-3," "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,"
     "Anything for You," "Can't Stay Away From You" - featured emerging star and
     lead vocalist Gloria Estefan with top billing.
     Few modern-day listeners realize it because so much of the group's back
     catalog languished out of print seemingly forever, but it took Miami Sound
     Machine nearly ten albums to score a crossover hit. That crossover hit,
     "Conga," was quite a song, of course, and it not only allowed Miami Sound
     Machine to "cross over," but also rocketed them from regional to
     international recognition in one fell swoop as the song became a dancefloor
     phenomenon.
     For instance, there allegedly was a news story at the time about how people
     in Miami were so enamored with the song that they formed a three-mile-long
     line dance in the city streets! There's more to Primitive Love than
     "Conga," of course, but the song is so singular that it's hard to discuss
     the album without going on and on about the song and its storied success.
     Anyhow, as aforementioned, Primitive Love was not the debut of Miami Sound
     Machine; it was something like their ninth album (the back catalog remains
     mysterious because of its rarity, hence its nonexistence in the minds of
     most).
     Granted, the group had scored a very minor hit a year prior with "Dr. Beat"
     (debatably the inspiration for the more well-known "Surgery" by World Class
     Wreckin' Cru - or at least the "calling Dr. Dre" part), but nothing to date
     readied the group for the recognition Primitive Love would bring. The sound
     and style of the album are firmly entrenched in mid-'80s dance-pop, not
     unlike, say, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam. That comparison is apt because both
     acts were ethnically Latina yet kept the Latin elements of their music
     toned down to a rhythmic undercurrent.
     For example, you'll hear very little Spanish on Primitive Love. What you
     will hear is a minor dance-pop gem for its time. About half of the songs
     admittedly are misfires for one reason or another, often because of the
     canned synth-drum percussion that instantly dates the music. But the other
     half either borders on unabashed dance-pop greatness or actually attains
     it, as in the case of "Conga," "Bad Boy," "Falling in Love (Uh-Oh)," and
     "Words Get in the Way".
     Miami Sound Machine's next album, Let It Loose, is almost a song-for-song
     rewrite of this one - and a better one, it should be noted. But Primitive
     Love certainly has its own charms, and while it may sound jarring to modern
     ears with its pervasive mid-'80s synth-drums, that's part of its quirky
     charm. And if anything, there's always "Conga," which alone makes this
     album noteworthy.
     Note: Ok, so there are 92 (!) versions of this album listed on discogs.
     Judging from that, which we'll do in this case, this CD - EPC 463400 2 - is
     the European reissue released in 1989. Both UK, South African and Japanese
     editions spotted bonus tracks, and so does this one. Enjoy!

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