1966 studio album by Los Bravos
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Black Is Black is the debut album by Spanish beat music group Los Bravos , released in 1966 by Columbia Records in Spain (as Los Bravos ), Decca Records in the UK and Press Records in the U.S. The album features its title track , an international hit. The track listing of the Spanish/UK versions differ slightly from the U.S. version.
The album became a moderate success after it charted at No. 93 on the Billboard 200 .[ 2]
Track listing
Spain/UK version
Side one
"Trapped" (Phil Coulter , Bill Martin ) – 2:18
"Baby, Baby" (Manolo Diaz, Ivor Raymonde ) – 2:33
"Make It Easy For Me" (Colin Butler, Diaz) – 2:39
"She Believes in Me" (Vito Pallavicini , Dario Bembo , Peter Callander ) – 2:58
"Will You Always Love Me" (Tony Hayes, Steve Wadey, Michelle Grainger) – 2:22
"Black Is Black " (Hayes, Wadey, Grainger) – 2:53
Side two
"Stop That Girl" (Butler, Diaz) – 2:34
"Give Me a Chance" (Hayes, Wadey, Grainger) – 1:59
"I'm Cuttin' Out" (Coulter, Martin) – 2:57
"Two Kinds of Lovers" (Al Kasha , Joel Hirschhorn ) – 2:09
"You Won't Get Far" (Butler, Diaz) – 2:15
"Baby, Believe Me" (Diaz, Raymonde) – 2:14
U.S. version
Side one
"Black Is Black" (Hayes, Wadey, Grainger) – 2:53
"Trapped" (Coulter, Martin) – 2:18
"Baby, Baby" (Diaz, Raymonde) – 2:33
"Make It Easy for Me" (Colin Butler, Diaz) – 2:39
"She Believes in Me" (Pallavicini, Bembo, Callander) – 2:58
"I Want a Name" (Diaz, Raymonde) – 2:38
Side two
"I Don't Care" (Tony Clarke , Raymonde) – 2:23
"Stop That Girl" (Butler, Diaz) – 2:34
"I'm Cuttin' Out" (Coulter, Martin) – 2:57
"Don't Be Left Out in the Cold" (Diaz, Marcel Stellman ) – 2:10
"You Won't Get Far" (Butler, Diaz) – 2:15
"Baby, Believe Me" (Diaz, Raymonde) – 2:14
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes of original LP[ 3] and Black Is Black: The Anthology 1966–1969 compilation CD.[ 4]
Los Bravos
Mike Kogel – lead vocals
Tony Martinez – lead guitar
Pablo Sanllehi – drums
Manolo Fernández – electric organ
Miguel Vicens – bass guitar
Additional musicians
Technical
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