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Baccara | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 11, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B0009WES98
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,112 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Yes Sir, I Can Boogie

2. Sorry I'm a Lady

3. Parlez-Vous Francais?

4. Can't Help Falling in Love

5. Koochie-Koo

6. Cara Mia

7. Yummy Yummy Yummy

8. Gimme More

9. Granada

10. Number One

11. Darling

12. Ay Ay Sailor

13. The Devil Sent You to Laredo

14. Feel Me

15. Adelita

16. Somewhere in Paradise

17. Hit Mix

18. Yes Sir, I Can Boogie '99 [Instrumental][Version]

Editorial Reviews

Featuring 18 original hits including 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' & 'Darling'. BMG. 2001. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good music, wrong product description, low quality CD, March 5, 2009

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A. Meller "alexmeller" (Union City, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

I am not planning to review the music itself here, but have problems with the quality of this CD and its presentation on Amazon.com

First, be warned, that Amazon has wrong track listing. This CD has the following songs:

1. "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie"
2. "Sorry, I'm a Lady"
3. "Parlez-Vous Français?" (French version)
4. "Can't Help Falling In Love"
5. "Koochie-Koo"
6. "Cara Mia"
7. "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy"
8. "Gimme More"
9. "Granada"
10. "Number One"
11. "Darling"
12. "Ay, Ay Sailor"
13. "The Devil Sent You To Lorado"
14. "Feel Me"
15. "Adelita"
16. "Somewhere In Paradise"
17. "Hit Mix" ("Yes Sir I Can Boogie"/"Sorry I'm A Lady"/"Darling"/"The Devil Sent You To Lorado")
18. "Yes Sir I Can Boogie" (1999 karaoke version)

Additionally, at least one track (#15, Adelita) has obvious sound defects although I purchased this CD new.

And finally, please note that the track listing tha Amazon placed for this disk actually belongs to Baccara's "The Original Hits" compilation album. Regrettably, the track listing for that album on Amazon is also wrong

Update 6/28/11: obviously, the track list has been corrected by amazon.com.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's a disco era classic., January 22, 2007

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Jon Watte "hplus" (Menlo Park, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

You probably know all about Baccara.

Well, this CD contains almost all the good parts there is to know, without any of the really bad B sides from their career. If you want to fill your house with deliciously vampy, dancable disco beats from thirty years ago, this is the perfect record to do it with.

The mastering is reasonable (giving the age of the originals) and the CD rips easily to MP3, so you can carry it wherever you go. If you're into that kind of thing, that is.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Which Baccara is this?, March 4, 2010

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Ashtar Command "Seeker" (Stockholm, Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best of (Audio CD)

LOL. Good old Baccara. My parents actually have their original album from 1977, in not-so-mint vinyl condition. I listened to it as a small kid, not understanding the lyrics. Obviously.

Baccara was a Spanish duo with most songs in English, and were immensely popular in Europe around 1977-80. One of their songs is still considered a classic and occasionally played on our radio stations: "Yes Sir, I can boogie". Years ago, "Sorry, I'm a lady" was also considered one of their best.

Weirdly, there are currently *two* duos named Baccara. The original duo split in 1981, but the two singers simply formed new duos, both of which use the original name. This CD apparently contains the old recordings of the "real" Baccara. I don't have it, and cannot vouch for the quality (the two other reviewers had mixed feelings about it).

A few years ago, one of the Baccaras made a quixotic appearance in the Swedish music contest Melodifestivalen, suitably dressed in blue-and-yellow miniskirts. Their song isn't included on this compilation. And yes, they were voted out already in the first round.

It seems people have forgotten Baccara. Or at least one of them.

I'm not sure who will be attracted by this kind of disco pop today, with sexist and almost comically old fashioned lyrics. ABBA fans? There does seem to be a very distant relation, musically speaking. Still, as a nostalgia trip to a world long lost, I suppose Baccara are quite fine.

Four stars, for the concept.

And hey, let's be careful out there!