Luna de Fuego

Luna de Fuego is the second studio album by the Gipsy Kings, released in 1983 in Europe.[3]

Luna de Fuego
Studio album by
Gipsy Kings
Released22 April 1983
Recorded1982
GenreFlamenco
Length35:45
LabelColumbia Records 466763 2
ProducerJacqueline 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
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]

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
  • Pierre Braner – Engineer
  • Gipsy Kings – Composer, Primary Artist
  • Los Reyes – Composer

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]

References
  1. Newsletter, Rhythm. "Gipsy Kings - Luna de Fuego". AllMusic.com. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  3. "Gipsy Kings -- Luna De Fuego". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. "Gipsy Kings". RFI Musique. rfimusic.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  5. https://www.discogs.com/master/1795466-Volkan-Konak-Gelir-Misin-Benimle-
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctwq3Z7u2HE
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