Spanish Fly is the second studio album by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam. The album was released in April 8, 1987. The singles "Head to Toe" and "Lost in Emotion" both reached number one in the United States. The album peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200. It has sold more than a million copies.
Production The album was written and produced by Full Force.
Critical reception
People wrote that Lisa has "a rich, versatile sound and the vocal strength to penetrate the album’s percussion-heavy arrangements." The Globe and Mail thought that Lisa's "accounts of her various sex and dance urges are both funny and salacious." The Los Angeles Times called the album "an urban contemporary kitchen sink—everything is in there, from dance to doo-wop to crackling funk to spicy salsa." USA Today deemed Lisa "today's Ronnie Spector: a technically limited singer who succeeds by projecting a girlish attitude that's both vulnerable and indomitable."
Track listing
Charts Weekly charts Chart (1987) Peakposition Canadian Albums (RPM) 18
Year-end charts Chart (1987) Position US Billboard 200 42 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 31 Chart (1988) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 67
Certifications
Personnel Lisa Lisa (Lisa Velez): Vocals Michael Hughes: Congas, timbales, talking Spanador: Guitars, Bass, keyboards Full Force: Performer Arranged and produced by Full Force Engineered by Glenn Rosenstein Mixed by Full Force and Glenn Rosenstein Jurgen S. Korduletsch, Don Orilo, Steve Salem: Executive Producers
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