Indigo is the third studio album by British band Matt Bianco, released in June 1988 through WEA.
Overview Indigo was Warner Brothers' attempt to launch Matt Bianco in the United States, hence the hiring of Emilio Estefan (Gloria Estefan's husband) as producer. He contributed to three of the tracks on the album, including the first single "Don't Blame It on That Girl".
By reaching number 23 in the UK Albums Chart, Indigo became the highest-charting album for the group. It also included their highest-charting single, the double A-side "Don't Blame It on That Girl"/"Wap-Bam-Boogie", reaching number 11 in the UK Singles Chart. It also reached the top 10 on Billboards Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart – their first song to chart in the US. It was followed by three more singles: "Good Times", "Nervous", and "Say It's Not Too Late", none of which had any commercial success, stalling in the lower parts of the charts – "Say It's Not Too Late" did not even enter the UK Top 75, and it would be included as a B-side on "What a Fool Believes", a single from the band's fourth studio album, Samba in Your Casa from 1991.
The success of "Wap-Bam-Boogie" pushed the group not only to release a number of remix versions of the hit, at the time and in the following years, but it prompted them towards more of a dance influence in their style which, though disappointing early fans, would gain them new ones; however, maybe for a matter of balance, their next studio album, Samba in Your Casa, would feature a much more Latin pop-oriented sound than their previous albums, though not abandoning the dance rhythms.
Track listing All tracks written and arranged by Mark Reilly and Mark Fisher.
Note Tracks 11 and 12 on CD only.
Personnel Adapted from the album's liner notes.
Matt Bianco Mark Reilly – vocals Mark Fisher – keyboards, piano, additional synths, melodica, brass arrangements
Other musicians Robert Ahwai – guitar Ambassador – vocals (track 4) Guy Barker – trumpet, flugelhorn Randy Barlow – trumpet Ed Calle – tenor saxophone Jorge Casas – bass guitar Paquito Hechavarría – acoustic piano Sheila Ferguson – backing vocals Weston Foster – backing vocals Joy Francis – backing vocals Robin Jones – percussion Dee Lewis – percussion Shirley Lewis – backing vocals Teddy Mulet – trumpet Trevor Murrel – drums Clay Ostwald – keyboards, synth programming, drum programming Rafael Padilla – percussion Ronnie Ross – brass, saxophone Jon Secada – backing vocals Jamie Talbot – saxophone Phil Todd – saxophone Dig Wayne – backing vocals Tony Fisher, Derek Watkins, Dave Bishop, Stan Sulzmann – brass
Production Ian Curnow – additional programming Brad Davis – engineer Pete Hammond – mixing Phil Harding – mixing, remixing Sheila Rock – photography Paul Samuelson – engineer Graham Smith – photography, sleeve design Dana Horowitz, Patrice, Bob, Head, Cliff, Giles Scrumpy, Mickey Mulligan, Kevin, Tony, Carl – assistants Tracks 1, 11 & 12 produced by Emilio Estefan, Jorge Casas and Clay Ostwald Tracks 2–10 produced and arranged by Mark Reilly and Mark Fisher Track 1 engineered and mixed by Eric Schilling
Charts Chart (1988)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)96Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)23Italian Albums (Musica e dischi) (Enter "Matt Bianco" in the "Artista" field and click "cerca".)18
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References
External links The official Matt Bianco website Official audio on YouTube