Compas (album)

{{Infobox album| | name = Compas | type = Album | artist = Gipsy Kings | cover = Compas Album.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1997|11|06}} | recorded = at Recall Studio, France; additional recording at Metropolis Studios, London. | venue = | studio = | genre = Flamenco, Rumba, World Music | length = | label = Nonesuch | producer = Chris Kimsey | prev_title = Love Songs | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = ¡Volaré! The Very Best of the Gipsy Kings | next_year = 1999 }} {{album reviews |rev1=AllMusic |rev1score={{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/compas-mw0000594988|title=Gipsy Kings - Compas| publisher=AllMusic.com | first=Thom | last=Owens | accessdate=December 25, 2015}}</ref> |rev2 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' |rev2score={{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9780857125958 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=luna+de+fuego+gipsy+kings&pg=PA1422 |accessdate=13 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref> }} '''''Compas''''' is the ninth studio album by rumba band Gipsy Kings. It was released in 1997 in Europe and the US, using a different song order. The European version has one completely new track, "Sueño de Noche", as well as a remixed version of "Ami Wa Wa (Solo Por Ti)".<ref>{{cite web|title=Compas|url=http://www.discogs.com/Gipsy-Kings-Compas/release/1457417|website=Discogs|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=25 December 2015}}</ref>

== Track listing== {{track list | headline = European version | title1 = Ami Wa Wa (Solo Por Ti) | length1 = 4:02 | title2 = Una Rumba Por Aqui | length2 = 4:24 | title3 = Mira la Gitana Mora | length3 = 6:55 | title4 = Recuerdo Apasionado | note4 = Instrumental | length4 = 4:04 | title5 = La Fiesta Comenza | length5 = 3:03 | title6 = Sueño de Noche | length6 = 5:56 | title7 = Que Si, Que No (Funiculi Funiculi) | length7 = 3:19 | title8 = Canto a Brazil | length8 = 4:15 | title9 = Obsesion de Amor | note9 = Instrumental | length9 = 5:09 | title10 = Mi Niño | length10 = 3:16 | title11 = Di Me | length11 = 5:40 | title12 = Lo Mal y Lo Bien | length12 = 3:03 | title13 = Amor Gitano | length13 = 7:28 | title14 = Salsa de Noche | note14 = Instrumental | length14 = 3:29 | title15 = Ami Wa Wa (Solo Por Ti) [Remix] | length15 = 3:37 }} {{track list | headline = American version | title1 = Ami Wa Wa (Solo Por Ti) | length1 = 4:02 | title2 = Que Si, Que No (Funiculi Funiculi) | length2 = 3:19 | title3 = Una Rumba Por Aqui | length3 = 4:24 | title4 = Recuerdo Apasionado | note4 = Instrumental | length4 = 4:04 | title5 = Mira la Itana Mora | length5 = 6:55 | title6 = La Fiesta Comenza | length6 = 3:03 | title7 = Canto a Brazil | length7 = 4:15 | title8 = Salsa de Noche | note8 = Instrumental | length8 = 3:29 | title9 = Mi Niño | length9 = 3:16 | title10 = Di Me | length10 = 5:40 | title11 = Obsesion de Amor | note11 = Instrumental | length11 = 5:09 | title12 = Lo Mal y Lo Bien | length12 = 3:03 | title13 = Amor Gitano | length13 = 7:28 }}

==Credits== *Arranged by – Gipsy Kings, Jon Carin *Mastered by – Bob Ludwig *Mixed By, Producer – Chris Kimsey *Photography – Peter Knaup

== Personnel == (using the American track list) *Abud Abdel Al - violin (1, 2, 4, 5) *Paco Baliardo - compas (flamenco) guitar (4, 8) *Tonino Baliardo - solo guitar (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13), compas (flamenco) guitar (4, 8, 11) *Gipsy Kings, unspecified - guitar (3, 5, 6, 7, 9) *Jon Carin - piano accordion (1, 2, 7), Kurzweil (1, 7, 10), strings (2, 5, 13), bass guitar (3), sample claps (3), tambourine (3), castanets (3), djembe harp (4), loops (4, 5), atmosphere (5), Egyptian flute (5), keyboards (6), percussion (7, 9, 10), cymbal (8), finger snaps (8), steel guido (8), electric guitar (9), piano (9, 11), autoharp (10), acoustic guitar (10), drum programming (11), programmed percussion (12) *Shawn Farrenden - didgeridoo (1) *Manu Katché - drums (8, 11) *Andres Levin—additional keyboards (7), samples (7) *Pino Palladino, bass (1, 7), bass guitar (2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12), electric guitar (9), acoustic guitar (10) *Hossam Ramzy - Egyptian percussion (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12), shaker (8) *Andre Reyes – lead vocals (1, 7), backing vocals (1), harmony vocals (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12), hand clapping (2, 4, 12), guitar (10, 12) *François "Canut" Reyes - backing vocals (1), lead vocals (2, 13), guitar (2, 13) *Georges "Baule" Reyes - backing vocals (1), guitar (12) *Nicholas Reyes – lead vocals (1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12), backing vocals (1), hand clapping (2, 3, 4, 12); percussion (6), guitar (10), harmony vocals (12) *Patchai Reyes - backing vocals (1), hand clapping (3), lead vocals (9), harmony vocals (9) *Paul Reyes – backing vocals (1) *Eddie Thornton - trumpet (3, 7, 9) *Brian Edwards - saxophone (3, 7, 9, 11) *Trevor Edwards - trombone (3, 7, 9) *Nigel Shaw - flute (5, 13), whistle (6. 13) *Naná Vasconcelos - percussion (7)

==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for ''Compas'' ! scope="col"| Chart (1997) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Hungary|36|year=1997|week=35|rowheader=true|accessdate=1 January 2026}} |}

==Certifications and sales== {{certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Gipsy kings|title=Compas|type=album|nocert=true|salesamount=221,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1xIEAAAAMBAJ&q=the+mask+and+mirror+loreena+mckennitt+nielsen+soundscan&pg=PA28|author=|date=16 June 2007|volume=119|issue=24|title=World's greatest|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Billboard |page=28|accessdate=31 March 2018}}</ref>|relyear=1997}} {{Certification Table Summary}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|type=album|artist=Gyspy Kings|title=Compas|nocert=true|relyear=1997|salesamount=770,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1998/MM-1998-01-24.pdf|title=French exporters mind their language|magazine=Music & Media|first=Remi|last=Bouton|page=3|date=24 January 1998|accessdate=17 March 2022}}</ref>}} {{Table end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20161006104429/http://www.gipsykings.net/VamosABailar/Discography.html Compas] at gipsykings.net

Category:1997 albums Category:Gipsy Kings albums Category:Albums produced by Chris Kimsey Category:Nonesuch Records albums