# Compas (album)
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{{Infobox album|
| name = Compas
| type = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist = [Gipsy Kings](/source/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](/source/Flamenco), [Rumba](/source/Flamenco_Rumba), [World Music](/source/World_Music)
| length =
| label = [Nonesuch](/source/Nonesuch_Records)
| producer = [Chris Kimsey](/source/Chris_Kimsey)
| prev_title = [Love Songs](/source/Love_Songs_(Gipsy_Kings_album))
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = [¡Volaré! The Very Best of the Gipsy Kings](/source/%C2%A1Volar%C3%A9!_The_Very_Best_of_the_Gipsy_Kings)
| next_year = 1999
}}
{{album reviews
|rev1=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score={{rating|3|5}}[{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/compas-mw0000594988|title=Gipsy Kings - Compas| publisher=[AllMusic.com](/source/AllMusic.com) | first=Thom | last=Owens | accessdate=December 25, 2015}}]
|rev2 = ''[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music](/source/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)''
|rev2score={{rating|4|5}}[{{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}}]
}}
'''''Compas''''' is the ninth studio album by [rumba](/source/Rumba_flamenca) band [Gipsy Kings](/source/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)".[{{cite web|title=Compas|url=http://www.discogs.com/Gipsy-Kings-Compas/release/1457417|website=[Discogs](/source/Discogs)|publisher=discogs.com|accessdate=25 December 2015}}]
== 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](/source/Bob_Ludwig)
*Mixed By, Producer – Chris Kimsey
*Photography – Peter Knaup
== Personnel ==
(using the American track list)
*Abud Abdel Al - [violin](/source/violin) (1, 2, 4, 5)
*[Paco Baliardo](/source/Gipsy_Kings) - compas (flamenco) [guitar](/source/guitar) (4, 8)
*[Tonino Baliardo](/source/Tonino_Baliardo) - [solo guitar](/source/solo_guitar) (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13), compas (flamenco) [guitar](/source/guitar) (4, 8, 11)
*[Gipsy Kings](/source/Gipsy_Kings), unspecified - [guitar](/source/guitar) (3, 5, 6, 7, 9)
*[Jon Carin](/source/Jon_Carin) - [piano accordion](/source/piano_accordion) (1, 2, 7), [Kurzweil](/source/Kurzweil_Music_Systems) (1, 7, 10), [strings](/source/string_section) (2, 5, 13), [bass guitar](/source/bass_guitar) (3), [sample claps](/source/hand_clapping) (3), [tambourine](/source/tambourine) (3), [castanets](/source/castanets) (3), [djembe harp](/source/djembe_harp) (4), loops (4, 5), atmosphere (5), Egyptian [flute](/source/flute) (5), [keyboards](/source/keyboard_instrument) (6), [percussion](/source/percussion) (7, 9, 10), [cymbal](/source/cymbal) (8), [finger snaps](/source/finger_snaps) (8), [steel guido](/source/steel_guido) (8), [electric guitar](/source/electric_guitar) (9), [piano](/source/piano) (9, 11), [autoharp](/source/autoharp) (10), [acoustic guitar](/source/acoustic_guitar) (10), [drum programming](/source/drum_programming) (11), [programmed percussion](/source/programming_(music)) (12)
*Shawn Farrenden - [didgeridoo](/source/didgeridoo) (1)
*[Manu Katché](/source/Manu_Katch%C3%A9) - [drums](/source/drums) (8, 11)
*[Andres Levin](/source/Andres_Levin)—additional [keyboards](/source/keyboard_instrument) (7), samples (7)
*[Pino Palladino](/source/Pino_Palladino), [bass](/source/bass_guitar) (1, 7), [bass guitar](/source/bass_guitar) (2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12), [electric guitar](/source/electric_guitar) (9), [acoustic guitar](/source/acoustic_guitar) (10)
*[Hossam Ramzy](/source/Hossam_Ramzy) - Egyptian [percussion](/source/percussion) (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12), [shaker](/source/shaker_(musical_instrument)) (8)
*[Andre Reyes](/source/Andre_Reyes) – [lead vocals](/source/lead_vocals) (1, 7), [backing vocals](/source/backing_vocals) (1), [harmony vocals](/source/harmony_vocals) (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12), [hand clapping](/source/hand_clapping) (2, 4, 12), [guitar](/source/guitar) (10, 12)
*[François "Canut" Reyes](/source/Canut_Reyes) - [backing vocals](/source/backing_vocals) (1), [lead vocals](/source/lead_vocals) (2, 13), [guitar](/source/guitar) (2, 13)
*[Georges "Baule" Reyes](/source/Gipsy_Kings) - [backing vocals](/source/backing_vocals) (1), [guitar](/source/guitar) (12)
*[Nicholas Reyes](/source/Gipsy_Kings) – [lead vocals](/source/lead_vocals) (1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12), [backing vocals](/source/backing_vocals) (1), [hand clapping](/source/hand_clapping) (2, 3, 4, 12); [percussion](/source/percussion) (6), [guitar](/source/guitar) (10), [harmony vocals](/source/harmony_vocals) (12)
*[Patchai Reyes](/source/Patchai_Reyes) - [backing vocals](/source/backing_vocals) (1), [hand clapping](/source/hand_clapping) (3), [lead vocals](/source/lead_vocals) (9), [harmony vocals](/source/harmony_vocals) (9)
*[Paul Reyes](/source/Paul_Reyes) – [backing vocals](/source/backing_vocals) (1)
*[Eddie Thornton](/source/Eddie_Thornton) - [trumpet](/source/trumpet) (3, 7, 9)
*Brian Edwards - [saxophone](/source/saxophone) (3, 7, 9, 11)
*Trevor Edwards - [trombone](/source/trombone) (3, 7, 9)
*Nigel Shaw - [flute](/source/flute) (5, 13), [whistle](/source/whistle) (6. 13)
*[Naná Vasconcelos](/source/Nan%C3%A1_Vasconcelos) - [percussion](/source/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
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=[{{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](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) |page=28|accessdate=31 March 2018}}]|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=[{{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](/source/Music_%26_Media)|first=Remi|last=Bouton|page=3|date=24 January 1998|accessdate=17 March 2022}}]}}
{{Table end}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161006104429/http://www.gipsykings.net/VamosABailar/Discography.html Compas] at gipsykings.net
{{Gipsy Kings}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:1997 albums
Category:Gipsy Kings albums
Category:Albums produced by Chris Kimsey
Category:Nonesuch Records albums
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