Spanish Fly (album)

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Spanish Fly
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Studio album by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
Released April 8, 1987
Recorded September 1986—March 1987
Genre Contemporary R&B, dance-pop, Latin freestyle
Length 42:43
Label Columbia[1]
Producer Full Force
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam chronology
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force
(1985)		 Spanish Fly
(1987)		 Straight to the Sky
(1989)
Singles from Spanish Fly (album)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[2]
Robert Christgau C+[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4/5 stars[4]
Los Angeles Times 2/4 stars[5]
Orlando Sentinel 4/5 stars[6]
The Philadelphia Inquirer 3/4 stars[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3/5 stars[8]

Spanish Fly is an album by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, released in 1987.[9] 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.[10] It has sold more than a million copies.[11]

Production

The album was written and produced by Full Force.[12]

Critical reception

People wrote that Lisa has "a rich, versatile sound and the vocal strength to penetrate the album’s percussion-heavy arrangements."[13] The Globe and Mail thought that Lisa's "accounts of her various sex and dance urges are both funny and salacious."[14] 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."[15] 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."[16]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Full Force, with additional "Someone to Love Me for Me" writing by Lisa Lisa. 

No. Title Length
1. "Everything Will B-Fine"   5:11
2. "Head to Toe"   5:03
3. "A Face in the Crowd"   6:10
4. "Someone to Love Me for Me"   4:51
5. "Talking Nonsense"   1:08
6. "I Promise You"   4:46
7. "A Fool Is Born Everyday"   5:23
8. "Lost in Emotion"   5:07
9. "Playing With Fire"   5:04
10. "Spoken Word"   0:24

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (RPM)[17] 18
US Billboard 200[18] 7
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1987) Position
US Billboard 200[20] 42
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[21] 31
Chart (1988) Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[22] 67

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[23] Gold 50,000
United States (RIAA)[24] Platinum 1,000,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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

References

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  18. ↑ Illegal name entered Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam/Lisa+Lisa+And+Cult+Jam/chart?f=305 "Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam.
  19. ↑ "Illegal name entered Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam/Lisa+Lisa+And+Cult+Jam/chart?f=333 Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam.
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