Indigo (Matt Bianco album)

Indigo is the third album by British pop/jazz/soul/dance band Matt Bianco, released in July 1988.

Overview
This 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, and it also includes 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. Indigo follows the path started with the previous album, the eponymous Matt Bianco from 1986, achieving even more success. The album was promoted 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", the second single from the fourth studio album by the band, 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

Singles taken from the album

 * May 1988 – "Don't Blame It on That Girl" / "Wap-Bam-Boogie" (double A-side) (UK No. 11 – 13 weeks)
 * August 1988 – "Good Times" (UK No. 55 – 5 weeks)
 * January 1989 – "Nervous" / "Wap-Bam-Boogie (re-mix)" (UK No. 59 – 2 weeks)
 * April 1989 – "Say It's Not Too Late"