Piel de Barrabás

Piel de Barrabás is a 1981 album by the Spanish group Barrabás. It was the band's seventh album and the first after the band's four-year break. It marked the return of drummer José María Moll, and the arrival of new members Armando Pelayo, Susy Gordaliza and Koky Maning.

A song inspired by the Cold War, "Please Mr Reagan, Please Mr Breznev", was released as a single in some countries, with "Laura" as the B-side. "On the Road Again" was also a single, with "Hard Line for a Dreamer" as the B-side, and this reached #9 in the Swiss charts.

Track listing

 * 1) "On the Road Again" (Fernando Arbex) – 5:52
 * 2) "What's Happened" (Arbex, Jorge Eduardo Maning) – 4:04
 * 3) "Hard Line for a Dreamer" (Arbex, Jesús Moll, José María Moll) – 4:45
 * 4) "Please Mr Reagan, Please Mr Breznev" (Arbex) – 5:53
 * 5) "Wild Cat" (Arbex) – 4:49
 * 6) "Jeronimo" (Arbex) – 5:20
 * 7) "Be the Way to Be" (Arbex, Jesús Gordaliza) – 3:39
 * 8) "Laura" (Arbex, Moll, Moll) – 5:02

Personnel

 * José Luis Tejada – vocals, harmonica
 * Jorge Eduardo "Koky" Maning – guitar, vocals
 * Jesús "Susy" Gordaliza – bass guitar, vocals
 * Ernesto "Tito" Duarte - saxophone, flute, percussion
 * Armando Pelayo – keyboards
 * José María Moll – drums, vocals
 * Nani Prosper, Naomi Hussey, Mari Jamison, Paula Nerea – chorus vocals
 * Fernando Arbex, Jordi Soley – production
 * Engineer – Luís Calleja
 * Mixed by Jame Rathbone
 * Photography – Peter Müller
 * Design – Juan Aboli
 * Recorded at Kirios Studios, Madrid

Release information

 * Spain – Discos Columbia (RCA) TXS-3214
 * Disconforme DISC 1996CD (2000 CD, re-released 2004)