Thursday, October 21, 2010

MAMÁ: E.P. (1980) + EL ÚLTIMO BAR (1981) + MAMÁ (1982) + NADA MÁS-LIVE (1997) + EL SHOW EMPIEZA-LAS MAQUETAS (2000)

Greeted as the band with the Pop more near to the sound of the Spanish bands of the 60s, they played the most current sounds that were devastating the british scene in the 80's, the new wave and the power pop.
Their first E.P., produced by Carlos Narea, who let the band to work to their air, it's one of the best vinyls of the Spanish New Wave. Four songs of simple, fresh, enterteining pop, without pretensions, two of them any more power pop and energetic, and other two more acoustics, between that the above mentioned stand out "Nada Más", and "Ya No Volverás", two half times tremendously sticky of dislike, both composed by Jose Maria Granados.
Their first album "El Último Bar" begins with very costellian "El Show Empieza", the ideal song to begin a concert. The influence of illustrate newwavers as the own Costello or Any Trouble makes be obvious also in songs as "Chica Cruel" or "Ligarse A Vicky", and the power pop more dancer of "El Figurín" with a pace that can remember to bands as the Doctor Feelgood sweetened and passed to the area of the pop.
Chapter separete deserve "Escóndete", the purest Power Pop. One of the best all times spanish songs, who resembles those jewels hidden in singles of English and lost Americans bands, so typical of that age.
"El Último Bar" is as they themselves recognize: a tribute to The Records and their "Starry Eyes".
Also there's occasion to raise the foot of the accelerator, a time for 60's ballads, with letters of dislike or teen disenchantment, as "El Número equivocado" and "Buscándote A Ti".
A great album.
After the first excellent long play of the band, the Selftitled album is one of the most disappointing discs that we have had the opportunity to listen to a Spanish band. The songs already are not, in general, at the level of the previous ones but the company commits the most serious mistake on having entrusted the production of the album to Luis Cobos, who demonstrates that he was out to the New Wave sound of Mamá, beside not understanding ever the needs of the sound of a group of these characteristics.
A disaster of production.
Taken from lafonoteca.net, reviewed by Rafa García-Purriños.

"Nada Más" was recorded live in 1997 and contains all their greatest hits.
"El Show Empieza" is a very good collection of demos of their best songs.

Mamá - E.P.
Mamá - El Último Bar
Mamá - Selftitled
Mamá - Nada Más
Mamá - El Show Empieza-Las Maquetas

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