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Mecano is the debut studio album recorded by Spanish synthpop homonymous band Mecano, released on April 5, 1982 under the label Discos CBS. It is also known as The clock album because fo the squared clock that appears on the record's cover.

Mecano
Studio album by
Mecano
ReleasedApril 5, 1982
StudioEstudios Escorpio
GenreNew wave, synthpop, post-punk
Length44:27
LanguageSpanish
LabelDiscos CBS
ProducerJorge Álvarez, Nacho Cano, Luis Cobo
CompilerMecano
Mecano chronology
Mecano
(1982)		 ¿Dónde está el país de las hadas?
(1983)
Singles from Mecano
  1. "Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar"
    Released: June 22, 1981
  2. "Perdido en mi Habitación"
    Released: December 7, 1981
  3. "Me Colé en Una Fiesta"
    Released: March 22, 1982
  4. "Maquillaje"
    Released: June 21, 1982
  5. "No Me Enseñen la Lección"
    Released: November 22, 1982

The album spawned five singles, "Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar", "Perdido en mi Habitación", "Me Colé en Una Fiesta", "Maquillaje" y "No Me Enseñen la Lección". All of them receiving pop culture popularity in Spain. While two of them made it to number one in the Spanish Airplays. Those being "Me Colé en Una Fiesta" and "Maquillaje". Both spending a week at the top of the charts, while the first of them spent six week stop the Spanish Singles Sales Chart.[1][2] While "Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar" and "Perdido en mi Habitación" made it into the top 10 of the Spanish charts, peaking at number four and number two respectively.[3]

Mecano is one of the most commercially successful Spanish albums of all time, selling not much after its release 350.000 pure units and by the end of the year it had already sold over 1.000.000 only in Spain. Thus elevating Mecano to become the best selling Spanish group and artist of the moment.[4]

With a refreshing style of music, Mecano crowned the homonymous band as the new music sensations in Spain back in the early 80s. Receiving a comercial and critic success.

AllMusic rated the album with four out five stars adding "Mecano is their first record, and one of their most popular, a glamorous effort in which listeners can already appreciate Nacho Cano's brilliant mind for composition. Synths and electronic devices mixed with poppy melodies and Torroja's sweet voice are heard throughout the record, forming a style that became the group's personal trademark from then on".[5]

Mecano is better known in popular slang as the clock album due to the large clock that appears on the cover. In the 2005 re-issue a new track "Quiero Vivir En La Ciudad" was included as a bonus track.


Track listing



Versión 12", 1982


No.TitleLength
1."Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar" 
2."No Me Enseñen la lección" 
3."Perdido en Mi Habitación" 
4."Cenando en París" 
5."Maquillaje" 
6."Boda en Londres" 
7."Me Colé en Una Fiesta" 
8."Máquina de Vapor" 
9."Me Voy de Casa" 
10."254.13.26" 
11."El Fin del Mundo" 
12."Sólo soy Una Persona" 
No.TitleLength
13."Quiero Vivir en La Ciudad - Bonus Track" 
  1. "Quiero vivir en la ciudad".
  2. "Viaje espacial" (single version).
  3. "Napoleón".
  4. "Súper-Ratón".

Singles


#TitleB-sideDateSales[6]
1."Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar"Quiero vivir en la ciudad22 June 1981100,000
2."Perdido En Mi Habitacion"Viaje Espacial7 December 198175,000
3."Me Colé En Una Fiesta"Boda en Londres22 March 198275,000
4."Maquillaje"Napoleón/Super Ratón21 June 198260,000
5."No Me Enseñen La Lección"Me voy de casa22 November 1982-

Covers


Maquillaje has later been recorded by many singers and bands, among them:


Charts



Album Charts


#ChartSpain Peak
Position		Date
1."Spain Album Charts"
(2nd edition)		#10[7]Apr 10 2005[8]

Sales and certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[9] Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


Personnel



References


  1. Los 40 Principales (May 15, 1982). "Which song was the number one when you were born?" (in Spanish). Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  2. Los 40 Principales (September 11, 1982). "Which Song was the number one when you were born?" (in Spanish). Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  3. Salaverri, Fernando (2015). Sólo éxitos 1959–2012 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 978-84-8048-866-2.
  4. "The success that "Me Colé en Una Fiesta" meant to Mecano" (in Spanish). Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  5. AllMusic. "Mecano review with Robert Anieto". Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  6. "Pop De Los 80". www.popdelos80.com.
  7. "spanishcharts.com - Mecano - Mecano". spanishcharts.com.
  8. "spanishcharts.com - Spanish charts portal". spanishcharts.com.
  9. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.

На других языках

- [en] Mecano (album)

[es] Mecano (álbum)

Mecano, publicado el 5 de abril de 1982, es el título del álbum debut del grupo español de tecno-pop Mecano. El disco, conocido popularmente como el álbum del reloj, por el diseño de su portada, despliega un tecno-pop muy incipiente, estilo que, sin dejar a un lado la originalidad de sus letras, el grupo irá depurando a lo largo de su carrera hasta hacerlo mucho más internacional, comercial y accesible a todo tipo de público.


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