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Piel de Barrabás is a 1981 music 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.

Piel de Barrabás
Studio album by Barrabás
Released	1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Latin rock, disco
Label	Columbia Records, TXS-3214
Producer	Fernando Arbex, Jordi Soley
Barrabás chronology
Barrabás (1977) Piel de Barrabás (1981) Bestial (1982)

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.[1]

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)

References

• Entry at Allmusic
• Album sleeve notes

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