Menudo (album)
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Menudo is the name of three albums by Menudo
Menudo (band)
Menudo was a Puerto Rican boy band that was formed in the 1970s by producer Edgardo Díaz, releasing their first album in 1977. The band achieved much success, especially during the 1980s, becoming the most popular Latin American teen musical group of the era....

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The group released three self titled albums in their history. The first one was in 1981 which was also released under the title "Fuego".

The second one was Menudo's 16th album (second in English) released in 1985 featuring Charlie Masso
Charlie Masso
Carlos Javier Rivera Masso is a former member of Menudo who joined the band at the height of Menudo's world wide fame. He replaced Rene Farrait and quickly became a fan favorite with his participation on the albums of Es Por Amor and Vamos A Volar, which was the soundtrack of Charlie's first...

, Roy Rosello, Robby Rosa, Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...

, and new Member Raymond Acevedo
Raymond Acevedo
Raymond Acevedo , is a Puerto Rican rock music singer.- Music career :Raymond Acevedo joined the well-known Puerto Rican boy band, Menudo, in 1985, replacing the popular Ray Reyes...

. Raymond replaced Ray Reyes after Ray had to be forced to leave the group because he grew too tall. Menudo's management reported that the move had to be made because his height was making the group look uneven. This album contains 7 brand new songs plus 3 songs from their "Evolucion" album translated into English. It also features their only song to reach the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

: "Hold Me", which peaked at #62.

The third self titled album was Menudo's 22nd (third in Portuguese) released in 1986 featuring Charlie Masso, Robby Rosa, Ricky Martin, Raymond Acevedo, and Sergio Gonzalez. This album is the Portuguese version of "Refrescante" and once again the group's management decided to release the album using the same cover that was used for the Spanish version. This is the fourth and final album recorded by this line-up.

Tracks

  1. "Hold Me" - Singer : Robby Rosa
  2. "You and Me All The Way" - Singer : Raymond Acevedo
  3. "Come Home" - Singer : Charlie Masso and Robby Rosa
  4. "When I Dance With You" (English version of "Yo Seré Tu Bailarin") - Singer : Charlie Masso
  5. "Don't Hold Back" - Singer : Robby Rosa
  6. "Explosion" - Singer : Robby Rosa
  7. "Oh, My Love" (English version of "Rayo de Luna") Singer : Ricky Martin
  8. "Chocolate Candy" (English version of "Sabes a Chocolate") - Singer : Robby Rosa
  9. "Tranformation" - Singer : Roy Rosello
  10. "Please Be Good To Me" - Singer : Robby Rosa
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