The Best of Baccara is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by Spanish duo Baccara

Baccara

Baccara was a female vocal duo formed in 1977 by Spanish artists Mayte Mateos and María Mendiola . The pair rapidly achieved international success with their debut single "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie", which reached number one across much of Europe...

 released by Sony-BMG UK's midprice sublabel Camden in 2005.

This release includes sixteen of Baccara's hits and best-known songs from the era of the original formation (1977–1981), mainly focussing on their best-selling debut album Baccara

Baccara (album)

Baccara is the debut studio album by Spanish duo Baccara, first released on RCA Victor in West Germany in 1977. It contains the European hit singles "Yes Sir I Can Boogie" and "Sorry I'm A Lady"....

, and finishing with two recent re-recordings dating from 1999 album Baccara 2000, by Mayte Mateos' formation of the duo.

In 2006 this compilation was to get an international re-release under the title The Very Best of Baccara

The Very Best of Baccara

The Very Best of Baccara is a compilation album by Spanish duo Baccara released by Sony BMG in June 2006.This 14 track compilation was issued by Sony-BMG and while it includes recordings by the original formation of the duo, Mayte Mateos and Maria Mendiola, is digitally remastered and offers one...

with an alternate tracklisting.

Track listing

1. "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" (Dostal - Soja) - 4:35
2. "Sorry, I'm a Lady" (Dostal - Soja) - 3:39
3. "Parlez-Vous Français?" (English version) (Dostal - Soja - Zentner) - 4:30
4. "Can't Help Falling In Love" (Creatore - Peretti - Weiss) - 3:26
5. "Koochie-Koo" (Dostal - Soja) - 4:04
6. "Cara Mia" (Soja) - 2:53
7. "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy" (Levine - Resnick) - 3:35
8. "Gimme More" (Soja - Zentner) - 3:50
9. "Granada" (Lara) - 4:17
10. "Number One" (Dostal - Soja) - 2:37
11. "Darling" (full length version) (Dostal - Soja) - 5:40
12. "Ay, Ay Sailor" (Dostal - Soja) - 3:50
13. "The Devil Sent You To Lorado" (Dostal - Soja) - 4:03
14. "Feel Me" (Soja - Zentner) - 4:20
15. "Adelita" (Traditional) - 2:27
16. "Somewhere In Paradise" (Sacher) - 4:23
17. "Hit Mix" ("Yes Sir I Can Boogie"/"Sorry I'm A Lady"/"Darling"/"The Devil Sent You To Lorado") (Soja - Dostal) - 5:38
18. "Yes Sir I Can Boogie" (1999 karaoke version) (Soja - Dostal) - 3:30

Personnel

• Mayte Mateos - vocals
• María Mendiola - vocals, except tracks 17 & 18
• Cristina Sevilla - vocals tracks 17 & 18

Production

• Produced and arranged by Rolf Soja.
• Tracks 17 & 18 produced by Thorsten Brötzmann.

Track annotations

• Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 & 14 from 1977 studio album Baccara
  Baccara (album)
  Baccara is the debut studio album by Spanish duo Baccara, first released on RCA Victor in West Germany in 1977. It contains the European hit singles "Yes Sir I Can Boogie" and "Sorry I'm A Lady"....
  
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• Track 3 from 1978: 7" single "Parlez-Vous Français? (English version)". Original French version appears on album Light My Fire
  Light My Fire (Baccara album)
  Light My Fire is the second studio album by Spanish duo Baccara, first released on label RCA-Victor in West Germany in August 1978. It contains the European hit singles "Darling" and "Parlez-Vous Français?", their entry for the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest...
  
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• Tracks 7, 11 & 15 from 1978 studio album Light My Fire
  Light My Fire (Baccara album)
  Light My Fire is the second studio album by Spanish duo Baccara, first released on label RCA-Victor in West Germany in August 1978. It contains the European hit singles "Darling" and "Parlez-Vous Français?", their entry for the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest...
  
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• Track 12 from 1979 studio album Colours
  Colours (Baccara album)
  Colours is the third studio album by Spanish duo Baccara, first released on label RCA-Victor in West Germany in 1979. It contains European single releases "Body Talk"/"By 1999" and "Ay Ay Sailor"...
  
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• Track 13 & 16 from 1978 compilation The Hits Of Baccara
  The Hits of Baccara
  The Hits Of Baccara is a compilation album by Spanish duo Baccara released on RCA-Victor in late 1978. This the first international Baccara hits collection yielded one new single release, double A-side "The Devil Sent You To Lorado"/"Somewhere In Paradise", and also contained their three biggest...
  
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• Track 17 taken from 1999 album Baccara 2000 by Baccara 2000 (Mayte Mateos' formation).
• Track 18 taken from 1999 CD-single "Yes Sir I Can Boogie '99" by Baccara 2000 (Mayte Mateos' formation).