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{{Infobox album|
{{Infobox album|
| name = Bossa Nova Hotel
| name = Bossa Nova Hotel
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| artist = [[Michael Sembello]]
| artist = [[Michael Sembello]]
| cover = Bossa_Nova_Hotel_(Cover).jpg
| cover = Bossa_Nova_Hotel_(Cover).jpg
| alt = The cover consists of two tanned models looking up and a man wearing a fedora, black suit and white tie, and white gloves, reading a comic book. The artist's name is on top in yellow text and the album title is in cursive neon text.
| alt =
| caption = Standard artwork
| released = September 25, 1983 <small>(U.S.)</small>
| released = September 1983
| recorded = 1983<br>Bossa Nova Hotel, Rumbo Recorders, Soundcastle Studios, [[Westlake Audio]], EFX Studios
| recorded = 1983
| venue =
| venue =
| studio = {{hlist|[[Rumbo Recorders|Rumbo]] (Los Angeles)|Soundcastle (Los Angeles)|[[Westlake Audio|Westlake]] (Los Angeles)|EFX Studios}}
| studio =
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[pop rock]], [[hi-NRG]]
| genre = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[pop rock]]|[[hi-NRG]]}}
| length = 39:53
| length = 39:53
| label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer = [[Phil Ramone]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[Phil Ramone]]|Michael Sembello}}
| prev_title =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| prev_year =
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| type = Studio
| type = Studio
| single1 = [[Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]]
| single1 = [[Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]]
| single1date = June 5, 1983
| single1date = May 1983
| single2 = Automatic Man
| single2 = [[Automatic Man (song)|Automatic Man]]
| single2date = 1983
| single2date = September 1983
| single3 = Talk
| single3 = Talk
| single3date = 1983
| single3date = January 1984
}}
}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r49024|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r49024|pure_url=yes}}|title=Bossa Nova Hotel - Michael Sembello|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=November 23, 2011}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''Bossa Nova Hotel''''' is the debut album of rock singer/guitarist [[Michael Sembello]]. The album contained ten tracks including the smash hit "[[Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]]" from the motion picture ''[[Flashdance]]'', which topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in September 1983. The album itself peaked at #80 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. "Automatic Man" and "Talk" were the other singles released from the album. "Automatic Man" had three other versions released on an LP and 45 single (which were the Extended mix, Instrumental mix and Single Version). The version of "Maniac" that appeared on the [[Flashdance (soundtrack)|soundtrack to ''Flashdance'']] is different from the one that appears on this album. "Maniac" also had remixed and instrumental versions of the song.
'''''Bossa Nova Hotel''''' is the 1983 debut album of rock singer/guitarist [[Michael Sembello]]. The album was a continuation of the work that Sembello began with producer [[Phil Ramone]] on "[[Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]]," which became a number one [[Billboard Hot 100|US pop]] hit after it was featured in the film ''[[Flashdance]]'' and on its [[Flashdance (soundtrack)|soundtrack album]]. ''Bossa Nova Hotel'' peaked at number 80 on the [[Billboard 200|US album chart]] and included the soundtrack hit in addition to two more chart entries, "Automatic Man" and "Talk."


==Background==
Singer [[Marilyn Scott]] covered the song "First Time" on her 1983 album ''Without Warning''.
Songwriters Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky recorded a demo of a song titled "[[Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]]" that they had written after Matkosky watched a news report about a serial killer, and the tape landed in the hands of [[Phil Ramone]], who was looking for songs to use in the film ''[[Flashdance]]''.<ref name="Dennis">{{cite video|people=Matkosky, Dennis|title=Maniac Men (''bonus feature from'' Maniac: 4K Ultra HD + Special Features Blu-Ray)|medium=DVD|publisher=[[Blue Underground]]|date=2020}}</ref> After changing the lyrics, a new version of "Maniac" recorded by Sembello was released on the soundtrack album and went to number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the summer of 1983.<ref>{{Harvnb|Bronson|2003|p=576}}</ref> The singer-songwriter chose to work with Ramone on his debut album because he felt they were a good match. Having worked with so many producers over the years as a session musician, he knew how inflexible they could be, but Ramone was different.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Grein|first=Paul|date=September 17, 1983|title=Talent & Venues: Michael Sembello Maps More Assaults on Charts|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|location=New York|publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc.|page=39|quote="I was a session man for years and have worked with just about everybody," he says. "I can say for a fact that 80% of producers are structured and rigid. They have their own ideas about things and won't bend a lot to the artist's ideas."}}</ref> "Phil is just about as nuts as I am and will try anything, which is great."<ref name="grein">{{cite magazine|last=Grein|first=Paul|date=September 17, 1983|title=Talent & Venues: Michael Sembello Maps More Assaults on Charts|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|location=New York|publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc.|page=39}}</ref> On the material itself, he said, "I wanted to take some of the elements of Brazilian music and fuse them with [[Pop (music)|pop]],… kind of the way [[The Police]] have done with [[reggae]]."<ref name = grein/>

==Release and reception==
''Bossa Nova Hotel'' was released by [[Warner Bros. Records]] in September 1983<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Grein|first=Paul|title=Fall Prospects: Pre-Holiday Deluge of Compilations Begins|date=September 3, 1983|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|location=New York|publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc.|page=4}}</ref> and debuted on ''Billboard'' magazine's [[Billboard 200|Top LPs & Tape]] chart in the issue dated October 8. During a 10-week run, it reached number 80.<ref name = "album">{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2010|p=694}}.</ref>

"[[Automatic Man (song)|Automatic Man]]", the first official single from the album, debuted on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the September 24, 1983, issue, and peaked at number 34 over the course of 10 weeks.<ref name = "hot">{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2009|p=869}}.</ref> The second single – a duet with his wife Cruz called "Talk" – started its 10 weeks on the magazine's Adult Contemporary chart in the February 4, 1984, issue and got as high as number 25.<ref>{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2007|p=246}}.</ref>

[[J. D. Considine]] wrote in ''[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]]'': "You could sum up Sembello's sound as [[Michael McDonald (musician)|Michael McDonald]] with a [[Drum machine|rhythm machine]], but that would be unnecessarily cruel to McDonald. And the rhythm machine."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=J.D.|last=[[J. D. Considine|Considine]]|title=Bossa Nova Hotel|magazine=[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]]|date=January 1984}}</ref>


The album was re-issued in 2007 on [[CD]] by [[Wounded Bird Records]].
The album was re-issued in 2007 on [[CD]] by [[Wounded Bird Records]].
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| length1 = 4:13
| length1 = 4:13
| title2 = First Time
| title2 = First Time
| writer2 = David Batteau, David Freeman, Michael Sembello
| writer2 = Batteau, Don Freeman, M. Sembello
| length2 = 3:04
| length2 = 3:04
| title3 = Cowboy
| title3 = Cowboy
| writer3 = David Batteau, Michael Sembello, Danny Sembello
| writer3 = Batteau, M. Sembello, D. Sembello
| length3 = 3:35
| length3 = 3:35
| title4 = It's Over
| title4 = It's Over
| writer4 = Alfred Rubalcava, Michael Sembello
| writer4 = Alfred Rubalcava, M. Sembello
| length4 = 4:56
| length4 = 4:56
| title5 = [[Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]]
| title5 = [[Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]]
| writer5 = Dennis Matkosky, Michael Sembello
| writer5 = Dennis Matkosky, M. Sembello
| length5 = 4:18
| length5 = 4:18
| title6 = Godzilla
| title6 = Godzilla
| writer6 = [[Phil Ramone]], Michael Sembello, Danny Sembello
| writer6 = [[Phil Ramone]], M. Sembello, D. Sembello
| length6 = 3:50
| length6 = 3:50
| title7 = Talk
| title7 = Talk
| writer7 = Michael Sembello, Danny Sembello
| writer7 = M. Sembello, D. Sembello
| length7 = 3:26
| length7 = 3:26
| title8 = Cadillac
| title8 = Cadillac
| writer8 = Michael Sembello
| writer8 = M. Sembello
| length8 = 4:11
| length8 = 4:11
| title9 = Lay Back
| title9 = Lay Back
| writer9 = Michael Sembello
| writer9 = M. Sembello
| length9 = 4:02
| length9 = 4:02
| title10 = Superman
| title10 = Superman
| writer10 = Michael Sembello
| writer10 = M. Sembello
| length10 = 4:36
| length10 = 4:36
}}
}}
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Reissue bonus tracks
| headline = Reissue bonus tracks
| collapsed = yes
| title11 = Summer Lovers
| title11 = Summer Lovers
| writer11 = Michael Sembello
| writer11 = M. Sembello, Batteau, Matkosky
| length11 = 4:11
| length11 = 4:11
| title12 = Maniac
| title12 = Maniac
| note12 = Live
| note12 = Live
| writer12 = Dennis Matkosky, Michael Sembello
| writer12 = Matkosky, M. Sembello
| length12 = 4:51
| length12 = 4:51
| title13 = Automatic Man
| title13 = Automatic Man
| note13 = Live
| note13 = Live
| writer13 = David Batteau, Michael Sembello, Danny Sembello
| writer13 = Batteau, M. Sembello, D. Sembello
| length13 = 5:00
| length13 = 5:00
}}
}}
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!align="left"|Peak<br/>position
!align="left"|Peak<br/>position
|-
|-
|align="left"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/michael-sembello/chart-history/TLP|title=Billboard > Michael Sembello Chart History > Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=November 4, 2019}}</ref>
|align="left"|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name = album/>
|style="text-align:center;"|80
|style="text-align:center;"|80
|}
|}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
* Michael Sembello - lead vocals, bass synth, bass, guitar, marimba solo, synthesizers, acoustic guitar, [[LinnDrum]], [[Rhodes piano|Fender Rhodes]]
*Michael Sembello - lead vocals, bass synth, bass, guitar, marimba solo, synthesizers, acoustic guitar, [[LinnDrum]], [[Rhodes piano|Fender Rhodes]]
* [[Danny Sembello]] - bass synth, tack piano solo, keyboards, synthesizers, marimba, acoustic piano
*[[Danny Sembello]] - bass synth, tack piano solo, keyboards, synthesizers, marimba, acoustic piano
* [[Vinnie Colaiuta]] - drums
*[[Vinnie Colaiuta]] - drums
* [[Nathan Watts]] - bass
*[[Nathan Watts]] - bass
* [[Paulinho Da Costa]] - percussion
*[[Paulinho Da Costa]] - percussion
* Carlos Vega - drums, [[Simmons (electronic drum company)|Simmons drums]]
*Carlos Vega - drums, [[Simmons (electronic drum company)|Simmons drums]]
* Don Freeman - keyboards
*Don Freeman - keyboards
* Larry McNeely - banjo
*Larry McNeely - banjo
* Chris Page - additional synthesizer
*Chris Page - additional synthesizer
* Cruz Baca Sembello - guest vocals on "Talk"
*Cruz Baca Sembello - guest vocals on "Talk"
* Dennis Matkosky - keyboards, synthesizers
*Dennis Matkosky - keyboards, synthesizers
* [[George Duke]] - synthesizer solo
*[[George Duke]] - synthesizer solo
* Dennis Karmazyn - cello
*Dennis Karmazyn - cello
* [[Oscar Castro-Neves]] - string arranger, conductor
*[[Oscar Castro-Neves]] - string arranger, conductor
* Michael Sembello, John Sembello, Danny Sembello, Cruz Baca Sembello, Liza Miller - background vocals
*Michael Sembello, John Sembello, Danny Sembello, Cruz Baca Sembello, Liza Miller - background vocals
* [[Jerry Hey]], Gary Herbig, Gary Grant, [[Bill Reichenbach Jr.|William Reichenbach]] - horns
*[[Jerry Hey]], Gary Herbig, Gary Grant, [[Bill Reichenbach Jr.|William Reichenbach]] - horns
;Technical
;Technical
*[[Phil Ramone]] – producer
⚫
* [[Thom Wilson]], Jim Gallagher, Peter Chaikin - recording engineers
*Michael Sembello – producer ("Maniac")
⚫
* Tommy Vicari - mixing
⚫
*[[Thom Wilson]], Jim Gallagher, Peter Chaikin - recording engineers
⚫
* [[Bernie Grundman]] - mastering
⚫
*[[Tommy Vicari]] - mixing
⚫
* Richard Seireeni, Simon Levy - art director
⚫
*[[Bernie Grundman]] - mastering
⚫
* John Colao - photography
⚫
*Richard Seireeni, Simon Levy - art director
⚫
*John Colao - photography


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
==Bibliography==
*{{citation
| last = Bronson
| first = Fred
| title = The Billboard Book of Number One Hits
| year = 2003
| publisher = Billboard Books
| isbn = 9780823076772
}}
*{{citation
| last = Whitburn
| first = Joel
| title = Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006
| year = 2007
| publisher = Record Research Inc.
| isbn = 978-0-89820-169-7
}}
*{{citation
| last = Whitburn
| first = Joel
| title = Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955-2008
| year = 2009
| publisher = Record Research Inc.
| isbn = 978-0-89820-180-2
}}
*{{citation
| last = Whitburn
| first = Joel
| title = Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition
| year = 2010
| publisher = Record Research Inc.
| isbn = 0-89820-183-7
}}

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Latest revision as of 14:34, 7 July 2024

Bossa Nova Hotel
The cover consists of two tanned models looking up and a man wearing a fedora, black suit and white tie, and white gloves, reading a comic book. The artist's name is on top in yellow text and the album title is in cursive neon text.
Standard artwork
Studio album by
Michael Sembello
ReleasedSeptember 1983
Recorded1983
Studio
  • Rumbo (Los Angeles)
  • Soundcastle (Los Angeles)
  • Westlake (Los Angeles)
  • EFX Studios
Genre
Length39:53
LabelWarner Bros.
Producer
Michael Sembello chronology
Bossa Nova Hotel
(1983) 		Without Walls
(1986)
Singles from Bossa Nova Hotel
  1. "Maniac"
    Released: May 1983
  2. "Automatic Man"
    Released: September 1983
  3. "Talk"
    Released: January 1984
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Bossa Nova Hotel is the 1983 debut album of rock singer/guitarist Michael Sembello. The album was a continuation of the work that Sembello began with producer Phil Ramone on "Maniac," which became a number one US pop hit after it was featured in the film Flashdance and on its soundtrack album. Bossa Nova Hotel peaked at number 80 on the US album chart and included the soundtrack hit in addition to two more chart entries, "Automatic Man" and "Talk."

Background[edit]

Songwriters Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky recorded a demo of a song titled "Maniac" that they had written after Matkosky watched a news report about a serial killer, and the tape landed in the hands of Phil Ramone, who was looking for songs to use in the film Flashdance.[2] After changing the lyrics, a new version of "Maniac" recorded by Sembello was released on the soundtrack album and went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1983.[3] The singer-songwriter chose to work with Ramone on his debut album because he felt they were a good match. Having worked with so many producers over the years as a session musician, he knew how inflexible they could be, but Ramone was different.[4] "Phil is just about as nuts as I am and will try anything, which is great."[5] On the material itself, he said, "I wanted to take some of the elements of Brazilian music and fuse them with pop,… kind of the way The Police have done with reggae."[5]

Release and reception[edit]

Bossa Nova Hotel was released by Warner Bros. Records in September 1983[6] and debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LPs & Tape chart in the issue dated October 8. During a 10-week run, it reached number 80.[7]

"Automatic Man", the first official single from the album, debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the September 24, 1983, issue, and peaked at number 34 over the course of 10 weeks.[8] The second single – a duet with his wife Cruz called "Talk" – started its 10 weeks on the magazine's Adult Contemporary chart in the February 4, 1984, issue and got as high as number 25.[9]

J. D. Considine wrote in Musician: "You could sum up Sembello's sound as Michael McDonald with a rhythm machine, but that would be unnecessarily cruel to McDonald. And the rhythm machine."[10]

The album was re-issued in 2007 on CD by Wounded Bird Records.

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Automatic Man"David Batteau, Michael Sembello, Danny Sembello4:13
2."First Time"Batteau, Don Freeman, M. Sembello3:04
3."Cowboy"Batteau, M. Sembello, D. Sembello3:35
4."It's Over"Alfred Rubalcava, M. Sembello4:56
5."Maniac"Dennis Matkosky, M. Sembello4:18
6."Godzilla"Phil Ramone, M. Sembello, D. Sembello3:50
7."Talk"M. Sembello, D. Sembello3:26
8."Cadillac"M. Sembello4:11
9."Lay Back"M. Sembello4:02
10."Superman"M. Sembello4:36
Reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Summer Lovers"M. Sembello, Batteau, Matkosky4:11
12."Maniac" (Live)Matkosky, M. Sembello4:51
13."Automatic Man" (Live)Batteau, M. Sembello, D. Sembello5:00

Charts[edit]

Chart (1983) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7] 80

Personnel[edit]

  • Michael Sembello - lead vocals, bass synth, bass, guitar, marimba solo, synthesizers, acoustic guitar, LinnDrum, Fender Rhodes
  • Danny Sembello - bass synth, tack piano solo, keyboards, synthesizers, marimba, acoustic piano
  • Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
  • Nathan Watts - bass
  • Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
  • Carlos Vega - drums, Simmons drums
  • Don Freeman - keyboards
  • Larry McNeely - banjo
  • Chris Page - additional synthesizer
  • Cruz Baca Sembello - guest vocals on "Talk"
  • Dennis Matkosky - keyboards, synthesizers
  • George Duke - synthesizer solo
  • Dennis Karmazyn - cello
  • Oscar Castro-Neves - string arranger, conductor
  • Michael Sembello, John Sembello, Danny Sembello, Cruz Baca Sembello, Liza Miller - background vocals
  • Jerry Hey, Gary Herbig, Gary Grant, William Reichenbach - horns
Technical
  • Phil Ramone – producer
  • Michael Sembello – producer ("Maniac")
  • Thom Wilson, Jim Gallagher, Peter Chaikin - recording engineers
  • Tommy Vicari - mixing
  • Bernie Grundman - mastering
  • Richard Seireeni, Simon Levy - art director
  • John Colao - photography

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Bossa Nova Hotel - Michael Sembello". AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
  2. ^ Matkosky, Dennis (2020). Maniac Men (bonus feature from Maniac: 4K Ultra HD + Special Features Blu-Ray) (DVD). Blue Underground.
  3. ^ Bronson 2003, p. 576
  4. ^ Grein, Paul (September 17, 1983). "Talent & Venues: Michael Sembello Maps More Assaults on Charts". Billboard. New York: Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 39. I was a session man for years and have worked with just about everybody," he says. "I can say for a fact that 80% of producers are structured and rigid. They have their own ideas about things and won't bend a lot to the artist's ideas.
  5. ^ a b Grein, Paul (September 17, 1983). "Talent & Venues: Michael Sembello Maps More Assaults on Charts". Billboard. New York: Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 39.
  6. ^ Grein, Paul (September 3, 1983). "Fall Prospects: Pre-Holiday Deluge of Compilations Begins". Billboard. New York: Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 4.
  7. ^ a b Whitburn 2010, p. 694.
  8. ^ Whitburn 2009, p. 869.
  9. ^ Whitburn 2007, p. 246.
  10. ^ Considine, J.D. (January 1984). "Bossa Nova Hotel". Musician.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Bronson, Fred (2003), The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, Billboard Books, ISBN 9780823076772
  • Whitburn, Joel (2007), Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006, Record Research Inc., ISBN 978-0-89820-169-7
  • Whitburn, Joel (2009), Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955-2008, Record Research Inc., ISBN 978-0-89820-180-2
  • Whitburn, Joel (2010), Joel Whitburn Presents Top Pop Albums, Seventh Edition, Record Research Inc., ISBN 0-89820-183-7
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