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| cover = lisalisasf.jpg
| cover = lisalisasf.jpg
| alt =
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| released = May 19, 1987
| released = April 8, 1987
| recorded = September 1986—March 1987
| recorded = September 1986–March 1987
| venue =
| venue =
| studio =
| studio =
| genre = [[Contemporary R&B]], [[dance-pop]], [[Freestyle music|Latin freestyle]]
| genre = [[Contemporary R&B]], [[dance-pop]], [[Freestyle music|Latin freestyle]]
| length = 42:43
| length = 42:43
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]<ref>{{cite journal |title=Jet's Top 20 Albums |journal=Jet |date=Aug 3, 1987 |volume=72 |issue=19 |page=62}}</ref>
| producer = [[Full Force]]
| producer = [[Full Force]]
| prev_title = [[Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force]]
| prev_title = [[Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force]]
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| name = Spanish Fly
| name = Spanish Fly
| type = studio
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Head to Toe]]
| single1 = [[Head to Toe (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam song)|Head to Toe]]
| single1date = March 9, 1987
| single1date = March 9, 1987
| single2 = [[Lost in Emotion]]
| single2 = [[Lost in Emotion]]
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}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r11737|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r11737|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev2Score = C+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=2232&name=Lisa+Lisa+%26+Cult+Jam|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam|publisher=}}</ref>
|rev2Score = C+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=2232&name=Lisa+Lisa+%26+Cult+Jam|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam|publisher=}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
}}<!-- Automatically generated by DASHBot-->
|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=257}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
|rev4score = {{rating|2|4}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Connie |title=FORCING THE ISSUE |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 21, 1987 |location=Calendar |page=82}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''
|rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Duffy |first1=Thom |title=LISA LISA & CULT JAM |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=May 10, 1987 |location=Calendar |page=6}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]''
|rev6score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tucker |first1=Ken |title=Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam Spanish Fly |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=May 3, 1987 |page=H5}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev7score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=426}}</ref>
}}
'''''Spanish Fly''''' is an album by [[Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam]], released in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lisa-lisa-cult-jam-mn0000834741/biography|title=Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref> The singles "Head to Toe" and "Lost in Emotion" both reached number one in the United States. The album peaked at No. 7 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lisa-lisa-and-cult-jam/chart-history/tlp/|title=Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam|website=Billboard}}</ref> It has sold more than a million copies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-10-16-8703180513-story.html|title=Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam may be...|first=Lynn|last=Van Matre|website=chicagotribune.com}}</ref>

==Production==
The album was written and produced by [[Full Force]].<ref>{{cite web |title=LISA LISA, FULL FORCE, SO-SO |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/10/30/lisa-lisa-full-force-so-so/600d7d27-b693-4bd9-bcb7-99a9de3894e0/ |website=The Washington Post |access-date=May 27, 2021}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
'''''Spanish Fly''''' is a 1987 album by [[Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam]]. It is best known for the singles "Head to Toe" and "Lost in Emotion", both of which reached number one in the United States. The album was a commercial success, reaching #7 on the [[Billboard 200]] and going Platinum.
''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' wrote that Lisa has "a rich, versatile sound and the vocal strength to penetrate the album’s percussion-heavy arrangements."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-spanish-fly-vol-27-no-19/|title=Picks and Pans Review: Spanish Fly|website=PEOPLE.com}}</ref> ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' thought that Lisa's "accounts of her various sex and dance urges are both funny and salacious."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lacey |first1=Liam |title=INSIDE THE SLEEVE POP Spanish Fly Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam |work=The Globe and Mail |date=June 4, 1987 |page=C3}}</ref> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called the album "an urban contemporary kitchen sink—everything is in there, from dance to doo-wop to crackling funk to spicy salsa."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hunt |first1=Dennis |title=LISA LISA IS COOKIN' IN HELL'S KITCHEN |work=Los Angeles Times |date=July 5, 1987 |location=Calendar |page=86}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'' deemed Lisa "today's Ronnie Spector: a technically limited singer who succeeds by projecting a girlish attitude that's both vulnerable and indomitable."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Milward |first1=John |title=Popular |work=USA Today |date=May 6, 1987 |page=4D}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Tracklist
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = [[Full Force]], except "Someone to Love Me for Me", which was written by Full Force/Lisa Lisa
| all_writing = [[Full Force]], with additional "Someone to Love Me for Me" writing by Lisa Lisa
| title1 = [[Everything Will B-Fine]]
| title1 = [[Everything Will B-Fine]]
| length1 = 5:11
| length1 = 5:11
| title2 = [[Head to Toe]]
| title2 = [[Head to Toe (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam song)|Head to Toe]]
| length2 = 5:03
| length2 = 5:03
| title3 = A Face in the Crowd
| title3 = A Face in the Crowd
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==Charts==
==Charts==


===Weekly charts===
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|-
|-
!Chart (1987)
! scope="col"| Chart (1987)
!Peak<br>position
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
|-
|Canada [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'' 100 Albums]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0840&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=4u444os8oh391jedk635aciqd7|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada|publisher=}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Canadian Albums (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0840&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=4u444os8oh391jedk635aciqd7|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada|publisher=}}</ref>
| 18
|Align = "center" | 18
|-
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|7|artist=Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam|rowheader=true|access-date=June 23, 2021}}
|US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]
|Align = "center" | 7
|-
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|7|artist=Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam|rowheader=true|access-date=June 23, 2021}}
|US [[Top R&B Albums]]
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|}
|Align = "center" | 7

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1987)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1987/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1987|work=Billboard|access-date=June 23, 2021|archive-date=January 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124095042/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1987/the-billboard-200|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 42
|-
|-
! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1987/Billboard-1987-12-26.pdf|title=1987 The Year in Music & Video|magazine=Billboard|volume=99|issue=52|page=Y-29|date=December 26, 1987|access-date=June 23, 2021}}</ref>
| 31
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1988)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1988/BB-1988-12-24.pdf|title=1988 The Year in Music & Video|magazine=Billboard|volume=100|issue=52|page=Y-24|date=December 24, 1988|access-date=July 11, 2021}}</ref>
| 67
|}
|}


==Certifications==
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Spanish Fly|artist=Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam|type=album|relyear=1987|region=Canada|award=Gold|certyear=1987}}
| Canada ([[Music Canada]])<ref>[http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=lisa%20lisa%20and%20cult%20jam&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist Musiccanada.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017095330/http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=&ica=False&sa=lisa%20lisa%20and%20cult%20jam&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist |date=2013-10-17 }}</ref>
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Spanish Fly|artist=Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam|type=album|relyear=1987|region=United States|award=Platinum|certyear=1987}}
| Gold
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{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
| 50,000
⚫
|-
| United States ([[RIAA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH|title=RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - December 19, 2015|work=www.riaa.com}}</ref>
| Platinum
| 1,000,000
⚫
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true | noshipments=true}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==

Latest revision as of 19:24, 11 June 2024

Spanish Fly
Studio album by
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
ReleasedApril 8, 1987
RecordedSeptember 1986–March 1987
GenreContemporary R&B, dance-pop, Latin freestyle
Length42:43
LabelColumbia[1]
ProducerFull Force
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam chronology
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force
(1985) 		Spanish Fly
(1987) 		Straight to the Sky
(1989)
Singles from Spanish Fly
  1. "Head to Toe"
    Released: March 9, 1987
  2. "Lost in Emotion"
    Released: June 7, 1987
  3. "Someone to Love Me for Me"
    Released: September 28, 1987
  4. "Everything Will B-Fine"
    Released: January 27, 1988
  5. "I Promise You"
    Released: 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauC+[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
Orlando Sentinel[6]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]

Spanish Fly is an album by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, released in 1987.[9] The singles "Head to Toe" and "Lost in Emotion" both reached number one in the United States. The album peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200.[10] It has sold more than a million copies.[11]

Production

[edit]

The album was written and produced by Full Force.[12]

Critical reception

[edit]

People wrote that Lisa has "a rich, versatile sound and the vocal strength to penetrate the album’s percussion-heavy arrangements."[13] The Globe and Mail thought that Lisa's "accounts of her various sex and dance urges are both funny and salacious."[14] The Los Angeles Times called the album "an urban contemporary kitchen sink—everything is in there, from dance to doo-wop to crackling funk to spicy salsa."[15] USA Today deemed Lisa "today's Ronnie Spector: a technically limited singer who succeeds by projecting a girlish attitude that's both vulnerable and indomitable."[16]

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Full Force, with additional "Someone to Love Me for Me" writing by Lisa Lisa

No.TitleLength
1."Everything Will B-Fine"5:11
2."Head to Toe"5:03
3."A Face in the Crowd"6:10
4."Someone to Love Me for Me"4:51
5."Talking Nonsense"1:08
6."I Promise You"4:46
7."A Fool Is Born Everyday"5:23
8."Lost in Emotion"5:07
9."Playing With Fire"5:04
10."Spoken Word"0:24

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1987) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (RPM)[17] 18
US Billboard 200[18] 7
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19] 7

Year-end charts

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Chart (1987) Position
US Billboard 200[20] 42
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[21] 31
Chart (1988) Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[22] 67

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[23] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[24] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

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  • Lisa Lisa (Lisa Velez): Vocals
  • Michael Hughes: Congas, timbales, talking
  • Spanador: Guitars, Bass, keyboards
  • Full Force: Performer
  • Arranged and produced by Full Force
  • Engineered by Glenn Rosenstein
  • Mixed by Full Force and Glenn Rosenstein
  • Jurgen S. Korduletsch, Don Orilo, Steve Salem: Executive Producers

References

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  1. ^ "Jet's Top 20 Albums". Jet. 72 (19): 62. Aug 3, 1987.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam".
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 257.
  5. ^ Johnson, Connie (June 21, 1987). "FORCING THE ISSUE". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 82.
  6. ^ Duffy, Thom (May 10, 1987). "LISA LISA & CULT JAM". Orlando Sentinel. Calendar. p. 6.
  7. ^ Tucker, Ken (May 3, 1987). "Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam Spanish Fly". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. H5.
  8. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 426.
  9. ^ "Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  10. ^ "Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam". Billboard.
  11. ^ Van Matre, Lynn. "Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam may be..." chicagotribune.com.
  12. ^ "LISA LISA, FULL FORCE, SO-SO". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  13. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Spanish Fly". PEOPLE.com.
  14. ^ Lacey, Liam (June 4, 1987). "INSIDE THE SLEEVE POP Spanish Fly Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam". The Globe and Mail. p. C3.
  15. ^ Hunt, Dennis (July 5, 1987). "LISA LISA IS COOKIN' IN HELL'S KITCHEN". Los Angeles Times. Calendar. p. 86.
  16. ^ Milward, John (May 6, 1987). "Popular". USA Today. p. 4D.
  17. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada".
  18. ^ "Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  19. ^ "Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  20. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1987". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 24, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  21. ^ "1987 The Year in Music & Video" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 99, no. 52. December 26, 1987. p. Y-29. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  22. ^ "1988 The Year in Music & Video" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 100, no. 52. December 24, 1988. p. Y-24. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  23. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam – Spanish Fly". Music Canada.
  24. ^ "American album certifications – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam – Spanish Fly". Recording Industry Association of America.
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