| Descanso dominical | ||||
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 Spanish/Latin America edition cover | ||||
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| Recorded | 1987–1988, 1989 | |||
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| Length | 56:08 | |||
| Label | Ariola Eurodisc S.A. | |||
| Producer | Mecano | |||
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 Figlio Della Luna Italian Edition Cover – 1989 | ||||
| Alternative cover | ||||
 Descanso Dominical French Edition Cover – 1990 | ||||
| Singles from Descanso Dominical | ||||
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Descanso dominical (Spanish for Sunday Break) is the fifth studio album by Spanish pop band Mecano. It was released on May 24, 1988, in Spain and Spanish America, 1989 in Italy and 1990 in France under Ariola Records. This was the album that reaffirmed their stardom as worldwide artists. Before its release, this album was intended to be a 2-disc album due to the large amount of material, but that intent was cancelled. The album is also known in France as Une Femme Avec Une Femme and as Figlio della Luna in Italy. The title of the album was taken from a line in the fifth single "El blues del eslavo".
After gaining success and global recognition with their fourth studio album Entre el Cielo y el Suelo (1986) with characterized ballads and low-rhythm songs that tell stories, Mecano changed their sound and recuperated their new wave textures from their first two records, Mecano and ¿Dónde está el país de las hadas?.
The album spawned 6 singles, "No Hay Marcha en Nueva York", "Los Amantes", "Mujer Contra Mujer", "Un Año Más", "La Fuerza del Destino" and "El Blues del Esclavo", all of them being released from June 1988 to July 1989. The language-adapted single, "Une Femme Avec Un Femme", was also released to promote Descanso Dominical in France.
All of them received great commercial success, specially chart-toppers singles "Mujer Contra Mujer", "No Hay Marcha en Nueva York" and "Un Año Más". Descanso Dominical was tied with their first studio album, Mecano, as the band's album with most number ones. The album's commercial success led to it becoming the best selling record internationally from the band, as well as one of the best-selling albums in Spain. In addition, it is also the best selling album by a band in the country.[1]
- ^ Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.