A Foreign Affair (Spyro Gyra album)
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ReleasedSeptember 13, 2011
Studio
- Clubhouse Recording Studios (Rhineback, NY)
- Menekeys Recording Studios (Union City, NY)
Length60:47
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| Released | September 13, 2011 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 60:47 | |||
| Label | Amherst | |||
| Producer | Spyro Gyra | |||
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A Foreign Affair is an album by American jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra. The album is the story of five men and their love affair with music. The album contains a Hindi song Khuda sung by Arijit Singh, composed by Sandeep Chowta and co-produced by Chowta and Spyro Gyra. It is the first time a Western group has released a song with lyrics entirely in Hindi.[2]
| No. | Title | Music | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Caribe" | Jay Beckenstein | Spyro Gyra | 5:27 |
| 2. | "Khuda" | Shabbir Ahmed, Sandeep Chowta | Arijit Singh | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Sweet Ole Thang" | Bonnie Bonaparte | Spyro Gyra | 4:26 |
| 4. | "Falling Walls" | Julio Fernández | Spyro Gyra | 6:31 |
| 5. | "Shinjuku" | Tom Schuman | Spyro Gyra | 5:08 |
| 6. | "Chileno Boys" | David Broza, Alberto Ríos | Fernandez | 6:23 |
| 7. | "Samba for Two" | Schuman | Spyro Gyra | 5:18 |
| 8. | "Canção de Ninar" | Beckenstein | Spyro Gyra | 4:21 |
| 9. | "Antigua" | Beckenstein | Spyro Gyra | 6:29 |
| 10. | "Last Call" | Fred Knoblock, Danny O'Keefe | Keb' Mo' | 4:36 |
| 11. | "Dancing on Table Mountain" | Scott Ambush | Spyro Gyra | 7:24 |
| Total length: | 60:47 | |||
Release and chart history
The album was released on September 13, 2011. Upon release the album was positioned at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart.[2]
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| United States | September 13, 2011 | CD | Amherst | |
| India | Digital | Sony | [3] | |
| United Kingdom | February 13, 2012 | CD | In-Akustik | |
