Amaro - Bajo presión (1990)

 

01 - Quiero ser estrella
02 - Oye cariño
03 - La coche
04 - Así te amo yo (versión de Scorpions)
05 - Señores de la guerra
06 - Bajo presión

07 - Príncipe mío

08 - Sueño húmedo

09 - Desactivada

Joana Amaro from Palma de Mallorca where she lived, although she was born in the Barcelona town of Igualada, she moved to Madrid to study drama and dance, combining studies with sporadic work as a model or vocalist in the recording of an album and her subsequent tour with Lorenzo Santamaría. . This is where the bug comes in and back in Barcelona he starts looking for a group where he can sing.

After going through a couple of bands, the last of them changing their name to AMARO. In 1986 Joana composed together with drummer Zeles Caldés the soundtrack of the film Mordiendo la vida, which passed without pain or glory despite the role of the legendary Paul Naschy. 

From this experience came the idea of ​​recording an album that was finally released by Horus in 1989 with the same title as the movie. This means bowling and the appearance in specialized magazines and national radio and television programs.

The following year, she launched herself in the recording of the Bajo presión full length, produced by Jean Mari Ecay and recorded at the KSZ Studios, in Barcelona, ​​which had an impact in the most rock-oriented environments by including a Spanish version of “Still loving you” of Scorpions, here called "Así te amo yo."

Bajo presión is a professional work, with balanced compositions, good lyrics and, above all, very varied, since it plays styles that range from blues to ballads or from the most classic rock to the hardest. The best of Amaro's work, voice, strength and image. 

Regarding the themes, apart from the cover, note "Quiero ser estrella / I want to be a star", the desire of every musician, the blusera "Oye cariño / Hey honey", and the two most powerful songs, which open the B side of the vinyl "Señores de la guerra / Lords of the war” and “Bajo presión / Under pressure”. "La noche / The night" is not bad either, one of the few places where all the tribes have a place, a song with a good chorus that wins every time you listen.

In 1992 Joana backs off form music and after three decades, she returns to the world of rock, coinciding with the reissue on CD of her two LPs.