Viva (Bananarama album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Viva

| type = studio

| artist = Bananarama

| cover = viva_200.jpg

| alt =

| released = 14 September 2009

| recorded = July 2008–May 2009

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Hi-NRG{{cite web|url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/viva-mw0001787547 |first= Jon |last= O'Brien |title= Bananarama – Viva |quote= Viva's 11 infectious hi-NRG tracks |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |access-date= 31 March 2015}}

| length =

| label = Fascination

| producer = Ian Masterson

| prev_title = Greatest Hits and More More More

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = 30 Years of Bananarama

| next_year = 2012

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Viva

| type = studio

| single1 = Love Comes

| single1date = 6 September 2009

| single2 = Love Don't Live Here

| single2date = 12 April 2010

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = BBC

|rev1score = (favourable){{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/dmnv/|title=BBC - Music - Review of Bananarama - Viva Bananarama|first=Lloyd|last=Bradley|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}

}}

Viva is the tenth studio album recorded by the British vocal duo Bananarama. It was released by Fascination Records on 14 September 2009 in the UK.

Viva is Bananarama's fifth album as a duo consisting of Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward, and their first new album since 2005's Drama. It contains the singles "Love Comes", "Love Don't Live Here", and other new tracks co-written by Dallin and Woodward. The album also includes three cover versions: "Rapture" (originally by iiO), "The Runner" (originally a 1979 hit for The Three Degrees), and "S-S-S-Single Bed" (originally by Fox).

The album had been originally conceived as a covers album. However, the group changed their approach midway through the recording of the album and wrote original material for it.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/viva-mw0001787547|title=Viva - Bananarama | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/viva-mw0001787547 |title=Viva - Bananarama {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=www.allmusic.com |access-date=16 June 2021}} In addition to the three covers on the physical CD release, four additional cover versions were made available on download format: "Run to You" (originally by Bryan Adams), "The Sound of Silence" (originally by Simon and Garfunkel), "Voyage Voyage" (originally by Desireless), and "Tokyo Joe" (originally by Bryan Ferry). The latter two were also issued as b-sides to the vinyl releases of their single "Love Comes".

Three of these four bonus tracks were only available until the album's release date.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bananarama.co.uk/|title=BANANARAMA OFFICIAL WEBSITE|website=BANANARAMA}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bananarama.co.uk/disco/albums/va.html |title=Bananarama detailed discography |publisher=bananarama.co.uk |access-date=17 August 2011}}

The album charted on the UK Albums Chart at number 87, the band's fourth consecutive album to miss the top 40. In 2019, a deluxe expanded edition, including b-sides and remixes, was released by Cherry Red Records on double CD.