Raíces (Los Tigres del Norte album)

Raíces
Studio album by Los Tigres del Norte
Released May 4, 2008
Recorded 2007 - 2008
Genre Norteño, Corrido
Label Fonovisa
Los Tigres del Norte chronology
Detalles y Emociones
(2007)		 Raíces
(2008)		 La Granja
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Raíces ("Roots") is the title of a cover album released by Mexican group Los Tigres del Norte on May 4, 2008. This album became their sixth number-one set on the Billboard Top Latin Albums. It won the Grammy Award for Best Norteño Album at the Grammy Awards of 2009.[2]

Contents

Tracklisting

The information from Billboard.[3]

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "El Rey"   José Alfredo Jiménez 2:23
2. "Rumbo al Sur"   Felipe Váldez Leal, Ramón Ortega Contreras 3:30
3. "El Hijo del Pueblo"   Jiménez 3:04
4. "El Golpe Traidor"   Manuel Váldez 3:04
5. "No Volveré"   Manuel Esperón, Ernesto Cortázar 3:21
6. "Mi Gusto Es"   Samuel Lozano 3:39
7. "Sangre Caliente"   Abelardo Pulido 3:43
8. "Cien Años"   Rubén Fuentes, Alberto Cervantes 3:42
9. "Tu Recuerdo y Yo"   Jiménez 3:06
10. "Sin Tí"   Pepe Guizar 3:17
11. "No Me Amenaces"   Jiménez 2:31
12. "Tonta (Tonto)"   Armento Fierro 3:21

Personnel

The information from Allmusic.[4]

Chart performance

Chart (2008)[5][6] Peak
position
México AMPROFON Albums Chart 32
US Billboard Top Latin Albums 1
US Billboard Regional Mexican Albums 1
US Billboard 200 68
Preceded by
Te Quiero by Flex		 U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums number-one album
March 22, 2008		 Succeeded by
Te Quiero by Flex

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Grammy Nominations". Grammy. The Recording Academy. 2008-12-03. http://content.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx#12. Retrieved 2008-12-10. 
  3. ^ "Raíces". Billboard. Nielsen Business, Inc. 2008-05-04. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=25167&aid=1107152. Retrieved 2008-11-05. 
  4. ^ "Raíces - Credits". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. 2008-05-04. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1316816/credits. Retrieved 2008-11-05. 
  5. ^ "Raíces". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1316816/charts-awards. Retrieved 2008-10-31. 
  6. ^ "Raíces". Mexican Charts. Les Charts. http://mexicancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Los+Tigres+Del+Norte&titel=Raices&cat=a. Retrieved 2008-11-05.