Frenesí (album)
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| Studio album by Linda Ronstadt | ||||
| Released | September, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Latin, jazz, Cuban | |||
| Label | Elektra, Rhino | |||
| Producer | Peter Asher, George Massenburg | |||
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Frenesí is a Grammy Award - winning album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt released on September 15, 1992 (delayed from its initial August date).
It was Ronstadt's third Spanish-language album. It reached #193 on the Billboard album chart, #3 on the Top Latin Albums chart, and #17 on the Tropic/Salsa chart. Three singles charted on the Hot Latin Tracks chart: "Frenesi" - at #5, "Perfidia" - at #7, and "Entre Abismos" at #33.
At the 35th Grammy Awards, Frenesí won the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album. After many years out of print, this album was reissued - along with Ronstadt's two Mariachi discs - in 2016.
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Music critic Roch Parisien rated the album poorly in his Allmusic review, writing: "… there's little that sounds street level or rootsy about these sessions. I can't help picturing a wind-up lounge band holding court at some tourist-trap Holiday Inn in Acapulco."[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Frenesí" (Frenzy) | Alberto Dominguez, Leonard Whitcup | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Mentira Salome" (Lie Salome) | Ignacio Piñeiro | 2:50 |
| 3. | "Alma Adentro" (Deep Within My Soul) | Sylvia Rexach | 3:11 |
| 4. | "Entre Abismos" (Between Abysses) | Victor Manuel Mato | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Cuando Me Querias Tú" (When You Loved Me) | Emilio Catarell Vela | 3:07 |
| 6. | "Piel Canela" (Cinnamon Skin) | Bobby Capó, Silvano Michelino, X. Regianni | 3:02 |
| 7. | "Verdad Amarga" (Bitter Truth) | Consuelo Velázquez | 3:23 |
| 8. | "Despojos" (Fragments) | Francisco Arrieta | 3:02 |
| 9. | "En Mi Soledad" (In My Solitude) | Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Miguel Pous, Eddie DeLange | 2:53 |
| 10. | "Piensa en Mí" (Think of Me) | Maria Teresa Lara | 2:55 |
| 11. | "Quiéreme Mucho" (Love Me a Lot) | Augustin Rodriguez, Gonzalo Roig | 3:23 |
| 12. | "Perfidia" (Perfidy) | Alberto Dominguez, Milton Leeds | 3:44 |
| 13. | "Te Quiero Dijiste" (I Love You, You Said) | Maria Mendez Grever | 4:01 |
Personnel
- Linda Ronstadt – vocals
- Tito Allen – background vocals
- Juan Jose Almaguer – vocals
- Jesús Guzmán – vocals
- Adalberto Santiago – vocals
- Bob Mann – guitar
- Oscar Meza – bass
- Gilberto Puente – guitar
- Joe Rotondi – piano
- Guillermo Edghill – bass
- Luis Conte – percussion
- Walfredo de los Reyes, Sr. – percussion
- Armando Peraza – percussion
- Pancho Roman – percussion
- Orestes Vilató – percussion
- Justo Almario – horn
- Gene Burkert – horn
- Dennis Farias – horn
- Ramon Flores – horn
- Daniel Fornero – horn
- Mike Turre – horn
- Arturo Velasco – horn
- Harry Kim – horn
- José Román – horn
- Joel Peskin – horn
- Debra Henry – strings
- James Hurley – strings
- Roxanna Jacobson – strings
- David Kadarauch – strings
- Clifton Foster – strings
- Ruth Freeman – strings
- Stuart Canin – strings
- Jeremy Cohen – strings
- Adrienne Duckworth – strings
- Jim Dukey – strings
- Joseph Edelberg – strings
- Ronald Erickson – strings
- Jenny Amador – strings
- Jeff Beal – strings
- William Klingelhofer – strings
- Bill Klingelhoffer – strings
- Katie McElrath – strings
- Sharon O'Connor – strings
- Irene Sazer – strings
- Rebecca Sebring – strings
- James Shallenberger – strings
- Greg Sudmeir – strings
- Mark Summer – strings
- John Tenney – strings
- Martha Henninger Rubin – strings
- Nathan Rubin – strings
- Virginia Price-Kvistad – strings
Production notes:
- Peter Asher – producer, engineer
- George Massenburg – producer, mixing, engineer
- Ray Santos – arranger
- David Gleeson – engineer
- Craig Silvey – engineer
- Brett Swain – engineer
- Nathaniel Kunkel – engineer
- Robert Blakeman – photography
- Kosh Art Direction – design
References
- 1 2 Parisien, Roch. "Frenesi -Linda Ronstadt". Allmusic. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
- ↑ Sandow, Greg (September 11, 1992). "Frenesi Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 701. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
