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Más canciones (1991)

Where the lyrics of Más canciones take you, and where it was really made.

The title is usually written without its accent, but the correct form is Más canciones, a Spanish-language album that became a significant U.S. hit for an American singer.

Key places

Skywalker Sound, Marin County (1991)

Recording site Skywalker Sound — The article lists Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California as the recording location of the album. The point marks the building, but the record notes only the site. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Mas Canciones (correct form Más canciones): album by American singer Linda Ronstadt, released in late 1991
• The title is Spanish for "more songs"
• Released 19 November 1991 according to the Italian edition
• Released four years after Ronstadt's first Spanish-language album, Canciones de Mi Padre
• Canciones de Mi Padre is Double Platinum certified
• Reissued in 2016 on the Rhino label after several years out of print

Background

• Ronstadt started an English-language record, disliked it and put it away
• She found herself sleeping and dreaming in Spanish
• Her stated worry was that the musicians who knew this music were getting old
• According to Ronstadt, the album concentrates more on trio and ensemble singing than its predecessor

Recording

• Vocal trios include her two brothers, Pete and Mike Ronstadt
• Pete was then chief of police in Tucson, Arizona, and Mike owned a hardware store there
• Apart from the professional guitar playing, the arrangements match what the siblings sang at home while growing up
• Rubén Fuentes is credited with arrangements, conducting and production
• George Massenburg is credited as producer, recording engineer and mixer
• Mastering was done at The Mastering Lab in Hollywood, California

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Born July 15, 1946 in Tucson, Arizona; American singer across rock, folk, pop, country, and soul.
• In the mid-1960s joined the folk-rock trio the Stone Poneys as lead singer, releasing three albums in 1967–68.
• Solo debut Hand Sown ... Home Grown (1969), described as the first alternative country record by a female recording artist.
• Became the first female "arena class" rock star; top-grossing concert artist of the decade.
• Voted Top Female Pop Singer of the 1970s; "You're No Good" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Worked with producer Nelson Riddle on the Great American Songbook trilogy What's New, Lush Life, and For Sentimental Reasons.
• Recorded Canciones de Mi Padre (1987), the best-selling non-English-language album in US music history.
• Retired in 2011 after losing the ability to sing; later diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014; Kennedy Center Honoree in 2019.

Formation

• At age 14 formed a folk trio with her brother Peter and sister Gretchen.
• Moved to Los Angeles in 1964 to form a band with Bobby Kimmel.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• In an AllMusic review, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album a thoroughly enjoyable collection of Spanish and Mexican songs
• Erlewine wrote that the album is arguably stronger than its predecessor
• His reason: Ronstadt sounds more comfortable with the material than ever before
• Billboard album chart: number 88, a significant U.S. hit for a non-English language album
• Top Latin Albums chart: number 16
• Single "Grítenme Piedras del Campo": number 15 on the Hot Latin Tracks chart

Reappraisal

• Reissued in 2016 on the Rhino label after several years out of print

Records

• Won the Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album
• The Grammy was Ronstadt's second win in this category
• The Grammy win is recorded as 1993 in the article's history section

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Ronstadt's brothers Pete and Mike joined her on the vocal trios.
• At the time Pete was police chief in Tucson, Arizona, while Mike ran a hardware store there.
• The arrangements are said to be the same as the ones the siblings sang in their living room as children, except for the professional guitar playing.
• Flaco Jiménez is credited with accordion on track 8.
• The Italian track list credits "Grítenme Piedras del Campo" (3:27) to Cuco Sánchez.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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