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No Podemos Volar (2000) is the seventeenth studio album
by Mexican
Rock
, Blues
band El Tri
. Is the first one to include Duets, containing 4 of them with recognized singers of Mexican music.
except were noted
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Mexican
Mexican people
Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....
Rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, Blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
band El Tri
El Tri
El Tri is a Mexican rock band from Mexico City fronted by Alex Lora. Founded in 1968 as Three Souls in My Mind, the group is regarded as influential in the development of Mexican rock music....
. Is the first one to include Duets, containing 4 of them with recognized singers of Mexican music.
Track listing
All tracks by Alex LoraAlex Lora
José Alejandro Lora Serna , better known by his stage name Alex Lora, is a Mexican musician and composer. He has been the frontman of the Spanish rock band El Tri for over 40 years...
except were noted
- "No Podemos Volar" (We Can't Fly) – 6:34
- "Madre Tierra" (Mother Earth) – 3:45
- "Ya No Existen los Heroes" (Heroes No Longer Exist) – 4:02
- "Amor del Dos de Octubre" (Love of October 2ndTlatelolco massacreThe Tlatelolco massacre, also known as The Night of Tlatelolco , was a government massacre of student and civilian protesters and bystanders that took place during the afternoon and night of October 2, 1968, in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City...
(Carlos Carbajal, Lora) – 5:04 - "Nosotros los Latinos" (We The Latins) – 5:33
- "Prueba de Amor" (Proof of Love) (Lora, Chela Lora) – 3:36
- "Todos Necesitamos de Todos" (Everybody Needs Everybody) – 4:25
- "Cuando Estoy con Mis Cuates" (When I Am With My Pals) – 3:01
- "Chilango Exiliado" (Exiled Chilango) – 3:56
- "En el Último Trago" (In The Last Drink) (José Alfredo JiménezJosé Alfredo JiménezJosé Alfredo Jiménez was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style whose songs are considered an integral part of Mexico's musical heritage....
) – 4:40 - "Aca Tambien Se Cuecen Habas" (We Cook Beans Over Here Too) (Lora, Oscar Zarate) – 4:11
- "Todo Por Servir Se Acaba" (Everything Breaks Down For Use) – 3:41
Personnel
- Alex Lora – guitar, bass, vocals, producer, mixing
- Rafael Salgado – harmonic
- Eduardo Chico – guitar, dobro
- Oscar Zarate – guitar
- Chela Lora – backing vocals, planning, coordination
- Ramon Perez – drums
Guest musicians
- Miguel Rios – vocals in "Madre Tierra"
- Lalo Gameros – violin, vocals in "Cuando Estoy Con Mis Cuates"
- Jorge Navarro – guitar in "Cuando Estoy Con Mis Cuates"
- Alberto "El Cuervo" Angel – vocals in "En el Ultimo Trago"
- Andres Gimenez – vocals in "Todos Necesitamos de Todos"
- Lalo Toral – piano
- Paulinho Da Costa – percussion in "Amor Del 2 de Octube" and "Nosotros Los Latinos"
Technical personnel
- Fernando Aceves – photography
- Mark Chalecki – mastering
- Andrea E Estrada – photography
- Juan Carlos Frank – make-up
- Jim Gaines – producer
- Pablo Munguia – assistant
- Jorge Navarro – guitar
- Ramon Perez – drums
- Sergio Rivero – photography
- Eddie Sakaki – photography
- Jean B. Smit – engineer, mastering, recorder
External links
- www.eltri.com.mx
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