Amantes Sunt Amentes
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| Released | 2 October 2006 | |||
| Recorded | July 2006[1] | |||
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| Length | 40:42 | |||
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Amantes Sunt Amentes (Latin for Lovers Are Lunatics) is the fourth studio album by Mexican rock band Panda, released on 2 October 2006, through Warner Bros. and Movic Records. To promote the album, three singles were released. The first, "Narcicista Por Excelencia", including its music video, were premiered on Los 10+ Pedidos on MTV.
It was notably nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album in 2008.[2][3] It is the highest-selling album in their catalog to date, and was later certified gold and double platinum by AMPROFON for shipments of over 250,000 copies in Mexico. It also peaked at number one on the Mexican Albums Chart.
Track listing
[edit]All lyrics are written by José Madero; all music is composed by Panda
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "La Estrategia Perdida" | 3:20 |
| 2. | "So Violento So Macabro" | 3:21 |
| 3. | "El Infame Estar y No Estar" | 3:43 |
| 4. | "Estoy Más Sohloh Que Ayer, Pero Menos Que Mañana" | 3:01 |
| 5. | "Narcisista Por Excelencia" | 3:47 |
| 6. | "Procedimientos para Llegar a un Común Acuerdo" | 3:14 |
| 7. | "Tripulación, Armar Toboganes" | 3:55 |
| 8. | "Pathetica" | 4:22 |
| 9. | "Los Malaventurados No Lloran" | 3:27 |
| 10. | "Tus Palabras Punzocortantes" | 3:15 |
| 11. | "Atractivo Encontramos en Lo Más Repugnante" | 3:27 |
| 12. | "¡Ah Pero Cómo Vendo Cassettes!" | 1:44 |
| Total length: | 40:42 | |
Personnel
[edit]Adapted from album liner notes:[1]
- Panda
- José Madero – vocals, guitar
- Ricardo Treviño – bass, guttural vocals
- Jorge Vázquez – drums
- Arturo Arredondo – lead guitar
- Production
- Adrián "Rojo" Treviño – producer, mixer
- Francisco “Kiko” Lobo de la Garza – executive producer
- Jaime Cavazos – mastering engineer at OVU Studios
- Rodrigo Mendoza – recording assistant
- Gerardo "El Oso" García – studio tech
- Beto Ramos – drum tech
- Mario Videgaray – art direction, design
- Beto Garza – illustration
- Additional musicians
- Marcelo Treviño – keyboards
- Alfonso Herrera – choirs
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| Top 100 Mexico[4] | 1 |
Certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Mexico (AMPROFON)[5] | Platinum+Gold | 150,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Accolades
[edit]The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album in 2008, but lost to Black Guayaba's No Hay Espacio.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Amantes Sunt Amentes liner notes. Movic Records. 2006. 639622-1.
- ^ "2008 Grammy Winners". CBS News. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
Category 59 - Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album
- ^ Del Valle, Luis (26 January 2018). "Así se veían los Grammy en 2008". BuzzFeed (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-02-09.
4. Hasta PXNDX fue a la ceremonia. Sí, aunque usted no lo crea.
- ^ "Billboard (Hits of the world - México October 31, 2006)". Billboard. United States: Lynne Segall. October 21, 2006. p. 108. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
- ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved 18 January 2007. Type Panda in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Amantes Sunt Amentes in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
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