Raíces (Los Tigres del Norte album)

2008 studio album by Los Tigres del Norte

Raíces

Studio album by

Los Tigres del Norte

Released| May 4, 2008
Recorded| 2007–2008
Genre| Norteño
Label| Fonovisa
Los Tigres del Norte chronology
| Detalles y Emociones
(2007)  | Raíces
(2008)  | La Granja
(2009)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]

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

## Track listing

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The information from Billboard.[3]

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "El Rey"| José Alfredo Jiménez| 2:23
2.| "Rumbo al Sur"| Felipe Valdés Leal, Ramón Ortega Contreras| 3:30
3.| "El Hijo del Pueblo"| Jiménez| 3:04
4.| "El Golpe Traidor"| Manuel Valdez| 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 Ti"| Pepe Guízar| 3:17
11.| "No Me Amenaces"| Jiménez| 2:31
12.| "Tonta (Tonto)"| Armento Fierro| 3:21

## Personnel

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The information from Allmusic.[4]

* Hernán Hernández – Production assistant, Voz, Bajo Eléctrico
* Jorge Hernández – Voz, Acordeón
* Eduardo Hernández – Voz, Acordeón, Bajo Sexto, Saxophone
* Luis Hernández – Voz, Bajo Sexto
* Oscar Lara – Batería
* Don C. Tyler – Mastering engineer
* Alfonso Ródenas – Engineer, mixing
* Joseph Pope – Engineer, mixing
* Adriana Rebold – Graphic design, art direction
* Pablo Castro – Art direction

## Chart performance

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Chart (2008)[5][6] | Peak
position

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Mexico AMPROFON Albums Chart | 32
US Billboard Top Latin Albums | 1
US Billboard Regional Mexican Albums | 1
US Billboard 200 | 68

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ "Grammy Nominations". Grammy. The Recording Academy. 2008-12-03. Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
3. ^ "Raíces". Billboard. Nielsen Business, Inc. 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2008-11-05. [dead link]
4. ^ "Raíces - Credits". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
5. ^ "Raíces". Allmusic. Macromedia Corporation. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
6. ^ "Raíces". Mexican Charts. Les Charts. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2008-11-05.

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Los Tigres del Norte

Studio albums|

* Jaula de oro (1984)
* Gracias!... América... Sin Fronteras (1987)
* El Ejemplo (1995)
* Jefe de Jefes (1997)
* Uniendo Fronteras (2001)
* La Reina del Sur (2002)
* Pacto de Sangre (2004)
* Raíces (2008)

Live albums|

* Tu Noche con Los Tigres del Norte (2008)
* MTV Unplugged: Los Tigres del Norte and Friends (2011)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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