''Mas Canciones'' (correct form: ''Más canciones'';The album's title as published is cosmetically incorrect. According to Spanish orthographical rules, the word ''más'' ("more") must have an accent over the vowel to distinguish it from ''mas'' ("but"). http://www.bowdoin.edu/~eyepes/newgr/ats/03.htm Spanish for "more songs") is an album by American singer/songwriter/producer

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, released in late 1991. A significant hit in the U.S. for a non-English language album, it peaked at number 88 on the ''

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'' album chart, and reached number 16 on the Top Latin Albums chart. The single "Grítenme Piedras del Campo" peaked at number 15 on the Hot Latin Tracks chart. In 2016, this album was reissued on the

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label after several years out of print.

History

''Mas Canciones'' was released four years after the release of Ronstadt's Double Platinum-certified, first Spanish-language album, ''

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''.The New York Times
Article by Stephen Holden: 04 December 1991 "The reason I did it is selfish," Ronstadt said in an interview. "I had started to make a record in English, but I didn't like it and put it away. I found myself sleeping and dreaming in Spanish, and these songs were driving me crazy. I kept waking up in the middle of the night thinking that the musicians who know this music are old, and if they go I won't have anybody to help me do it. I didn't dare put it off another minute." The album, according to Ronstadt, "concentrated more on trio and ensemble singing than did its predecessor." For the vocal trios, Ronstandt was joined by her two brothers, Pete and Mike. Pete Ronstadt at the time was the chief of police in

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, Arizona, where Mike owned a hardware store. Except for the professional guitar-playing, Ronstadt said, the arrangements are the same as those they sang in the living room when they were growing up. ''Mas Canciones'' won Linda the

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for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album.Chronology of awards for Linda Ronstadt

Reception

In his

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review, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album a "thoroughly enjoyable collection of Spanish and Mexican songs that is arguably stronger than its predecessor, since Ronstadt sounds more comfortable with the material than ever before."

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

– vocals *Pete Ronstadt – vocals *Michael J. Ronstadt – vocals *Leonel Gálvez – guitar *Gilberto Puente – guitar *Pedro García – violin *

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– accordion *Angela Koregelos – flute *Martin Lara – trumpet *Juan José Almaguer – choir, chorus, violin *Jesús Guzmán – choir, chorus, violin *Santiago Maldonado – choir, chorus, harp *José Martínez – choir, chorus *Rafael Palomar – choir, chorus, guitar *Juan Morales – choir, chorus *

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– violin *Víctor "El Pato" Cárdenas – vihuela *José Martínez, Jr. – violin *Katie McElrath – flute *Mario Rodríguez – violin *Federico Torres – trumpet Production notes: *

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– producer, engineer, mixing *

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– producer, arranger, conductor *

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– mastering *Alan Yoshida – mastering *Nathaniel Kunkel – engineer *Kevin Scott – assistant engineer *Craig Silvey – assistant engineer *M.T. Silvia – assistant engineer *

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– art direction, design *Gilbert Ronstadt – artwork, painting *Rossy Corsly – translation *Mercedes Dalton – translation *Linda Ronstadt – translation * William Coupon – photography

References

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