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Mas Canciones
Mas Canciones
Studio album by Linda Ronstadt
Released	November 19, 1991
Recorded	1991
Studio	Skywalker Sound and The Site (Marin County, California);
Genre	Mariachi, Latin, Mexican
Length	40:40
Label	Elektra, Rhino
Producer	George Massenburg Rubén Fuentes;
Linda Ronstadt chronology

Mas Canciones (correct form: Más canciones;^[1] Spanish for "more songs") is an album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt, released in late 1991.

A significant hit in the U.S. for a non-English language album, it peaked at number 88 on the Billboard 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 Rhino 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, Canciones de Mi Padre.^[2]

"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."^[2]

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 Tucson, 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.^[2]

Mas Canciones won Linda the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Chicago Tribune	^[6]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[5]
Rolling Stone	^[7]

In his AllMusic 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."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tata Dios"	Valeriano Trejo	4:19
2.	"El Toro Relajo"	Felipe Bermejo	2:32
3.	"Mi Ranchito"	Felipe Valdés Leal	3:33
4.	"La Mariquita"	Rubén Fuentes	2:59
5.	"Grítenme Piedras del Campo"	Cuco Sánchez	3:27
6.	"Siempre Hace Frío"	Cuco Sánchez	3:18
7.	"El Crucifijo de Piedra"	Roberto Cantoral	3:16
8.	"Palomita de Ojos Negros"	Tomás Méndez	3:30
9.	"Pena de los Amores"	José Luis Almada	4:00
10.	"El Camino"	Jesús Navarro, Jr.	3:29
11.	"El Gustito"	Elpidio Ramírez	2:36
12.	"El Sueño"	Nicandro Castillo	3:41
Total length:			40:40

Personnel

Linda Ronstadt – vocals
Linda Ronstadt, Michael J. Ronstadt and Pete Ronstadt – trio voices (4, 10, 12)
Juan José Almaguer, Jesús Guzmán, Santiago Maldonado, José Martínez, Juan Morales and Rafael Palomar – chorus

Musicians

Rubén Fuentes – arrangements and conductor
Flaco Jiménez – accordion (8)
Leonel Gálvez – guitars
Rafael Palomar – guitars
Gilberto Puente – guitars
Raúl Puente – guitars
Enrique de Santiago – guitarrón
Víctor "El Pato" Cárdenas – vihuela
Angela Koregelos – flute (1, 11)
Katheryn McElrath – flute (1, 11)
Martin Lara – trumpet
Federico Torres – first trumpet
Santiago Maldonado – harp
Juan José Almaguer – violin
Nati Cano – violin
Pedro García – violin
Jesús Guzmán – violin
José Martínez, Jr. – first violin
Mario Rodríguez – violin

Production

Rubén Fuentes – producer
George Massenburg – producer, recording, mixing
Nathaniel Kunkel – recording
Kevin Scott – recording assistant
Craig Silvey – recording assistant
M.T. Silvia – recording assistant
Doug Sax – mastering
Alan Yoshida – mastering
The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
Ivy Skoff – production coordinator
Janet Stark – production coordinator
John Kosh – art direction, design
Gilbert Ronstadt – artwork, painting
William Coupon – photography
Rossy Corsly – translation
Mercedes Dalton – translation
Linda Ronstadt – translation

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
United States (Billboard 200)	88

Release history

Release history and formats for *Mas Canciones*
Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
North America	November 19, 1991	CD cassette	Elektra Records	^[8]

References

^ 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
^ ^a ^b ^c The New York Times Article by Stephen Holden: 04 December 1991
^ Chronology of awards for Linda Ronstadt Archived 2010-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Mas Canciones - Linda Ronstadt". AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
^ Owen, Frank (17 January 1992). "Mas Canciones Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
^ Obejas, Achy (12 December 1991). "Linda Ronstadt Mas Canciones". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
^ McLane, Daisann (6 February 1992). "Mas Canciones". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
^ Ronstadt, Linda (November 19, 1991). "Mas Canciones (Liner Notes)". Elektra Records. 9-61239-4 (Cassette); 9-61239-2 (CD).