No Me Sé Rajar

No Me Sé Rajar
Studio album by Banda el Recodo
Released	July 30, 2002
Recorded	2001–2002
Genre	Banda
Label	Fonovisa
Producer	Alfonso Lizárraga
Banda el Recodo chronology
Contigo Por Siempre (2001) No Me Sé Rajar (2002) Dos Grandes (2003)

No Me Sé Rajar (Eng.: I Do Not Know How to Give Up) is a studio album released by the Mexican banda ensemble Banda el Recodo. This album became their first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart and also received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album.

Track listing

This information from Billboard.com^[1]

1. No Me Sé Rajar (José Carmen Frayle) — 2:54
2. Las Llaves de Mi Alma/Que Te Vaya Bonito (Vicente Fernández/José Alfredo Jiménez) — 3:46
3. Las Vías del Amor (Alfonso Lizarraga/Noe Hernández/Joel Lizarraga) — 3:32
4. La Muerte de un Gallero (Tomás Sosa Méndez) — 2:32
5. Acá Entre Nos (Martin Urieta) — 3:10
6. De Qué Manera Te Olvido/Lástima Que Seas Ajena (Federico Méndez/Jorge Massias) — 4:44
7. Si No Te Quisiera (Carlos José Reyes Hernández) — 3:04
8. Los Mandados (Jorge Lerma) — 2:26
9. Mujeres Divinas (Urieta) — 2:50
10. Yo Quiero Ser (Rosendo Montiel) — 3:47
11. Hermoso Cariño (Fernando Maldonado) — 2:12
12. Nos Estorbó la Ropa (Teodoro Bello) — 2:23
13. La Ley del Monte (José Ángel Espinoza Ferrusquilla) — 2:35
14. Las Vías del Amor (Club Mix) — 4:09
15. No Me Sé Rajar (Club Mix) — 3:28

Personnel

This information from Allmusic.^[2]

• Alfonso Lizárraga — Arranger, producer, graphic design, art direction, concept
• La Banda el Recodo — Arranger
• Ezequiel Paez — Arranger
• Carlos Santana — Arranger
• Carlos Luna — Recording, mixing
• Velarde Daly Lizárraga — Production assistant
• Noe Sepulveda — Production assistant
• Adolfo Pérez Butrón — Photography
• Eduardo Arias — Make-Up

Chart performance

Chart (2002)[3]	Peak position
US Billboard Top Latin Albums	1
US Billboard Regional/Mexican Albums	1
US Billboard Top Independent Albums	9

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[5]	Gold	250,000[4]
United States	—	350,000[4]

References

1. Billboard.com (2002-07-30). "No Me Sé Rajar". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2008-09-16. ^{[dead link‍]}
2. Allmusic.com. "No Me Sé Rajar". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-09-16. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
3. Billboard. "No Me Sé Rajar". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
4. "El Recodo es mundial". La Opinión (in Spanish). November 29, 2002. p. 28. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
5. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Banda El Recodo in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and No Me Se Rajar in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.