11:11 (Rodrigo y Gabriela album)

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11:11
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Studio album by
Released7 September 2009
Label Rubyworks
Producer Rodrigo Sánchez, except "11:11", produced by John Leckie and Rodrigo y Gabriela
Rodrigo y Gabriela chronology
Live in Japan
(2008)
11:11
(2009)
Live in France
(2011)

11:11 is the third studio album by Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela. It was released on independent label Rubyworks around the world from 2 to 8 September 2009. It guest stars Strunz & Farah on the song "Master Maqui" and Alex Skolnick on the song "Atman". [1] The song "Buster Voodoo" was performed by the band on The Tonight Show hosted by Conan O'Brien on Thursday, 1 October 2009 and on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Wednesday, 28 October 2009. Each song on the album is a tribute to an artist that has inspired both Rodrigo and Gabriela.

Contents

The song "Santo Domingo" was chosen as the Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week for 10 November 2009. [2]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [3]
Review scores
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Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
NME 7/10 [9]
Paste 8.1/10 [10]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Under the Radar 6/10 [13]

Track listing

All music is composed by Rodrigo y Gabriela.

No.TitleDedicated toLength
1."Hanuman" Carlos Santana 3:43
2."Buster Voodoo" Jimi Hendrix 4:24
3."Triveni" Le Trio Joubran 3:55
4."Logos" Al Di Meola 2:50
5."Santo Domingo" Michel Camilo 4:02
6."Master Maqui" (featuring Strunz & Farah) Paco de Lucía 5:05
7."Savitri" Shakti 3:46
8."Hora Zero" Ástor Piazzolla 5:24
9."Chac Mool" Jorge Reyes 1:51
10."Atman" (featuring Alex Skolnick) Dimebag Darrell 5:50
11."11:11" Pink Floyd 4:49

Personnel

Rodrigo y Gabriela
Additional performers
Production

Charts

Chart performance for 11:11
Chart (2009)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [14] 80
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [15] 70
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] 27
French Albums (SNEP) [18] 20
Irish Albums (IRMA) [19] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 55
UK Albums (OCC) [21] 46

References

  1. "11:11 press release". Rodgab.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  2. Heringer (10 November 2009). "Mark-heringer.com". Mark-heringer.com. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  3. "11:11 Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. 8 September 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  4. Jurek, Thom. "11:11 – Rodrigo y Gabriela". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  5. Graff, Gary (1 September 2009). "Rodrigo Y Gabriela, "11:11"". Billboard. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  6. Denselow, Robin (4 September 2009). "Rodrigo y Gabriela: 11:11". The Guardian . Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  7. The sixth Dublin-based Mexican metalheads is an awesome thing in which every trick in the jard-rock manual is applied to the duo's Latin rhythms and acoustic wizardry. [Oct 2009, p.107]
  8. Banrs, Miles. "Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11 album reviews". MusicOMH. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  9. Pinnock, Tom (1 September 2009). "Album review: Rodrigo Y Gabriela – '11:11'". NME. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  10. Leven, Jeff (31 August 2009). "Rodrigo Y Gabriela: 11:11". Paste . Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  11. Their first album of entirely self-penned instrumentals should finally see an end of [the world music tag], the fluid yet percussive tunes also impossibly nimble. [Oct 2009, p.116]
  12. Eddy, Chuck (1 September 2009). "Rodrigo y Gabriela, '11:11' (ATO)". Spin. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  13. Iannone, Pasquale (18 September 2009). "Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11". Under the Radar . Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  14. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 237.
  15. "Austriancharts.at – Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  16. "Ultratop.be – Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  17. "Ultratop.be – Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  18. "Lescharts.com – Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  19. "Irish-charts.com – Discography Rodrigo y Gabriela". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  20. "Swisscharts.com – Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  21. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 September 2022.