11:11 (Rodrigo y Gabriela album)

11:11
Studio album by Rodrigo y Gabriela
Released	7 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.

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

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100 [3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Billboard	[5]
The Guardian	[6]
Mojo	[7]
musicOMH	[8]
NME	7/10 [9]
Paste	8.1/10 [10]
Q	[11]
Spin	[12]
Under the Radar	6/10 [13]

Track listing

All music is composed by Rodrigo y Gabriela.

No.	Title	Dedicated to	Length
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

• Rodrigo Sánchez – acoustic guitar, ukulele, oud, cajón
• Gabriela Quintero – acoustic guitar, ukulele, oud, darbuka

Additional performers

• Jorge Strunz  – acoustic guitar solo (right channel) on "Master Maqui"
• Ardeshir Farah  – acoustic guitar solo (left channel) on "Master Maqui"
• Alex Skolnick  – electric guitar solo on "Atman"
• Edgardo Pineda Sanchez – piano on "11:11"

Production

• Produced by Rodrigo Sánchez, except "11:11", produced by John Leckie and Rodrigo y Gabriela
• Mixed by Colin Richardson
• Mix engineer  – Matt Hyde
• Recording engineer and production assistant – Fermin Vazquez Llera
• Additional engineering by Brian Wilson at Musikbox, and Martyn "Ginge" Ford and Jeff Rose at Nott-In-Pill Studios, Newport, UK
• Mix coordination by Lora Richardson
• Mastered by Robyn Robins

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. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
10. Leven, Jeff (31 August 2009). "Rodrigo Y Gabriela: 11:11". Paste . Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. 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. Archived from the original on 6 September 2009. 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.
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