9 Dead Alive | ||||
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Released | April 25, 2014 | |||
Recorded | October 2013; Ixtapa, Mexico (Lumbini Studios) | |||
Length | 40:58 | |||
Label | Rubyworks | |||
Producer | Rodrigo y Gabriela | |||
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Singles from 9 Dead Alive | ||||
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9 Dead Alive is the fourth studio album by Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela released on April 25, 2014, in Ireland [1] and on April 29, 2014, internationally. According to their Twitter, "each track is a personal celebration of individuals who have passed on, but through their deeds and words still resonate in the 21st century", [2] and is said to be a more rock-focused album compared to their Latin-focused material of the past. Its first single is "The Soundmaker", which is inspired by Spanish guitarist Antonio de Torres Jurado. [3] [4]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 65/100 [5] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [6] |
Consequence of Sound | B− [7] |
The Guardian | [8] |
musicOMH | [9] |
NME | 5/10 [10] |
Ultimate Guitar Archive | 9.7/10 [11] |
All music is composed by Rodrigo y Gabriela
No. | Title | Dedicated to | Length |
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1. | "The Soundmaker" | Antonio de Torres Jurado | 4:52 |
2. | "Torito" | Animals and Nature | 5:03 |
3. | "Sunday Neurosis" | Viktor Frankl | 5:16 |
4. | "Misty Moses" | Harriet Tubman | 4:39 |
5. | "Somnium" | Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz | 3:43 |
6. | "Fram" | Fridtjof Nansen | 4:31 |
7. | "Megalopolis" | Gabriela Mistral | 5:01 |
8. | "The Russian Messenger" | Fyodor Dostoyevsky | 4:52 |
9. | "La salle des pas perdus" | Eleanor of Aquitaine | 3:01 |
Total length: | 40:58 |
Chart (2014) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] | 39 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [13] | 49 |
French Albums (SNEP) [14] | 42 |
Irish Albums (IRMA) [15] | 24 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] | 73 |
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