Bonanza (Panda album)

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Bonanza
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Studio album by
Released16 March 2012 (2012-03-16)
RecordedOctober 2011
Studio
Genre
Length51:00
Label
Producer
  • Panda
  • Marcelo Treviño
Panda chronology
Poetics
(2009)
Bonanza
(2012)
Sangre Fría
(2013)
Singles from Bonanza
  1. "Envejecido en Barril de Roble"
    Released: 10 February 2012 (2012-02-10) [1]
  2. "La Noche de la Mesa Triste"
    Released: 17 February 2012 (2012-02-17) [2]
  3. "Color Negro Pasión"
    Released: 24 February 2012 (2012-02-24) [3]
  4. "La Vida en el Barandal"
    Released: 2 March 2012 (2012-03-02) [4]
  5. "Romance en Re Sostenido"
    Released: 15 June 2012 (2012-06-15)

Bonanza is the sixth studio album by Mexican rock band Panda, released on 16 March 2012, through Movic and EMI Records. The album's name is an irony towards its songs' melancholy lyrics and frontman Jose Madero's desire to wrote them in a dramatic sense. [5]

Contents

It was certified gold after selling over 30,000 copies in Mexico. The album turned to a "garage band" sound, following a leaning to their original pop punk sound they kickstarted in their first two albums, Arroz Con Leche and La Revancha Del Príncipe Charro , while maintaining an alternative rock presence on the entire record.

Reception

Commercial performance

Bonanza debuted atop the Mexican Albums Chart, becoming the group's fifth album to reach that position, after Para Ti Con Desprecio (2005), Amantes Sunt Amentes (2006), Sinfonía Soledad (2007) and Poetics (2009). Several weeks after its debut on the chart, the album was certified Gold. [6] On the United States, the album debuted at No. 43 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, becoming their highest entry. On the Latin Pop Albums component chart, it reached No. 12, becoming their second highest-charting album on that list after Panda: MTV Unplugged (2010), which reached No. 10.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by José Madero Vizcaíno; all music is composed by Panda.

No.TitleLength
1."Huésped en Casa Propia"3:42
2."Las Mil y un Camas"3:16
3."La Noche de la Mesa Triste"4:20
4."Pensándolo Bien, Pensé Mal"3:42
5."Color Negro Pasión"4.04
6."Envejecido en Barril de Roble"3:28
7."La Reina de Uxmal"3:39
8."Bella en Mi Cabeza para Siempre"4:20
9."Romance en Re Sostenido"3:45
10."Ilusión, Oh Ilusión"4:51
11."Consejo al Espejo"4:25
12."Aforismos"3:07
13."La Vida en el Barandal"4:17
Total length:51:00

Personnel

Adapted from album liner notes: [7]

Panda

Production / Session musicians

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Mexican Albums Chart [6] 1
US Billboard Top Latin Albums [8] 43

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON) [9] Gold30,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryDateFormat(s)Label
United States [10] March 16, 2012 Digital download EMI Music
Mexico [11]
Spain [12]
Argentina [13]

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