Vámonos Pa'l Río

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Vámonos Pa'l Río
Vamonos Pal Rio.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 26, 2008
Genre Norteño
Label Norte
Los Pikadientes de Caborca chronology
Vámonos Pa'l Río
(2008)
La Tenía Más Grande
(2009)

Vámonos Pa'l Río (Eng.: Let's Go To The River) is the title of a studio album released by norteño music band Los Pikadientes de Caborca. This album became their first number-one set on the Billboard Top Latin Albums. It received a nomination for Best Regional Mexican Album at the Grammy Awards of 2009. [1]

Contents

Track listing

The track listing from Billboard.com [2]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."La Cumbia del Río"Francisco González Terrazas1:46
2."La Machaca"González2:25
3."El Chapulín"González2:10
4."La Cumbia de Caborca"González2:07
5."Agujetas de Color de Rosa"Mike Grant2:51
6."I Love You (Te Amo)"Rocco Damian3:08
7."Quiúbole"José Juan Segura2:02
8."La Botella"Romualdo Tadeu Willis, Eleonor Sacramento2:41
9."Ocuando Anduve Como Perro"González2:49
10."Macorina Pon Pon"Francisco Mandujano Hernández2:15
11."El Perro"González1:45
12."La Cumbia del Río [Banda]"González3:04

Sales and certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [3] Platinum (Latin)100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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