11:11 (Rodrigo y Gabriela album)
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| Released | 7 September 2009 | |||
| Label | Rubyworks | |||
| Producer | Rodrigo Sánchez, except "11:11", produced by John Leckie and Rodrigo y Gabriela | |||
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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]
| 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 (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
- ^ "11:11 press release". Rodgab.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ Heringer (10 November 2009). "Mark-heringer.com". Mark-heringer.com. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ "11:11 Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. 8 September 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "11:11 – Rodrigo y Gabriela". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ Graff, Gary (1 September 2009). "Rodrigo Y Gabriela, "11:11"". Billboard. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ Denselow, Robin (4 September 2009). "Rodrigo y Gabriela: 11:11". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ 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]
- ^ Banrs, Miles. "Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11 album reviews". MusicOMH. Archived from the original on 13 January 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ Pinnock, Tom (1 September 2009). "Album review: Rodrigo Y Gabriela – '11:11'". NME. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ Leven, Jeff (31 August 2009). "Rodrigo Y Gabriela: 11:11". Paste. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ 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]
- ^ Eddy, Chuck (1 September 2009). "Rodrigo y Gabriela, '11:11' (ATO)". Spin. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
- ^ Iannone, Pasquale (18 September 2009). "Rodrigo y Gabriela - 11:11". Under the Radar. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 237.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Irish-charts.com – Discography Rodrigo y Gabriela". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Rodrigo y Gabriela – 11:11". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 September 2022.