Morir de Amor (album)

Morir de Amor (Eng.: Dying of Love) is a studio album by Mexican Norteño-Sax band Conjunto Primavera released in 2000. This album received a nomination for a Latin Grammy Award for Best Grupero Performance,[1] which was awarded to En La Madrugada se Fue by Los Temerarios, and became their first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.

Morir de Amor
Studio album by
Conjunto Primavera
Released2000
Recorded1999
GenreNorteño-Sax
LabelFonovisa
Conjunto Primavera chronology
Recado
(2000)		 Morir de Amor
(2000)		 El Recado del Amor
(2001)

Technically, this album is of re-recordings, except for Morir de Amor and Mexico Ra, ra, ra, in total are only ballads, all with keyboard with exception of Mexico Ra, ra, ra, because the song has accordion instead of the keyboard.

The re-recordings are:

Enamorado de ti of Vas a conseguir of 1991,
Jugando al amor of Me Nortie of 1993,
Dime,dime,dime, of Me voy, me voy of 1989,
Maldita seas,(previously only named Maldita),
of Cumbias y rancheras, with Nacho Galindo in 1985,
Y otra vez of the album with the same name of 1992,
No como amigo, of Lo mejor, lo ultimo of 1991,
Cinco lagrimas of Con las manos vacias of 1990,
and En cada gota de mi sangre of La Otra, with Nacho Galindo, of 1986.

Track listing

All songs were written by Oscar Ochoa, except where noted.[2]

  1. Morir de Amor (Ramón González) – 3:04
  2. Enamorado de Tí – 3:20
  3. Jugando al Amor – 3:06
  4. Dime, Dime, Dime – 3:13
  5. Maldita Seas (Luis Raúl Alcántara) – 5:29
  6. Y Otra Vez – 3:42
  7. No Como Amigo – 2:50
  8. Cinco Lagrimas – 4:16
  9. En Cada Gota de Mi Sangre (José De Jésus Pineda Ramos) – 3:23
  10. México Ra, Ra, Ra (Jesse Armenta) – 4:02

Chart performance
Chart (2000) Peak
position
US Billboard Top Latin Albums[3] 1
US Billboard Regional Mexican Albums[4] 1
US Billboard 200[5] 153

Sales and certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[6] Gold 75,000^
United States (RIAA)[7] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

This information from Allmusic.[8]

References
  1. "Complete List Of Nominations For First-ever Latin Grammy Awards". Allbusiness.com. 2000-07-29. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
  2. ""Morir de Amor" on Billboard.com". Billboard.com. 2000-02-12. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  3. ""Top Latin Albums" on Billboard.com". Billboard.com. 2000-02-12. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  4. ""Regional Mexican Albums" on Billboard.com". Billboard.com. 2000-02-12. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  5. ""The Billboard 200" on Billboard.com". Billboard.com. 2000-02-12. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  6. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Conjunto Primavera in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Morir de Amor in the box under TÍTULO
  7. "American album certifications – Conjunto Primavera – Morir de Amor". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
  8. ""Morir de Amor - Credits" on Allmusic.com". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
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