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Kumbia Kings Live is a live album and tenth album by Mexican-American cumbia group A.B. Quintanilla y Los Kumbia Kings and the first live album by Mexican-American musician A.B. Quintanilla. It was released on April 4, 2006, by EMI Latin . The concert took place on April 30, 2005, at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey , Nuevo León , Mexico .[ 2] The song "Pachuco " is a studio recording that was released as a single to promote the album.
The concert was released on video in DVD format in conjunction with the album.
Track listing
CD Title Writer(s) 1. "Intro - Time to Shine" 0:50 2. "Baila Esta Kumbia " A.B. Quintanilla III , Pete Astudillo 3:51 3. "Boom Boom " Quintanilla III, Cruz Martínez , Luigi Giraldo 3:23 4. "Te Quiero a Ti " Quintanilla III, Ricky Vela 4:15 5. "Desde Que No Estás Aquí " Quintanilla III, Giraldo 6:08 6. "Insomnio " Quintanilla III, Giraldo, Chris Pérez 5:41 7. "No Tengo Dinero " Juan Gabriel 5:31 8. "Sabes a Chocolate " Carlos Villa De La Torre, Alejandro Monroy Fernández 3:41 9. "Na Na Na (Dulce Niña) " Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo 4:05 10. "Mi Gente " Quintanilla III, Asdru Sierra, Jiro Yamaguchi, Raúl Pacheco, Justin Poree, Giraldo, Nir Seroussi 5:34 11. "Fuiste Mala " Quintanilla III, Martínez, Vela 4:07 12. "Azúcar " Quintanilla III, Giraldo, Edward Palmieri 6:44 13. "Reggae Kumbia " Quintanilla III, Vico C 3:30 14. "Fuego " Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo, Jerry Bloodrock, Selite Evans, Richard Fowler, Charles Pettiford, Gregory Wigfall 3:55 15. "Shhh! " Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo 5:18 16. "Pachuco " Lobito, Sax, Aldo, Pacho, Roco, Tiki 3:45 Total length: 1:10:17
Notes
"Baila Esta Kumbia" features prerecorded vocals by Selena Quintanilla .
"Mi Gente" contains a snippet of "Fuiste Mala".
"Azúcar" contains audio of the "Dance Off" towards the end.
"Pachuco" is a studio recording and the only non-live track on the album.
DVD
Track listing
DVD Side A Title Writer(s) 1. "Intro" (Spoken Message by A.B. Quintanilla) 2:25 2. "Intro" ("Baila Esta Kumbia" Video Opening) 1:10 3. "Baila Esta Kumbia " A.B. Quintanilla III , Pete Astudillo 3:10 4. "Army Chant/Nino's Hair" (Interview) 3:19 5. "Boom Boom " Quintanilla III, Cruz Martínez , Luigi Giraldo 3:23 6. "Te Quiero a Ti " Quintanilla III, Ricky Vela 4:06 7. "Desde Que No Estás Aquí" (Intro) Quintanilla III, Giraldo 1:05 8. "Pangie and Pollo" (Interview) 1:39 9. "Desde Que No Estás Aquí " Quintanilla III, Giraldo 4:57 10. "The Power of Kings" (Interview) 1:42 11. "Insomnio " Quintanilla III, Giraldo, Chris Pérez 5:39 12. "Mr. Green Eyes" (Interview) 3:04 13. "No Tengo Dinero " Juan Gabriel 5:31 14. "You Thought You Knew P-Dub" (Interview) 6:27 15. "Sabes a Chocolate " Carlos Villa De La Torre, Alejandro Monroy Fernández 3:40 16. "I'm Tired of This Song" (Interview) 2:40 17. "Na Na Na (Dulce Niña) " Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo 4:04 18. "My Favorite Song" (Interview) 1:06 19. "Mi Gente " Quintanilla III, Asdru Sierra, Jiro Yamaguchi, Raúl Pacheco, Justin Poree, Giraldo, Nir Seroussi 3:42 20. "Tattoos" (Interview) 7:10 21. "Fuiste Mala " Quintanilla III, Martínez, Vela 4:08 22. "Azúcar " Quintanilla III, Giraldo, Edward Palmieri 4:07 23. "Unsung Heroes" (Interview) 1:17 24. "Reggae Kumbia " (includes the "Dance Off") Quintanilla III, Vico C 5:17 25. "Nando Can Cook" (Interview) 1:11 26. "Fuego " Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo, Jerry Bloodrock, Selite Evans, Richard Fowler, Charles Pettiford, Gregory Wigfall 3:53 27. "Shhh! " Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo 5:15 Total length: 1:34:57
DVD Side B Title Writer(s) 1. "Intro" ("Baila Esta Kumbia" Video Opening) 1:12 2. "Baila Esta Kumbia " A.B. Quintanilla III , Pete Astudillo 3:12 3. "Boom Boom " Quintanilla III, Cruz Martínez , Luigi Giraldo 3:25 4. "Te Quiero a Ti " Quintanilla III, Ricky Vela 4:07 5. "Desde Que No Estás Aquí " Quintanilla III, Giraldo 6:04 6. "Insomnio " Quintanilla III, Giraldo, Chris Pérez 5:41 7. "No Tengo Dinero " Juan Gabriel 5:30 8. "Sabes a Chocolate " Carlos Villa De La Torre, Alejandro Monroy Fernández 3:42 9. "Na Na Na (Dulce Niña) " Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo 4:05 10. "Band Members" (A.B. Quintanilla thanks the crowd and introduces each member of Kumbia Kings) 7:15 11. "Mi Gente " Quintanilla III, Asdru Sierra, Jiro Yamaguchi, Raúl Pacheco, Justin Poree, Giraldo, Nir Seroussi 4:31 12. "Fuiste Mala " Quintanilla III, Martínez, Vela 4:11 13. "Azúcar " Quintanilla III, Giraldo, Edward Palmieri 4:14 14. "Dance Off" (Kumbia Kings members have a dance off) 2:50 15. "Reggae Kumbia " Quintanilla III, Vico C 3:10 16. "Fuego " Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo, Jerry Bloodrock, Selite Evans, Richard Fowler, Charles Pettiford, Gregory Wigfall 3:54 17. "Shhh! " Quintanilla III, Martínez, Giraldo 5:15 Total length: 1:12:18
Personnel
Kumbia Kings
A.B. Quintanilla III – bass guitar, backing vocals, producer, composer
Fernando "Nando" Domínguez III – vocals
Frankie "Pangie" Pangelinan – vocals
Abel Talamántez – vocals
Irvin "Pee Wee" Salinas – vocals
Anthony "Nino B" López – dancer, backing vocals
Juan Jesús "JP" Peña – dancer, backing vocals
Cruz Martínez – keyboards, producer, composer
Chris Pérez – guitar
Jorge "Pekas" Caballero – percussion, congas
Ronnie "Campa" Delgado – timbales
Robert "BoBBo" Gomez III – keyboards
Noe "Gipper / El Animal" Nieto Jr. – accordion, backing vocals
Robert "Robbie" Del Moral – drums
Crew members
David "Chocolate" Martínez – road manager
Jorge Adame – production manager and design
Israel "Trooper" Hinojosa – ing. lighting and production
Victor "Cejas" Villarreal – production
Freddie Martínez – ing. monitors
Luis "Heman" Mendoza – ing. monitors
Juan Villarreal – ing. audio house
Mario Adame – ing. audio house
Emerico "Emeraco" Alfaro – backline
Juan "Pinky" Hernandez – backline
Miguel "El Charro" Elizondo – backline
Juventino "Picucho" Galvez – backline
Abel Chronis – backline
DVD recording and production
Teleon – DVD recording and production
Bernardo Leon Villegas – production and direction of cameras
Javier Garcia Espinosa – assistant of production
Bernardette Leon Flores – assistant of direction
Luis Ernesto Flores Macias – editing
Mariana Felix – assistant of editing
Dominio Digital – mobile unit
Hugo Nuñez – coordination
Rual "Nico" Aguilar – interview recording of A.B. Quintanilla
Audio recording
Estudio 19 Móvil – audio recording
Francisco "Pancho" Miranda – system design
Carlos Montaño – system design
Fernando Roldan – recording engineer
A&R direction
EMI Televisa – A&R
Manuel Calderon – A&R
Cruz Martínez – A&R
Concert production
Audio and lighting
A.B. Quintanilla III
Cruz Martínez
J. Adame Haso
V. Villarreal
Recording engineers
Robert "BoBBo" Gomez III
Fernando Gomez Roldan
Cruz Martínez
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Chart (2006)
Position
Mexican Albums Chart[ 3]
68
Sales and certifications
References
Studio albums Live albums Remix albums Compilations Singles Featured singles Songs Video albums Related articles