No Podemos Volar (We Can't Fly) (2000) is the seventeenth studio album by Mexican band El Tri. It is the first one to include Duets, containing 4 of them with recognized singers of Mexican music.

No Podemos Volar
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 18, 2000
RecordedOctober 12–13, 1999
GenreRock, blues
Length52:28
LabelWEA
ProducerAlex Lora, Jim Gaines
El Tri chronology
Sinfónico
(1999)
No Podemos Volar
(2000)
Sinfónico II
(2001)

Track listing

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All tracks by Alex Lora except where noted.

  1. "No Podemos Volar" (We Can't Fly) – 6:34
  2. "Madre Tierra" (Mother Earth) – 3:45
  3. "Ya No Existen los Héroes" (Heroes No Longer Exist) – 4:02
  4. "Amor del Dos de Octubre" (Love of October 2nd (Carlos Carbajal, Lora) – 5:04
  5. "Nosotros los Latinos" (We The Latins) – 5:33
  6. "Prueba de Amor" (Proof of Love) (Lora, Chela Lora) – 3:36
  7. "Todos Necesitamos de Todos" (Everybody Needs Everybody) – 4:25
  8. "Cuando Estoy Con Mis Cuates" (When I Am With My Pals) – 3:01
  9. "Chilango Exiliado" (Exiled Chilango) – 3:56
  10. "En el Último Trago" (In The Last Drink) (José Alfredo Jiménez) – 4:40
  11. "Aca Tambien Se Cuecen Habas" (We Cook Beans Over Here Too) (Lora, Oscar Zarate) – 4:11
  12. "Todo Por Servir Se Acaba" (Everything Breaks Down For Use) – 3:41

Personnel

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  • Alex Lora – guitar, bass, vocals, producer, mixing
  • Rafael Salgado – harmonic
  • Eduardo Chico – guitar, dobro
  • Oscar Zarate – guitar
  • Chela Lora – backing vocals, planning, coordination
  • Ramon Perez – drums

Guest musicians

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  • Miguel Rios – vocals in "Madre Tierra"
  • Lalo Gameros – violin, vocals in "Cuando Estoy Con Mis Cuates"
  • Jorge Navarro – guitar in "Cuando Estoy Con Mis Cuates"
  • Alberto "El Cuervo" Angel – vocals in "En el Ultimo Trago"
  • Andres Gimenez – vocals in "Todos Necesitamos de Todos"
  • Lalo Toral – piano
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion in "Amor Del 2 de Octube" and "Nosotros Los Latinos"

Technical

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  • Fernando Aceves – photography
  • Mark Chalecki – mastering
  • Andrea E Estrada – photography
  • Juan Carlos Frank – make-up
  • Jim Gaines – producer
  • Pablo Munguia – assistant
  • Jorge Navarro – guitar
  • Ramon Perez – drums
  • Sergio Rivero – photography
  • Eddie Sakaki – photography
  • Jean B. Smit – engineer, mastering, recorder
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