Bonanza (Panda album)

Bonanza is the sixth studio album by Mexican rock band Panda, released on 16 March 2012, through Movic and EMI Records. The album's name is an irony towards its songs' melancholy lyrics and frontman Jose Madero's desire to wrote them in a dramatic sense.

It was certified gold after selling over 30,000 copies in Mexico. The album turned to a "garage band" sound, following a leaning to their original pop punk sound they kickstarted in their first two albums, Arroz Con Leche and La Revancha Del Príncipe Charro, while maintaining an alternative rock presence on the entire record.

Commercial performance
Bonanza debuted atop the Mexican Albums Chart, becoming the group's fifth album to reach that position, after Para Ti Con Desprecio (2005), Amantes Sunt Amentes (2006), Sinfonía Soledad (2007) and Poetics (2009). Several weeks after its debut on the chart, the album was certified Gold. On the United States, the album debuted at No. 43 on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, becoming their highest entry. On the Latin Pop Albums component chart, it reached No. 12, becoming their second highest-charting album on that list after Panda: MTV Unplugged (2010), which reached No. 10.

Personnel
Adapted from album liner notes:

Panda

 * Jose Madero – vocals, guitar
 * Ricardo Treviño – bass, choirs
 * Jorge Vázquez – drums, choirs
 * Arturo Arredondo – guitar, choirs

Production / Session musicians

 * Panda – production
 * Marcelo Treviño – production, choirs / keyboards (tracks 7 and 8)
 * Rodrigo Montfort – recording at DMY Studios in October 2011, choirs / keyboards (track 9)
 * Gil Elguezabal – mixing at DMY Studios in December 2011
 * Jaime Cavazos – mastering at OVU Mastering Studio
 * Jorge Caballero – recording assistant
 * Federico Caballero – recording assistant
 * Ruly Tamez – drum tech
 * Mario Videgaray – art direction, design
 * Jacobo Parra – photography