Frenesí (album)

Frenesí (Spanish for "Frenzy") is a 1992 Grammy Award-winning album by American singer Linda Ronstadt.

Release
Frenesí was released on September 15, 1992. It was Ronstadt's third Spanish-language album. After many years out of print, this album was reissued, along with Ronstadt's two Mariachi discs, in 2016.

Reception
Frenesí reached #193 on the Billboard album chart, #3 on the Top Latin Albums chart, and #17 on the Tropic/Salsa chart. Three singles charted on the Hot Latin Tracks chart: "Frenesi" at #5, "Perfidia" at #7, and "Entre Abismos" at #33.

At the 35th Grammy Awards in 1993, Frenesí won the Grammy Award for Best Tropical Latin Album.

Despite the acclaim for this album, in the 21st century Roch Parisien rated the album poorly in his Allmusic review, writing: "...there's little that sounds street level or rootsy about these sessions. I can't help picturing a wind-up lounge band holding court at some tourist-trap Holiday Inn in Acapulco."

Personnel

 * Linda Ronstadt – vocals
 * Juan Jose Almaguer, Jesús Guzmán and Monica Trevino – vocal trio
 * Tito Allen, Yayo "El Indio" Pequero and Adalberto Santiago – chorus

The Ray Santos Orchestra
 * Ray Santos – arrangements
 * Joe Rotondi Jr. – grand piano
 * Bob Mann – acoustic guitar
 * Gilberto Puente – acoustic guitar
 * Yomo Toro – tres
 * Guillermo Edghill – bass
 * Oscar Meza – bass
 * Luis Conte – percussion
 * Walfredo Reyes, Jr. – percussion
 * Jose Hidalgo – percussion
 * Armando Peraza – percussion
 * Pancho Roman – percussion
 * Orestes Vilató – percussion
 * Justo Almario – horns
 * Gene Burkert – horns
 * Terry Herrington – horns
 * Joel Peskin – horns
 * Michael Turre – horns
 * Arturo Velasco – horns
 * Dennis Farias – horns
 * Daniel Fornero – horns
 * Ramon Flores – horns
 * Harry Kim – horns
 * José Román – horns

Skywalker Symphony (Tracks 1-10 & 13)
 * Jenny Amador, Jeff Beal, Deborah Bellamy, Stuart Canin, Jeremy Cohen, Adrienne Duckworth, James Dukey, Joseph Edelberg, Ronald Ericson, Nina Flyer, Clifton Foster, Ruth Freeman, Deborah Henry, Jim Hurley, Roxann Jacobson, David Kadarauch, William Klingelhofer, Katheryn McElrath, Sharon O'Connor, Virginia Price-Kvistad, Martha Rubin, Nathan Rubin, Irene Sazer, Rebecca Sebring, James Shallenberger, Greg Sudmeir, Mark Summer and John Tenney – orchestra players

String section (Tracks 11 & 12)
 * Daniel Kobialka – concertmaster
 * Deborah Bellamy, Robert Galbraith, Lloyd Gowen, Elizabeth Hedges-Glatty, Ellen Pesavento, Nora Pirquet, Thomas Rose, Nancy Stenzen and Marianne Wagner – string players

Production

 * George Massenburg – producer (1-10, 13), engineer (1-10, 13), mixing
 * Peter Asher – producer (11, 12)
 * Nathaniel Kunkel – engineer (1-10, 13)
 * Shawn Murphy – recording (11, 12)
 * David Gleeson – assistant engineer
 * Craig Silvey – assistant engineer
 * Brett Swain – assistant engineer
 * Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
 * Robert Blakeman – photography
 * John Kosh – art direction, design