Amantes Sunt Amentes

Amantes Sunt Amentes (Latin for Lovers Are Lunatics) is the fourth studio album by Mexican rock band Panda, released on 2 October 2006, through Warner Bros. and Movic Records. To promote the album, three singles were released. The first, "Narcicista Por Excelencia", including its music video, were premiered on Los 10+ Pedidos on MTV.

Amantes Sunt Amentes
Studio album by Panda
Released	2 October 2006 (2006-10-02)
Recorded	July 2006[1]
Studio	ElCielo Recording Studio[1] (San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León)
Genre	Alternative rock pop-punk emo
Length	40:42
Label	Movic Warner
Producer	Adrián “Rojo” Treviño Francisco “Kiko” Lobo de la Garza (exec.)
Panda chronology
Para Ti Con Desprecio (2005) Amantes Sunt Amentes (2006) Sinfonía Soledad (2007)
Singles from Amantes Sunt Amentes
"Narcisista por Exelencia" Released: 4 September 2006 (2006-09-04) "Los Malaventurados No Lloran" Released: 12 February 2007 (2007-02-12) "Procedimientos Para Llegar a un Común Acuerdo" Released: 30 July 2007 (2007-07-30)

It was notably nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album in 2008.^[2][3] It is the highest-selling album in their catalog to date, and was later certified gold and double platinum by AMPROFON for shipments of over 250,000 copies in Mexico. It also peaked at number one on the Mexican Albums Chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"La Estrategia Perdida"	3:20
2.	"So Violento So Macabro"	3:21
3.	"El Infame Estar y No Estar"	3:43
4.	"Estoy Más Sohloh Que Ayer, Pero Menos Que Mañana"	3:01
5.	"Narcisista Por Excelencia"	3:47
6.	"Procedimientos para Llegar a un Común Acuerdo"	3:14
7.	"Tripulación, Armar Toboganes"	3:55
8.	"Pathetica"	4:22
9.	"Los Malaventurados No Lloran"	3:27
10.	"Tus Palabras Punzocortantes"	3:15
11.	"Atractivo Encontramos en Lo Más Repugnante"	3:27
12.	"¡Ah Pero Cómo Vendo Cassettes!"	1:44
Total length:		40:42

All lyrics are written by José Madero; all music is composed by Panda

Personnel

Adapted from album liner notes:^[1]

Panda

• José Madero – vocals, guitar
• Ricardo Treviño – bass, guttural vocals
• Jorge Vázquez – drums
• Arturo Arredondo – lead guitar

Production

• Adrián "Rojo" Treviño – producer, mixer
• Francisco “Kiko” Lobo de la Garza – executive producer
• Jaime Cavazos – mastering engineer at OVU Studios
• Rodrigo Mendoza – recording assistant
• Gerardo "El Oso" García – studio tech
• Beto Ramos – drum tech
• Mario Videgaray – art direction, design
• Beto Garza – illustration

Additional musicians

• Marcelo Treviño – keyboards
• Alfonso Herrera – choirs

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Top 100 Mexico[4]	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Mexico (AMPROFON)[5]	Platinum+Gold	150,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album in 2008, but lost to Black Guayaba's No Hay Espacio.

References

1. Amantes Sunt Amentes liner notes. Movic Records. 2006. 639622-1.
2. "2008 Grammy Winners". CBS News. Retrieved 2022-04-04. Category 59 - Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album
3. Del Valle, Luis (26 January 2018). "Así se veían los Grammy en 2008". BuzzFeed (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-02-09. 4. Hasta PXNDX fue a la ceremonia. Sí, aunque usted no lo crea.
4. "Billboard (Hits of the world - México October 31, 2006)". Billboard. United States: Lynne Segall. October 21, 2006. p. 108. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
5. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved 18 January 2007. Type Panda in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Amantes Sunt Amentes in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.