Texas Tornados (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Texas Tornados
| type = studio album
| artist = Texas Tornados
| cover = Texas_Tornados_-_Texas_Tornados_Album_Cover.jpg
| caption = English version cover
| alt =
| released = August 1990
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Tex-Mex
| length = 31:09
| label = Reprise
| producer = Texas Tornados, Bill Halverson
| prev_title = Los Texas Tornados
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Zone of Our Own
| next_year = 1991
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Los Texas Tornados
| type = studio
| cover = Texas_Tornados_-_Los_Texas_Tornados.jpg
| border = yes
| alt = Texas Tornados playing music with a tornado in the background.
| caption = Spanish version cover
}}}}
Texas Tornados is the debut album by supergroup Texas Tornados, released in August, 1990, through Reprise Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/texas-tornados-r104960|title=Texas Tornados – Texas Tornados|accessdate=January 23, 2011|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation}} This album was recorded in both English and Spanish, with Los Texas Tornados being the title of the Spanish version. In 1992, the track "Soy de San Luis", earned the band a Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album. The track "If That's What You're Thinking" was originally recorded by Karen Brooks in 1982.{{cite book | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ca5EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22texas+tornados%22+%22If+that%27s+what+you%27re+thinking%22&pg=PT86 | title=Flaco's Legacy: The Globalization of Conjunto | publisher=University of Illinois Press | author=Erin E. Bauer | year=2023 | chapter=Collaborative hybridity: Texas Tornados}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| title1 = Who Were You Thinkin' Of?
| writer1 = Cathie Pelletier; Jim Glaser; Paul Gauvin
| length1 = 2:27
| title2 = (Hey Baby) Que Paso
| writer2 = Augie Meyers; Bill Sheffield
| length2 = 2:58
| title3 = Laredo Rose
| writer3 = Rich Minus
| length3 = 3:12
| title4 = A Man Can Cry
| writer4 = Freddy Fender; Wayne Duncan
| length4 = 3:38
| title5 = Soy de San Luis
| writer5 = Santiago Jiménez, Sr.; translated by Louis Ortega
| length5 = 3:46
| title6 = Adios Mexico
| writer6 = Doug Sahm
| length6 = 2:42
| title7 = If That's What You're Thinking
| writer7 = Randy Sharp
| length7 = 3:51
| title8 = She Never Spoke Spanish to Me
| writer8 = Butch Hancock
| length8 = 3:19
| title9 = Dinero
| writer9 = Augie Meyers
| length9 = 2:47
| title10 = Baby! Heaven Sent Me to You
| writer10 = Huey P. Meaux
| length10 = 2:29
| total_length = 31:09
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Spanish version
| title1 = En Que Pensabas Tu
| writer1 = Cathie Pelletier; Jim Glaser; Paul Gauvin
| length1 = 2:27
| title2 = (Hey Baby) Que Paso
| writer2 = Augie Meyers, Bill Sheffield
| length2 = 2:58
| title3 = Rosa De Amor
| writer3 = Rich Minus
| length3 = 3:12
| title4 = El Hombre Llora
| writer4 = Freddy Fender, Wayne Duncan
| length4 = 3:38
| title5 = Soy de San Luis
| writer5 = Santiago Jiménez, Sr.
| length5 = 3:46
| title6 = Adios Mexico
| writer6 = Doug Sahm
| length6 = 2:42
| title7 = Si Eso Es Lo Que Piensas
| writer7 = Randy Sharp
| length7 = 3:51
| title8 = Bonito Es El Español
| writer8 = Butch Hancock
| length8 = 3:19
| title9 = Dinero
| writer9 = Augie Meyers
| length9 = 2:47
| title10 = El Cielo Un Angel Me Mando
| writer10 = Huey P. Meaux
| length10 = 2:29
| total_length = 31:09
}}
Charts and certifications
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=Weekly charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1990)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Texas+Tornados&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=TLP|title=Texas Tornados, TLP|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=January 11, 2021|url-access=subscription}}
| 154 |
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Texas+Tornados&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=CLP|title=Texas Tornados, CLP|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=January 11, 2021|url-access=subscription}}
| 25 |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (1991)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1991/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=January 11, 2021}}
| 54 |
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References
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