Timbiriche VIII & IX

In 1988 goes on sale the double album Timbiriche VIII & IX. Originally the album would be released as Timbiriche VIII, but not agreeing to choose between the 22 songs already recorded, the two producers (Marco Flores and Memo Méndez Guiú) attach all and split the album in two. At that time, the double discs were a novelty in Latin America and few artists were encouraged to produce them. Edith Márquez was about to resign three times and not record the album due to the ill-treatment of some of the group members.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItCkOq1i4ic Cadena Tres: Interview with Edith Márquez] The rivalry between Thalía and Paulina Rubio came to blows in a presentation in Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YB8NKmAg0A Thalia and Paulina Rubio Rivalry compilation] Alix no longer felt comfortable in the group and at that time her parents divorced, a situation that affected her, as she began to miss several presentations and commitments the group had and finally chose to leave Timbiriche in November 1988. In February 1989 Bibi Gaytán enters as her replacement. The single "Tú y Yo Somos uno Mismo" appears in the number two position on the list of the "100 Greatest Songs of the 80's in Spanish", count realized by VH1.[https://lamejormusicaochentera.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/las-100-grandiosas-canciones-de-los-80s-en-espanol-segun-vh1-latinoamerica/VH1: The 100 Greatests 80's Songs in Spanish] Lamejormusicaochentera.wordpress.com. Retrieved 12 June 2017. The song "Por Ti" was originally to be included on the album as an introduction of Edith Márquez in the band, but the producers decided to record the song with all seven members and was saved for the upcoming album, Los Clásicos de Timbiriche (1989).

Five singles were released from the record. The first of them, "Tú y Yo Somos uno Mismo" was #1 for eleven fortnights in the Mexican music chart Notitas Musicales.{{cite web|url=https://scontent-for1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/120932303_102602794955141_8677401730915455537_n.png?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=HyqYpAHc_RMAX_NWFsc&_nc_ht=scontent-for1-1.xx&oh=194ccb52aa7592b4d44531463bb766a0&oe=6183D892|title=Los discos más populares|date=July 15, 1988|language=Spanish|work=Notitas Musicales|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008005328/https://scontent-for1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/120932303_102602794955141_8677401730915455537_n.png?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=HyqYpAHc_RMAX_NWFsc&_nc_ht=scontent-for1-1.xx&oh=194ccb52aa7592b4d44531463bb766a0&oe=6183D892|archive-date=October 8, 2021|url-status=live|page=23}} The second single "Ámame Hasta con los Dientes" appeared in the charts while the previous single still charted and reached #2 on the charts.{{cite web|url=https://scontent-for1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/120996835_102602831621804_8408584875014469158_n.png?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=6Po-GRNHyyYAX8L5uho&_nc_ht=scontent-for1-1.xx&oh=67ee37b5cc80b6445a297338be5fe5d5&oe=618584CF|title=Los discos más populares|date=August 1, 1988|language=Spanish|work=Notitas Musicales|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008005556/https://scontent-for1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/120996835_102602831621804_8408584875014469158_n.png?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=6Po-GRNHyyYAX8L5uho&_nc_ht=scontent-for1-1.xx&oh=67ee37b5cc80b6445a297338be5fe5d5&oe=618584CF|archive-date=October 8, 2021|url-status=live|page=31}} In the same week that "Ámame Hasta con los Dientes" reached its peak, the song "No Sé Si Es Amor", the album's third single, appeared at #9, weeks later reached its peak in the chart, at the position of #4.{{cite web|url=https://scontent-for1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/120566495_102602798288474_1368838247622233100_n.png?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=YlzHiQMu7HsAX_jKmvt&_nc_ht=scontent-for1-1.xx&oh=16b9c231ea89e993d30e862f94a76b8f&oe=61834323|title=Los discos más populares|date=September 1, 1988|language=Spanish|work=Notitas Musicales|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008010125/https://scontent-for1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/120566495_102602798288474_1368838247622233100_n.png?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=YlzHiQMu7HsAX_jKmvt&_nc_ht=scontent-for1-1.xx&oh=16b9c231ea89e993d30e862f94a76b8f&oe=61834323|archive-date=October 8, 2021|url-status=live|page=31}} The song "Accelerar", which features Paulina Rubio as the lead vocal of the song, was the fourth single to be released and the second biggest hit of the album, reaching #1 for three weeks.{{cite web|url=https://scontent-for1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/120995843_102603111621776_8437294165908006130_n.png?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=Na2zcVT-k-MAX9NWk-q&_nc_ht=scontent-for1-1.xx&oh=159197d76e26e8659730871f87aa971b&oe=61844F8B|title=Los discos más populares|date=January 1, 1989|language=Spanish|work=Notitas Musicales|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008010444/https://scontent-for1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/120995843_102603111621776_8437294165908006130_n.png?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=Na2zcVT-k-MAX9NWk-q&_nc_ht=scontent-for1-1.xx&oh=159197d76e26e8659730871f87aa971b&oe=61844F8B|archive-date=October 8, 2021|url-status=live|page=31}} "Me Estoy Volviendo Loca" was the fifth and final single and peaked at #4.{{cite web|url=https://scontent-for1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/120925104_102644964950924_1129608706578078309_n.png?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=U92Z7wrZifcAX_w1pY3&_nc_ht=scontent-for1-1.xx&oh=616774904eb2c632acaeebf5b5a6e39c&oe=6184EFED|title=Los discos más populares|date=April 15, 1989|language=Spanish|work=Notitas Musicales|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008010942/https://scontent-for1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/120925104_102644964950924_1129608706578078309_n.png?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=U92Z7wrZifcAX_w1pY3&_nc_ht=scontent-for1-1.xx&oh=616774904eb2c632acaeebf5b5a6e39c&oe=6184EFED|archive-date=October 8, 2021|url-status=live|page=32}} That said, Timbiriche VIII & IX managed to be more successful on the singles chart than the previous album Timbiriche VII. A promotional single with the songs "Basta Ya" and "Máscaras" was released, but without any impact on the hit charts.{{cite AV media notes|title=Basta Ya/Máscaras|others=Timbiriche|year=1989|publisher=Melody|id=PE/4591|place=México}}

Although the disc is double, which increases the final price in stores, the album managed to earn a platinum disc in Mexico.{{cite web|title=El juvenil grupo Timbiriche obtiene disco de platino por ventas de discos.|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT/1989/03/27/29/Ar02902.xml&CollName=EDT_1980_1989&DOCID=1623395&PageLabelPrint=29&skin=ElSiglo&AppName=2&sLanguage=English&Content=ALL&selLanguage=&sPublication=EDT&sQuery=Timbiriche%2bdisco%2bde%2bplatino&sScopeID=DR&sDateFrom=01%252F01%252F1982&sDateTo=12%252F31%252F1993&x=0&y=0&ViewMode=GIF&FontSize=l1|date=27 March 1989|accessdate=23 May 2017|work=El Siglo de Torreón|language=Spanish|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170523072708/http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT/1989/03/27/29/Ar02902.xml&CollName=EDT_1980_1989&DOCID=1623395&PageLabelPrint=29&skin=ElSiglo&AppName=2&sLanguage=English&Content=ALL&selLanguage=&sPublication=EDT&sQuery=Timbiriche%2Bdisco%2Bde%2Bplatino&sScopeID=DR&sDateFrom=01%252F01%252F1982&sDateTo=12%252F31%252F1993&x=0&y=0&ViewMode=GIF&FontSize=l1|archivedate=23 May 2017}} According to the Mexican newspaper El Siglo de Torreón, sales exceeded 500,000 copies, while the journal El Tiempo claimed 800,000 copies.{{cite journal |title=Tú y Yo y Timbiriche somos uno mismo, quinceañeros... |journal=El Tiempo |date=13 September 1988 |volume=27 |issue=79 |page=7-B |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n4IcAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA12 |access-date=16 November 2024 |language=es}} The Televisa's special Timbiriche VIII y IX on Canal 5, aired on Christmas 1988, claimed more than a million of copies were sold in Mexico only, being the group's second album to achieve such a feat.{{cite episode |title=Timbiriche VIII y IX|series=Especiales Canal 5 |publisher=Televisa |network=Canal 5 |date=December 25, 1988|quote=Él álbum doble lleva vendido más de un millón de copias, algo realmente inusitado en la industria discográfica mexicana. Translation: The double album sold more than a million copies, something really unusual in the Mexican record industry.|language=Spanish}}

;Side A

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| extra_column = Lead vocalist(s)

| total_length = 14:06

| title1 = Vive la Vida

| writer1 = {{flat list|

• Marco A. Flores

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| extra1 = {{flat list|

• All members

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| length1 = 3:16

| title2 = Solo

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• Flores

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| extra2 = {{flat list|

• Erik

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| length2 = 3:29

| title3 = Acelerar

| writer3 = {{flat list|

• Anahí Van
• Memo Méndez

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| extra3 = {{flat list|

• Paulina

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| length3 = 3:20

| title4 = Tú Me Vuelves Loco

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• Carlos Lara
• Jesús Monárrez

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| extra4 = {{flat list|

• Diego
• Eduardo
• Erik

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| length4 = 2:52

| title5 = Solo Para Mí

| writer5 = {{flat list|

• Aureo Baqueiro
• Flores

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| extra5 = {{flat list|

• Alix

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| length5 = 2:43

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;Side B

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| headline =

| extra_column = Lead vocalist(s)

| total_length = 15:66

| title1 = Pasos

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• Méndez
• Jesús Domínguez

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| extra1 = {{flat list|

• Edith

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| length1 = 3:06

| title2 = Junto a Ti

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• Van
• Méndez

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| extra2 = {{flat list|

• Eduardo
• Alix
• Thalía
• Diego

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| length2 = 3:42

| title3 = Soy Como Soy

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• Flores

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| extra3 = {{flat list|

• Paulina

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| length3 = 2:49

| title4 = Amazona

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• Van
• Méndez

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| extra4 = {{flat list|

• All members

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| length4 = 3:43

| title5 = Irresistible

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• Van
• Méndez

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| extra5 = {{flat list|

• Diego

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| length5 = 3:26

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;Side C

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| extra_column = Lead vocalist(s)

| total_length = 17:03

| title1 = Ámame Hasta Con Los Dientes

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• Van
• Méndez

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| extra1 = {{flat list|

• Erik

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| length1 = 2:51

| title2 = Tú y Yo Somos Uno Mismo

| writer2 = {{flat list|

• Luca Carboni
• Flores

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| extra2 = {{flat list|

• Diego

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| length2 = 4:13

| title3 = No Sé Si Es Amor

| writer3 = {{flat list|

• Van
• Méndez

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| extra3 = {{flat list|

• Thalía

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| length3 = 4:14

| title4 = Máscaras

| writer4 = {{flat list|

• J.V. Sahrenkrog
• Peteasen
• C. Karges
• Flores

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| extra4 = {{flat list|

• All members

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| length4 = 3:51

| title5 = Todo Cambia

| writer5 = {{flat list|

• Baqueiro

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| extra5 = {{flat list|

• Eduardo

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| length5 = 3:01

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;Side D

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| total_length = 19:14

| title1 = Paranoia

| writer1 = {{flat list|

• Van
• Méndez

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| extra1 = {{flat list|

• Alix

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| length1 = 3:38

| title2 = Lo Quiero

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• Flores

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| extra2 = {{flat list|

• Edith

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| length2 = 2:36

| title3 = Me Estoy Volviendo Loca

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• Van
• Méndez

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| extra3 = {{flat list|

• Thalía
• Paulina
• Edith
• Alix

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| length3 = 3:02

| title4 = Amanda

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• Amparo Rubín
• Méndez

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| extra4 = {{flat list|

• Eduardo

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| length4 = 3:29

| title5 = Basta Ya

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• Van
• Méndez

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| extra5 = {{flat list|

• All members

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| length5 = 4:50

| title6 = Todo o Nada

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• Baqueiro

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| extra6 = {{flat list|

• Thalía

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| length6 = 2:59

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