9 Dead Alive

9 Dead Alive is the fourth studio album by Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela released on April 25, 2014, in Ireland^[1] and on April 29, 2014, internationally. According to their Twitter, "each track is a personal celebration of individuals who have passed on, but through their deeds and words still resonate in the 21st century",^[2] and is said to be a more rock-focused album compared to their Latin-focused material of the past. Its first single is "The Soundmaker", which is inspired by Spanish guitarist Antonio de Torres Jurado.^[3][4]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	65/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[6]
Consequence of Sound	B−[7]
The Guardian	[8]
musicOMH	[9]
NME	5/10[10]
Ultimate Guitar Archive	9.7/10[11]

9 Dead Alive
Studio album by Rodrigo y Gabriela
Released	April 25, 2014 (2014-04-25)
Recorded	October 2013; Ixtapa, Mexico (Lumbini Studios)
Length	40:58
Label	Rubyworks
Producer	Rodrigo y Gabriela
Rodrigo y Gabriela chronology
Area 52 (2012) 9 Dead Alive (2014) Mettavolution (2019)
Singles from 9 Dead Alive
"The Soundmaker" Released: March 4, 2014

Track listing

No.	Title	Dedicated to	Length
1.	"The Soundmaker"	Antonio de Torres Jurado	4:52
2.	"Torito"	Animals and Nature	5:03
3.	"Sunday Neurosis"	Viktor Frankl	5:16
4.	"Misty Moses"	Harriet Tubman	4:39
5.	"Somnium"	Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz	3:43
6.	"Fram"	Fridtjof Nansen	4:31
7.	"Megalopolis"	Gabriela Mistral	5:01
8.	"The Russian Messenger"	Fyodor Dostoyevsky	4:52
9.	"La salle des pas perdus"	Eleanor of Aquitaine	3:01
Total length:			40:58

All music is composed by Rodrigo y Gabriela.

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[12]	39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[13]	49
French Albums (SNEP)[14]	42
Irish Albums (IRMA)[15]	24
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	73