Revés/Yo Soy

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Revés/Yo Soy
Studio album by Café Tacuba
Released	July 20, 1999
Genre	Latin, Rock en español, Electronica
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	Café Tacuba, Judith Sherman
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4/5) link
Café Tacuba chronology
Avalancha de Éxitos (1996)	Revés/Yo Soy (1999)	Tiempo Transcurrido (2001)

Revés/Yo Soy (Backwards/I Am - note that "yo soy" is a palindrome) is the fourth album by Café Tacuba. In fact, it's two albums - Revés is an instrumental album, Yo Soy a collection of songs the band had been saving up since their second album, Re - but it was sold as a single album. It was released in 1999, and won the Latin Grammy that year for Best Rock Album.

[edit] Track listing

Disc 1, Revés:

1. 11
2. 2
3. 9
4. 5
5. 3
6. 8
7. 10
8. 5.1
9. 13
10. M.C.
11. 6
12. 7

Disc 2, Yo Soy:

1. El Padre (The Father)
2. La Locomotora (The Train)
3. El Río (The River)
4. El Polen (The Pollen)
5. Dos Niños (Two Kids)
6. La Muerte Chiquita (The Little Death)
7. El Espacio (The Space)
8. Guerra (War)
9. Sin Titulo (Untitled)
10. El Hombre Impasible (The Unfeeling Man)
11. El Ave (The Bird)
12. Esperando (Waiting)
13. Arboles Frutales (Fruit Trees)
14. Bicicleta (Bicycle)
15. Lento (Slow)

Note: "Arboles Frutales" starts on Track 13 and is split up into 13 parts, with the song ending on Track 25. "Bicicleta" starts on Track 26 and ends on Track 51.

[edit] Band members

• Ñru (Rubén Albarrán): vocals, guitar
• Emmanuel del Real: keyboards, acoustic guitar, piano, programming, vocals, melodion
• Joselo Rangel: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
• Quique Rangel: bass guitar, electric upright bass, vocals