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	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. Reves includes a noteworthy contribution by the Kronos Quartet.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Disc 1, Revés 2.1 Features 3 Disc 2, Yo Soy 3.1 Features 4 Band members

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 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
13. ...

[edit] Features

• "10" (This is the recording of the "Compañía Nacional de Danza Fólclorica del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes", Meme distortioned and programed the song.)
• "5.1" (Performed by "Cuarteto de Clarinetes Arghül".)
• "13" (This song became a single later, known as "Revés" due to the use of the word in the chorus.)
• "M.C." (Performed by Kronos Quartet. This song is a cover of "La Muerte Chiquita.")
• ... (There is a track 13 on the first disc, but it features no music.)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Features

• "El Polen" (The second part of "El Río" appears when played.)
• "El Espacio" (The name of the CD is mentioned in this song.)
• "Guerra" (This song has no numbers or letters as a name, instead it is a drawing.)
• "Sin título" (This song has no title in the CD. Its exact name is: " ".)
• "El Ave" (Like "Guerra", this track has a picture for its title)
• "Esperando" (The lyrics of the song are the route to Quique's apartment.)
• "Árboles Frutales" (On the CD, this song is composed of 13 tracks (tracks 13-25); 12 seventeen second tracks and one twenty-four second track)
• "Bicicleta" (as with "Arboles Frutales" this song is composed of 26 six second tracks tracks (tracks 26-51))

[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