Street Signs (album)

Street Signs
Studio album by Ozomatli
Released	June 22, 2004
Genre	Funk, jazz, Latin, rock, hip hop, world fusion
Length	51:38
Label	Real World, Concord
Producer	Don Corleon, Daniel Lewis, Ozomatli, K. C. Porter, Jason Roberts, T-Ray
Ozomatli chronology
Embrace the Chaos (2001) Street Signs (2004) Live at the Fillmore (2005)
Singles from Street Signs
"Saturday Night" Released: August 18, 2005 "Santiago" Released: October 25, 2005

Street Signs is an album by Latin funk rock band Ozomatli, released in 2004 by Real World Records and Concord Records. Street Signs was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

This album won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2005. The song "Saturday Night" was featured in the video games Madden NFL 2005^[1] and MX vs. ATV Unleashed,^[2] as well as the soundtrack to Turbo.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	(B)[4]
PopMatters	(favorable)[5]

Street Signs was awarded the Grammy for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album in 2005,^[6] as well as a Latin Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album in the same year.^[7]

Track listing

1. "Believe" (Andy Mendoza, Ozomatli, J. Smith-Freeman) – 5:02
2. "Love & Hope" (JB Eckl, Ozomatli, K. C. Porter) – 4:24
3. "Street Signs" (Ozomatli, Smith-Freeman) – 3:45
4. "(Who Discovered) America?" (Eckl, Porter, Jason Roberts, Asdru Sierra) – 4:35
5. "Who's to Blame" (Don Corleon, Daniel Lewis) – 3:13
6. "Te Estoy Buscando" (Ozomatli) – 3:50
7. "Saturday Night" (Ozomatli, Smith-Freeman) – 3:59
8. "Déjame en Paz" (Ozomatli) – 3:29
9. "Santiago" (Ozomatli) – 5:10
10. "Ya Viene el Sol (The Beatle Bob Remix)" (Ozomatli) – 3:39
11. "Doña Isabelle" (Ozomatli, Eddie Palmieri) – 1:05
12. "Nadie Te Tira" (Ozomatli) – 4:47
13. "Cuando Canto" (Ozomatli) – 4:40

Japanese bonus track^[8]

14. "Como Canto (Live)"

Personnel

Ozomatli

• Wil-Dog Abers – bass, orchestral arrangement, percussion arrangement, vocals
• Ulises Bella – keyboards, saxophone, melodica, requinto, vocals
• Sheffer Bruton – trombone
• Mario Calire – drums
• DJ Spinobi – turntables
• Jabu – rap
• Raúl Pacheco – guitar, jarana, tres, vocals
• Justin Porée – percussion, rap, remixing
• Asdru Sierra – acoustic guitar, piano, trumpet, vocals
• Jiro Yamaguchi – percussion, tabla, orchestral arrangement, percussion arrangement, vocals

Additional musicians

• Beatle Bob – introduction on "Ya Viene el Sol (The Beatle Bob Remix)"
• Chali 2na – rap on "Who's to Blame"
• Cut Chemist – turntables
• Forte Music City of Prague Orchestra – strings on "Believe"
• Hassan Hakmoun – vocals on "Believe"
• David Hidalgo – arpa jarocha, requinto
• Paul Livingstone – sitar
• Walter Miranda – piano
• Eddie Palmieri – piano on "Doña Isabelle" and "Nadie Te Tira"
• Greg Poree – acoustic guitar
• K. C. Porter – Hammond organ
• Les Yeux Noirs – strings on "Believe" and "Love & Hope"

Technical personnel

• John Burk – executive producer, A&R
• Robert Carranza – engineer
• Chali 2na – producer
• Don Corleon – producer
• Chris Dunn – A&R
• Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer
• Serban Ghenea – mixing engineer, remixing
• John Hanes – digital audio editor, remixing
• Mary Hogan – A&R
• Christian Lantry – photography
• Christopher Lennertz – orchestral arrangement
• Daniel "Blaxxx" Lewis – producer
• Bob O'Connor – A&R
• Ozomatli – producer, engineer, remixing
• K. C. Porter – producer
• Seth Presant – engineer
• Anton Pukshansky – Engineer
• Jason Roberts – programming, producer
• Tim Roberts – assistant
• Bob Salcedo – engineer
• T-Ray – producer
• Ken Takahashi – engineer

Chart performance

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