Cuatro Caminos
| Cuatro Caminos | ||||
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| Studio album by Café Tacuba | ||||
| Released | July 1, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Latin Alternative | |||
| Length | 53:13 | |||
| Label | Universal Music Mexico | |||
| Producer | Gustavo Santaolalla, Andrew Weiss, Dave Fridmann, Tony Peluso | |||
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Cuatro Caminos (literally: Four Roads, the name of a major road intersection and metro station in Mexico City and Madrid) is the fifth album by Café Tacuba, released in 2003.
Track listing
All tracks by Café Tacuba
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cero y Uno" ("Zero and One") | 3:52 |
| 2. | "Eo" (aka "Eo (El sonidero)"; "Eo (The Disc Jockey") | 4:01 |
| 3. | "Mediodía" ("Midday") | 3:56 |
| 4. | "¿Qué Pasará?" ("What Will Happen?") | 2:20 |
| 5. | "Camino y Vereda" ("Path and Sidewalk") | 4:05 |
| 6. | "Eres" ("You Are") | 4:28 |
| 7. | "Soy o Estoy" ("Am I (in essence) or Am I (in state)") | 2:48 |
| 8. | "Encantamiento Inútil" ("Useless Enchantment") | 6:29 |
| 9. | "Recuerdo Prestado" ("Borrowed Memory") | 3:30 |
| 10. | "Puntos Cardinales" ("Cardinal Points") | 4:43 |
| 11. | "Desperté" ("I Woke Up") | 3:09 |
| 12. | "Tomar el Fresco" ("To Take Fresh Air") | 2:57 |
| 13. | "Hoy Es" ("Today Is") | 5:01 |
| 14. | "Hola Adiós" ("Hello Goodbye") | 3:41 |
The album is marked by wordplay, as in the song titles "Hoy Es" (sounds like "Oyes" - You're Listening), "Soy o Estoy", and "Hola Adiós" (sounds like "Hola a Dios", meaning "Hello to God"). Lead singer Rubén Albarrán was credited on this album as "Élfego Buendía". This was the first Café Tacuba album to use live drums instead of drum machines.
Produced by Gustavo Santaolalla, Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Weezer) and Andrew Weiss (Ween).
Cuatro Caminos was featured on several Top Albums of 2003 charts, including Rolling Stone, New York Times, Blender Magazine. It won in 2004 a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album and two Latin Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Album and Best Rock Song for Eres. Music website Club Fonograma named Cuatro Caminos best album of the decade.[2]
The song "Eo" appears in the soundtrack to soccer game FIFA Football 2004.
Personnel
- Elfego Buendía (Rubén Albarrán) – vocals, guitar
- Emmanuel Del Real – keyboards, acoustic guitar, piano, programming, vocals, melodeon
- Joselo Rangel – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
- Quique Rangel – bass guitar, electric upright bass, vocals
Sales and certifications
| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico (AMPROFON)[3] | Gold | 50,000^ |
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^shipments figures based on certification alone | ||