Revés/Yo Soy

Studio album by Café Tacuba

Released

20 July 1999

Genre

Latin Alternative, rock en español, electronica

Length

98:15

Label

Warner Music Mexico

Producer

Café Tacuba, Judith Sherman

Café Tacuba chronology

Avalancha de Éxitos
(1996)

Revés/Yo Soy
(1999)

Tiempo Transcurrido
(2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

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

Track listing

Disc 1, Revés
No.	Title	Length
1.	"11"	4:15
2.	"2"	5:32
3.	"9"	5:02
4.	"5"	3:49
5.	"3"	4:43
6.	"8"	4:11
7.	"10" (This is the recording of the "Compañía Nacional de Danza Fólclorica del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes", Emmanuel del Real distortioned and programmed the song)	3:47
8.	"5.1" (Performed by "Cuarteto de Clarinetes Arghül")	2:32
9.	"13" (The only track with lyrics; this song became a single later, known as "Revés" due to the use of the word in the chorus)	5:40
10.	"M.C." (Performed by Kronos Quartet. This song is a cover of "La Muerte Chiquita)	4:05
11.	"6"	3:59
12.	"7"	2:48
13.	"..." (There is a track 13 on the first disc, but it features no music)	0:13

Disc 2, Yo Soy
No.	Title	Length
1.	"El Padre (The Father)"	3:27
2.	"La Locomotora (The Locomotive)"	3:53
3.	"El Río (The River)"	2:57
4.	"El Polen (The Pollen)" (The second part of "El Río" appears when played)	3:28
5.	"Dos Niños (Two Kids)"	3:30
6.	"La Muerte Chiquita (The Little Death)"	2:52
7.	"El Espacio (The Space)" (The name of the album is mentioned in this song)	4:23
8.	"Guerra (War)" (This song has no numbers or letters as a name, instead, there's a drawing)	4:08
9.	"Sin Título (Untitled)" (This song has no title in the liner notes. Its exact name is: " ")	2:11
10.	"El Hombre Impasible (The Unfeeling Man)"	2:11
11.	"El Ave (The Bird)" (Like "Guerra", this track has a picture for its title)	3:20
12.	"Esperando (Waiting)" (The lyrics of the song are the route to Enrique Rangel's apartment)	0:40
13.	"Arboles Frutales (Fruit Trees)" (On the CD, this song is composed of 13 tracks (Tracks 13-25); 12 seventeen-second track and one twenty-four second track)	3:53
14.	"Bicicleta (Bicycle)" (As with "Árboles Frutales" this song is composed of 26 six-second tracks (Tracks 26-51))	2:51
15.	"Lento (Slow)"	4:03

Band members

Ñru (Rubén Albarrán): vocals (except 4, 7, 12, 15), guitar
Emmanuel del Real: keyboards, acoustic guitar, piano, programming, vocals (4, 7), melodeon, drum machine
Joselo Rangel: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals (15)
Quique Rangel: bass guitar, electric upright bass, vocals (12)

References

↑ Revés/Yo Soy at AllMusic

External links

Café Tacuba
Rubén Albarrán Emmanuel del Real Enrique Rangel Joselo Rangel
Studio albums	Café Tacuba Re Avalancha de Éxitos Revés/Yo Soy Cuatro Caminos Sino El Objeto Antes Llamado Disco Jei Beibi
Extended plays	Vale Callampa
Live albums	Un Viaje MTV Unplugged
Compilation albums	Tiempo Transcurrido

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