Revés/Yo Soy
Revés/Yo Soy (English: Backwards/I Am) is the fourth album by the Mexican rock band Café Tacuba, released in 1999.[6][7] 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.
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| Released | 20 July 1999 | |||
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| Length | 98:15 | |||
| Label | Warner Music Mexico | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Alternative Press | 4/5[2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| (The New) The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
| Spin | 9/10[5] |
It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Latin Rock/Alternative Performance" category.[8] It won the Latin Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album".[9]
Critical reception
The New York Times wrote: "Many of the Spanish lyrics are about isolation and disorientation: as most great bands do three or four albums into a career, Cafe Tacuba has made a record about entering one's 30s and wondering what the next step is."[9]
In a retrospective article, the Chicago Tribune called the album a "masterpiece," writing that it "matched offbeat Eno-meets-Esquivel instrumentals with slightly more conventional rock songs."[10]
Track listing
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 |
Personnel
- 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
- Phares, Heather. "Revés/Yo Soy – Café Tacuba". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- "Café Tacuba: Revés/Yo Soy". Alternative Press. No. 135. October 1999. p. 83.
- Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press – via Google Books.
- Kemp, Mark (2004). "Café Tacuba". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 129–30. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- Kun, Josh (October 1999). "Café Tacuba: Revés/Yo Soy". Spin. Vol. 15, no. 10. pp. 164–65. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- "Café Tacuba Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- Lavin, Enrique. "Backward Rhythms". Cleveland Scene.
- "Cafe Tacuba". GRAMMY.com. November 23, 2020.
- "MUSIC; Bits of Latin. Pieces of Anglo. All Iconoclastic". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- "Cafe Tacuba is simply beyond compare". chicagotribune.com.
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