Revés/Yo Soy
Studio album by
Released20 July 1999 (1999-07-20)
Genre
Length98:15
LabelWarner Music Mexico
Producer
Café Tacuba chronology
Avalancha de Éxitos
(1996)
Revés/Yo Soy
(1999)
Tiempo Transcurrido
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Alternative Press4/5[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
(The New) The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Spin9/10[5]

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.

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

Disc 1: Revés
No.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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

References

  1. Phares, Heather. "Revés/Yo Soy – Café Tacuba". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. "Café Tacuba: Revés/Yo Soy". Alternative Press. No. 135. October 1999. p. 83.
  3. Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press via Google Books.
  4. 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.
  5. Kun, Josh (October 1999). "Café Tacuba: Revés/Yo Soy". Spin. Vol. 15, no. 10. pp. 164–65. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  6. "Café Tacuba Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  7. Lavin, Enrique. "Backward Rhythms". Cleveland Scene.
  8. "Cafe Tacuba". GRAMMY.com. November 23, 2020.
  9. 1 2 "MUSIC; Bits of Latin. Pieces of Anglo. All Iconoclastic". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  10. "Cafe Tacuba is simply beyond compare". chicagotribune.com.
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