Revés/Yo Soy

Infobox Album |
Name = Revés/Yo Soy
Type =Album
Artist = Café Tacuba
Released = July 20, 1999
Recorded =
Genre = Latin, Rock en español, Electronica
Length = Disc 1 - Revés - 50:28
Disc 2 - Yo Soy - 47:47
Total - 98:15
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer = Café Tacuba, Judith Sherman
Reviews = *Allmusic (4/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2srb286w054a link]

Last album ="Avalancha de Éxitos"
"(1996)"
This album = "Revés/Yo Soy"
"(1999)"
Next album ="Tiempo Transcurrido"
"(2001)"

"Revés/Yo Soy" (Backwards/I Am - note that "yo soy" is a palindrome) is the fourth album by Café Tacuba. In fact, it's two albums - "Revés" is an instrumental album, "Yo Soy" a collection of songs the band had been saving up since their second album, "Re" - but it was sold as a single album. It was released in 1999, and won the Latin Grammy that year for Best Rock Album."Reves" includes a noteworthy contribution by the Kronos Quartet.

Track listing

Disc 1, Revés

# "11" – 4:15
# "2" – 5:32
# "9" – 5:02
# "5" – 3:49
# "3" – 4:43
# "8" – 4:11
# "10" – 3:47
# "5.1" – 2:32
# "13" – 5:40
# "M.C." – 4:05
# "6" – 3:59
# "7" – 2:48
# ... – 0:13

Features

*"10" (This is the recording of the "Compañía Nacional de Danza Fólclorica del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes", Meme distortioned and programed the song.)
*"5.1" (Performed by "Cuarteto de Clarinetes Arghül".)
*"13" (This song became a single later, known as "Revés" due to the use of the word in the chorus.)
*"M.C." (Performed by Kronos Quartet. This song is a cover of "La Muerte Chiquita.")
*... (There is a track 13 on the first disc, but it features no music.)

Disc 2, Yo Soy

# "El Padre" ("The Father") – 3:27
# "La Locomotora" ("The Train") – 3:53
# "El Río" ("The River") – 2:57
# "El Polen" ("The Pollen") – 3:28
# "Dos Niños" ("Two Kids") – 3:30
# "La Muerte Chiquita" ("The Little Death") – 2:52
# "El Espacio" ("The Space") – 4:23
# "Guerra" ("War") – 4:08
# "Sin Titulo" ("Untitled") – 2:11
# "El Hombre Impasible" ("The Unfeeling Man") – 2:11
# "El Ave" ("The Bird") – 3:20
# "Esperando" ("Waiting") – 0:40
# "Arboles Frutales" ("Fruit Trees") – 3:53
# "Bicicleta" ("Bicycle") – 2:51
# "Lento" ("Slow") – 4:03

Features

*"El Polen" (The second part of "El Río" appears when played.)
*"El Espacio" (The name of the CD is mentioned in this song.)
*"Guerra" (This song has no numbers or letters as a name, instead it is a drawing.)
*"Sin título" (This song has no title in the CD. Its exact name is: " ".)
*"El Ave" (Like "Guerra", this track has a picture for its title)
*"Esperando" (The lyrics of the song are the route to Quique's apartment.)
*"Árboles Frutales" (On the CD, this song is composed of 13 tracks (tracks 13-25); 12 seventeen second tracks and one twenty-four second track)
*"Bicicleta" (as with "Arboles Frutales" this song is composed of 26 six second tracks tracks (tracks 26-51))

Band members

* Ñru (Rubén Albarrán): vocals, guitar
* Emmanuel del Real: keyboards, acoustic guitar, piano, programming, vocals, melodion
* Joselo Rangel: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
* Quique Rangel: bass guitar, electric upright bass, vocals