Cuatro Caminos

Cuatro Caminos
Studio album by Café Tacuba
Released	July 1, 2003
Genre	Latin
Length	53:13
Label	Universal Music Mexico
Producer	Gustavo Santaolalla, Andrew Weiss, Dave Fridmann, Tony Peluso
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Café Tacuba chronology
Vale Callampa (2002) Cuatro Caminos (2003) Un Viaje (2005)

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

1. Cero y Uno (Zero and One) – 3:52
2. Eo (sometimes referred to as Eo (El sonidero), [Eo, the sound machine]) – 2:14
3. Mediodía (Midday) – 3:56
4. ¿Qué Pasará? (What Will Happen?) – 2:20
5. Camino y Vereda (Road and Path) – 4:05
6. Eres (You Are) – 4:28
7. Soy o Estoy (I Am (existence) or I Am (place) – 2:48
8. Encantamiento Inútil (Useless Enchantment) – 6:29
9. Recuerdo Prestado (Borrowed Memory) – 3:30
10. Puntos Cardinales (Cardinal Directions) – 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 titles like "Hoy Es - Oyes" (You're Listening), "Soy o Estoy" and "Hola Adiós" (which could be separated to "Hola a Dios" which means "Hello to God") make clear. Rubén Albarrán, whose vocal talents are well-demonstrated on "¿Qué Pasará?", was credited on this album as "Élfego Buendía". This was the first Café Tacuba album to use live drummers 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

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)[1]	Gold	50,000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. ^ "Mexican album certifications – Tacuba – Cuatro Caminos" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?artista=Tacuba&titulo=Cuatro+Caminos&categoria=ALBUM&contenido=buscar.