Soul Food Taqueria

Soul Food Taqueria

Infobox Album
Name = Soul Food Taqueria
Type = studio
Artist = Tommy Guerrero


Released = April 8, 2003
Genre = Chill out, chicano rock
downtempo
Length = 53:43
Label = Mo' Wax/Beggars Group
MWR-158
Producer = Gadget, Monte Vallier
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hzfwxqwaldte Soul Food Taqueria > Overview] ]
*BBC (favorable) 4/11/03 [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A1021492 BBC review - Soul Food Taqueria] ]
*Dusted (favorable) 6/03/03 [ [http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/779 "Dusted" review] ]
*"Exclaim!" (favorable) 5/03 [ [http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/beatsandrhymes.aspx?csid1=47 Beats & Rhymes Hip Hop review - Soul Food Taqueria] ]
*Kevchino rating-10|10 [ [http://www.kevchino.com/review/tommy-guerrero/soul-food-taqueria/217 Indie Music Reviews - Kevchino] ]
*"Washington City Paper" (favorable) [ [http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=26305 A few of the things we're listening to this week, in no particular order - Joe Warminsky] ]
*XLR8R (favorable) 5/6/03 [ [http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/tommy-guerrero/soul-food-taqueria XLR8R review] ]
Last album = ""
(2002)
This album = "Soul Food Taqueria"
(2003)
Next album = "Year of the Monkey - EP"
(2005)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Back cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = Art by Stephen (Espo) Powers

"Soul Food Taqueria" is a studio album by Quannum Projects member and former professional skateboarder Tommy Guerrero, released April 8, 2003 on Mo' Wax Records. [ [http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/5726586/a/Soul+Food+Taqueria.htm CD Universe Sorry ] ] Guerrero's third studio album, it is mostly instrumental, featuring few tracks with vocals included, which has greatly affected the album's critical reception. "Soul Food Taqueria" was also viewed as a progression by Guerrero in comparison to his previous album, "Little Bit of Somethin"'. [ [http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/779 Dusted Reviews: Tommy Guerrero - Soul Food Taqueria ] ]

Overview

"Inspired by the streets of his hometown San Francisco, "Soul Food Taqueria" is a progression in many ways. Not only is it more sonically advanced than his previous releases (although he admits that he's “still down with the f*cked up 4 trk action”), but it also shows real maturity in his guitar playing and song writing. Vocals are much more prevalent than in previous recordings, with vocal tracks from Lyrics Born of Blackalicious / Quannum / Latyrx fame, and long time friend and collaborator, Gresham Taylor. Encapsulating Latin rhythms, stripped down folk, hip-hop, jazz, guitar-blues, minimal funk, soul and so much more, Guerrero's delicate jams are as spine tingling as ever, with Guerrero retaining the knack of sounding simple yet inventive." - excerpt from Tommy Guerrero's website [ [http://www.tommyguerrero.com/discography Tommy Guerrero - Discography ] ]

Critical reception

The album was met with some mixed reviews following its release. Bryan Carroll of Allmusic.com criticized Guerrero for the emphasis on instrumentals present on "Soul Food" and went on to write that "....on the whole Soul Food Taqueria fails to stick to the ribs because it simply lacks the proper spice." Some critics praised Guerrero's downtempo style, such as Carmen Johnson of Prefix magazine. [ [http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/tommy-guerrero/soul-food-taqueria/13164/ Tommy Guerrero: Soul Food Taqueria ] ] :

Track listing

"All songs written by Tommy Guerrero"
#"Lectric Chile Goat" – 0:56
#"Abiento" – 3:59
#"Organism" – 4:08
#"Thank You MK" – 3:51
#"Tatanka" – 4:10
#"Interlude - Train of Thought" – 1:20
#"It Gets Heavy" – 3:23
#"Thin Brown Layer" – 4:40
#"Interlude - So Many Years Ago" – 0:45
#"Terra Unifirma" – 4:05
#"Getting It Together" – 3:23
#"Another Brother Gone" – 2:28
#"Broken Blood" – 3:48
#"Interlude - And the Day Goes By" – 1:28
#"Lost Unfound" – 3:32
#"The Color of Life" – 3:58
#"Falling Awake" - 3:57

Personnel

*Tommy Guerrero - guitar, arrangement
*Chuck Treece - drums
*Greg Galbreath - keyboards
*Stephen (Espo) Powers - artwork
*Monte Vallier - mixing
*Lyrics Born - vocals
*Gresham - vocals
*Gadget - producer

References

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