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.
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
Disc 2: Yo Soy
No.
Title
Length
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))
