Cuatro Caminos
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Cuatro Caminos central part of Havana city where the major agricultural market operated prior to the Cuban Revolution of 1959.
Cuatro Caminos (literally: "Four Roads", the name of a major road intersection and metro in Mexico City) was the fifth and most recent album by Café Tacuba, released in 2003. See also: Metro Cuatro Caminos.
Track listing
- "Cero y Uno" (Zero and One)
- "Eo" (sometimes referred to as "Eo (El sonidero)", ["Eo, the sound machine"])
- "Mediodía" (Midday)
- "¿Qué Pasará?" (What Will Happen?)
- "Camino y Vereda" (Road and Path)
- "Eres" (You Are)
- "Soy o Estoy" (I Am [permanently] or I Am [temporarily]: Spanish has two forms of the copula to distinguish duration.)
- "Encantamiento Inútil" (Useless Enchantment)
- "Recuerdo Prestado" (Loaned-Out Memory)
- "Puntos Cardinales" (Cardinal Directions)
- "Desperté" (I Woke)
- "Tomar el Fresco" (Take the Fresh Air)
- "Hoy Es" (Today Is)
- "Hola Adiós" (Hello Goodbye)
The album is marked by wordplay, as titles like "Hoy Es - Oyes" (You're listening) and "Soy o Estoy" 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 (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 and won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album.
Cuatro Caminos is also a major intersection in Santander, Cantabria, Spain.es:Cuatro Caminos