Re (Café Tacuba album)

Re is the second studio album by Mexican rock band Café Tacuba, released in 1994. The album has been called "the equivalent of The Beatles' White Album for the rock en español movement" by The New York Times.[3] In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked it at number one on its list of "The 10 Greatest Latin Rock Albums of All Time".[4]

Re
Studio album by Café Tacuba
Released	July 22, 1994
Studio	Cuernavaca, Mexico Can-Am (Los Angeles, California) Devonshire (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Latin alternative rock en español norteño
Length	59:53
Label	Warner Music Mexico
Producer	Gustavo Santaolalla
Café Tacuba chronology
Café Tacuba (1992) Re (1994) Avalancha de Éxitos (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Legacy

Re album established Café Tacuba's style of genre-switching, which had not been as prominent on their debut album Café Tacuba, released two years earlier. Its sheer length – an hour long – and experimentation with musical styles have made it a favorite among fans. One notable aspect of the album is that it contains several musical genres, notably norteño, huapango, banda, and bolero.

The album is considered by some to be the best Latin American album of all time.[4][5]

Colombian rock band Aterciopelados performed a song entitled "Re" as a homage to the band and the album on their 2016 live album Reluciente, Rechinante y Aterciopelado.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"El Aparato" ("The Apparatus")	Rubén Albarrán	3:19
2.	"La Ingrata" ("The Ungrateful Woman")	Emmanuel del Real	3:32
3.	"El Ciclón" ("The Cyclone")	Del Real Albarrán	2:55
4.	"El Borrego" ("The Sheep")	Del Real	2:08
5.	"Esa Noche" ("That Night")	Joselo Rangel Enrique Rangel	3:27
6.	"24 Horas" ("24 Hours")	J. Rangel	2:19
7.	"Ixtepec" ("Ixtepec")	J. Rangel Del Real	3:21
8.	"Trópico de Cáncer" ("Tropic of Cancer")	Albarrán	4:38
9.	"El Metro" ("The Subway")	Del Real	3:46
10.	"El Fin de la Infancia" ("Childhood's End")	J. Rangel	2:19
11.	"Madrugal" ("Song for Dawn")	E. Rangel	1:08
12.	"Pez" ("Fish")	J. Rangel Del Real	2:18
13.	"Verde" ("Green")	Albarrán	1:55
14.	"La Negrita" ("The Little Black Woman")	J. Rangel E. Rangel	3:05
15.	"El Tlatoani del Barrio" ("The King of the Neighborhood")	Albarrán	3:27
16.	"Las Flores" ("The Flowers")	Del Real	2:16
17.	"La Pinta" ("Hooky/Skive")	Albarrán	2:49
18.	"El Baile y el Salón" ("The Dance and the Ballroom")	J. Rangel Del Real	5:08
19.	"El Puñal y el Corazón" ("The Dagger and the Heart")	Albarrán	4:22
20.	"El Balcón" ("The Balcony")	Albarrán	1:41

Personnel

Band members

• Cosme (Rubén Albarrán) – lead vocals
• Emmanuel del Real – keyboards, acoustic guitar, piano, programming, drum machine, backing vocals, lead vocals, melodeon
• Joselo Rangel – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, jarana, backing vocals
• Quique Rangel – bass guitar, electric upright bass, guitarron, backing vocals

Art

• Sergio Toporek
• Rubén Albarrán

References

1. Valdivia, Victor W. "Re – Café Tacuba". AllMusic. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
2. Kemp, Mark (2004). "Café Tacuba". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 129–30. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
3. Pareles, Jon (August 24, 2006). "Madcap Music by a Mexican Band With Its Ears to the World". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2006.
4. Lechner, Ernesto (November 19, 2012). "The 10 Greatest Latin Rock Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
5. http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/a9662747c48c8d3b6218fe1afc0aff35