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Caf Tacuba (Album)Caf Tacuba was the self-titled debut album by Caf Tacuba, released in 1992. Rubn Albarrn, the band's lead singer, was credited as "Juan, l que hace como que Canta" ("Juan, He who pretends to sing") in the liner notes. Track listing - "Noche Oscura" ("Dark Night")
- "Las Batallas" ("The Battles", based on a short story by Jos Emilio Pacheco called "Las Batallas en el Desierto" ("The Battles in the Desert"))
- "Las Persianas" ("The Window Blinds")
- "Rarotonga" (Rarotonga is the name of a Pacific island, but the song is about a female jungle-dwelling character in a comic book by Antonio Gutierrez)
- "Mara"
- "Cometer Suicidio" ("Commit Suicide")
- "La Chica Banda" ("The Gang Girl")
- "El Catrn" ("The 'Wealthy Man'")
- "Pinche Juan" (an attempted translation of Johnny Rotten)
- "Labios Jaguar" ("Jaguar Lips")
- "Debajo del Mar" ("Below the Sea")
- "La Zonaja" (slang term?)
- "Bar Tacuba" ("Tacuba Bar")
Many of the songs on this album, notably "La Chica Banda" and "Labios Jaguar" have to do with Native Americans and mestizos in Mexico.
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