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

  1. "Noche Oscura" ("Dark Night")
  2. "Las Batallas" ("The Battles", based on a short story by Jos Emilio Pacheco called "Las Batallas en el Desierto" ("The Battles in the Desert"))
  3. "Las Persianas" ("The Window Blinds")
  4. "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)
  5. "Mara"
  6. "Cometer Suicidio" ("Commit Suicide")
  7. "La Chica Banda" ("The Gang Girl")
  8. "El Catrn" ("The 'Wealthy Man'")
  9. "Pinche Juan" (an attempted translation of Johnny Rotten)
  10. "Labios Jaguar" ("Jaguar Lips")
  11. "Debajo del Mar" ("Below the Sea")
  12. "La Zonaja" (slang term?)
  13. "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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