Cafe Tacuba - MTV Unplugged
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Artist: Cafe TacubaEdition: Music CD
Format: CD+DVD
CD Release Date: 2005-06-07
Music Label: Warner Music Latina
Soundtracks:
- El Aparato
- La ingrata
- El Metro
- Esa Noche
- Maria
- El Ciclon
- Bar Tacvba
- El Baile y el Salon
- Las Flores
- El Punal y el Corazon
- Una Manana (Bonus Track)
- La Chica Banda
Music reviews of MTV Unplugged
Music Review: Best `onplog' ever!
Rating: 5 Stars
The year was 1996 just after releasing their second album, `Re' (considered by many as his best album so far). Mtv invited Café Tacvba to perform in the popular series of MTV `unplugged'
The CD
The band was in what I personally think his best moment, the moment in which they transitioned and started to experiment with new sounds and music for their second album. This unplugged opens with the very first two tracks from `Re', `El aparato' and `La ingrata' in acoustic versions that resemble the originals. The good stuff starts in track 3 with the acoustic version of `El metro', Emmanuel is just unbelievable playing the piano in this one, Quique Rangel on the bass gives to this version a unique sound.
The band's producer, Gustavo Santaolalla makes a special appearance as a guest in a couple of songs, `Esa noche' and `El baile y el salon', being the latest the best song from the album, the arrangement they made with the violin (Luis Antonio Franco) gives this song the sense of loneliness the lyrics talk about.
Also, an historical moment for the band is here, the first time they sang `Las flores' with the guapango arrangement Alejandro Flores did, Cosme and Alejandro battling over the lyrics for the first time ever on a live performance are unbelievable and resembling of the old Mexican movies in which Pedro Infante did the same with his co-protagonists.
This edition also includes `Una mañana' (originally sung by Jose Jose), way before recording their studio version for the CD tribute to Jose Jose, this version was not aired when the unplugged came out for the first time, so finally having the unplugged on DVD and having an extra song never released before make this item even more collectible for a fan of the band.
The mixing sound of the album is pretty good, all the instruments sound clear and no aging can be perceived on the recording (considering this was recorded almost 10 years ago)
The DVD
This is basically the video version of the audio CD, but more complete, there are some dialogues between songs here that are not present on the CD. Seeing Cosme showing off his breasts is definitely one of the funniest things of this DVD.
No more extras than the announced documentary can be found on the DVD. The unplugged by itself is enough reason to buy it as the piece of history this document represents for Mexican rock and roll. The documentary shows a little `behind the scenes' and rehearsal from 10 years ago and then takes you to present day to Café Tacvba's recording studio were they host a reunion with the musicians involved in the unplugged in 1996. it is fun to see them all together telling anecdotes as they watch the unplugged together, the only person not present in the reunion is Santaolalla, who makes a `special' appearance at the end that was completely unnecessary and could have not been there.
The image quality is not so good overall; but on the other hand, the 5.1 mixing sound is superb (stereo option is obviously included).
Both items are sold separately and on a special edition that included CD+DVD, I definitely recommend the latter, the price difference is not that large and both discs are worth having better together. The design and presentation of the album is also very interesting.
Description of MTV Unplugged
The most notorious Mexican alternative rock group, MTV Unplugged album recorded in 1995. Cafe Tacvba, was the first Latin rock group to ever record an MTV Unplugged series. The CD/DVD combo is in a 5.1 format. This collectible edition includes a bonus track entitled "Una Manana", not included in the original programmed version, and behind the scenes plus footage of this historical event. These releases were produced by Gustavo Santaolalla and Alejandro Pels.Alternative Rock CDs
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