Street Signs (album)
Street Signs is an album by Latin funk rock band Ozomatli, released in 2004 by Real World Records and Concord Records. Street Signs was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
This album won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2005. The song "Saturday Night" was featured in the video games Madden NFL 2005, MX vs. ATV Unleashed, and Sleeping Dogs in addition as the soundtrack to Turbo and the trailer for the 2010 comedy Hot Tub Time Machine.
Reception
Street Signs was awarded the Grammy for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album in 2005, as well as a Latin Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album in the same year.Track listing
- "Believe" – 5:02
- "Love & Hope" – 4:24
- "Street Signs" – 3:45
- " America?" – 4:35
- "Who's to Blame" – 3:13
- "Te Estoy Buscando" – 3:50
- "Saturday Night" – 3:59
- "Déjame en Paz" – 3:29
- "Santiago" – 5:10
- "Ya Viene el Sol " – 3:39
- "Doña Isabelle" – 1:05
- "Nadie Te Tira" – 4:47
- "Cuando Canto" – 4:40
- "Como Canto "
Personnel
- Wil-Dog Abers – bass, orchestral arrangement, percussion arrangement, vocals
- Ulises Bella – keyboards, saxophone, melodica, requinto, vocals
- Sheffer Bruton – trombone
- Mario Calire – drums
- DJ Spinobi – turntables
- Jabu – rap
- Raúl Pacheco – guitar, jarana, tres, vocals
- Justin Porée – percussion, rap, remixing
- Asdru Sierra – acoustic guitar, piano, trumpet, vocals
- Jiro Yamaguchi – percussion, tabla, orchestral arrangement, percussion arrangement, vocals
- Beatle Bob – introduction on "Ya Viene el Sol "
- Chali 2na – rap on "Who's to Blame"
- Cut Chemist – turntables
- Forte Music City of Prague Orchestra – strings on "Believe"
- Hassan Hakmoun – vocals on "Believe"
- David Hidalgo – arpa jarocha, requinto
- Paul Livingstone – sitar
- Walter Miranda – piano
- Eddie Palmieri – piano on "Doña Isabelle" and "Nadie Te Tira"
- Greg Poree – acoustic guitar
- K. C. Porter – Hammond organ
- Les Yeux Noirs – strings on "Believe" and "Love & Hope"
- John Burk – executive producer, A&R
- Robert Carranza – engineer
- Chali 2na – producer
- Don Corleon – producer
- Chris Dunn – A&R
- Chris Gehringer – mastering engineer
- Serban Ghenea – mixing engineer, remixing
- John Hanes – digital audio editor, remixing
- Mary Hogan – A&R
- Christian Lantry – photography
- Christopher Lennertz – orchestral arrangement
- Daniel "Blaxxx" Lewis – producer
- Bob O'Connor – A&R
- Ozomatli – producer, engineer, remixing
- K. C. Porter – producer
- Seth Presant – engineer
- Anton Pukshansky – Engineer
- Jason Roberts – programming, producer
- Tim Roberts – assistant
- Bob Salcedo – engineer
- T-Ray – producer
- Ken Takahashi – engineer
Chart performance
Chart | Peak position |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 125 |
U.S. Billboard Latin Albums | 2 |
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Albums | 2 |
U.S. Billboard Heatseekers | 2 |
U.S. Billboard Independent Albums | 7 |