Street Signs (album)

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Released June 22, 2004 Label Real World, Concord Release date 22 June 2004		Length 51:38 Artist Ozomatli

Street Signs (2004) Live at the Fillmore (2005) Producers Don Corleon, K. C. Porter, Todd Ray Genres Hip hop music, Rock music, Funk, Jazz, Music of Latin America, World music Awards Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album, Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album Similar Embrace the Chaos, Fire Away, Don't Mess with the Dragon, Ozomatli, Con Todo Respeto

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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 and MX vs. ATV Unleashed, as well as the soundtrack to Turbo and the trailer for the 2010 comedy Hot Tub Time Machine.

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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" (Andy Mendoza, Ozomatli, J. Smith-Freeman) – 5:02
"Love & Hope" (JB Eckl, Ozomatli, K. C. Porter) – 4:24
"Street Signs" (Ozomatli, Smith-Freeman) – 3:45
"(Who Discovered) America?" (Eckl, Porter, Jason Roberts, Asdru Sierra) – 4:35
"Who's to Blame" (Don Corleon, Daniel Lewis) – 3:13
"Te Estoy Buscando" (Ozomatli) – 3:50
"Saturday Night" (Ozomatli, Smith-Freeman) – 3:59
"Déjame en Paz" (Ozomatli) – 3:29
"Santiago" (Ozomatli) – 5:10
"Ya Viene el Sol (The Beatle Bob Remix)" (Ozomatli) – 3:39
"Doña Isabelle" (Ozomatli, Eddie Palmieri) – 1:05
"Nadie Te Tira" (Ozomatli) – 4:47
"Cuando Canto" (Ozomatli) – 4:40

Japanese bonus track

"Como Canto (Live)"

Personnel

Ozomatli

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

Additional musicians

Beatle Bob – introduction on "Ya Viene el Sol (The Beatle Bob Remix)"

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"

Technical personnel

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

Songs

1Believe5:03
2Love and Hope4:24
3Street Signs3:46

References

Street Signs (album) Wikipedia

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