Y Tu Mamá También [SOUNDTRACK]

Various Artists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 5, 2002)
• Original Release Date: March 5, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Volcano
• ASIN: B000060P7L
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #108,827 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Even among film soundtracks, which can be eclectic to a fault, what a cheerfully demented hodgepodge this is! Liza Richardson, from LA's taste-making KCRW radio station, has pieced together a saucy juxtaposition of satirical and salacious Anglo and Latin tracks, a perfect sonic commentary for the sexy, Golden-Globe-nominated film. Her range is astonishing, moving from Eagle Eye Cherry's bizarre yet touching version of the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody" to a hilarious, lounge-lizard take on Kraftwerk's "Showroom Dummies" by Señor Coconut. Cafe Tacuba, sounding like Spanish-language androids of the Fifth Dimension, make the scene with "Insomnio," while Bran Van 3000 is haunted by early Pink Floyd on "Go Shopping." Believe it or not, it gets weirder, as Natalie Imbruglia, Falco Jiménez, Molotov vs. Dub Pistols, Frank Zappa, Brian Eno, Marco Antonio Solís, and La Revolución de Emiliano Zapata are heard from--and how! --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An eclectic, searching compilatn that makes u say ROAD TRIP, April 6, 2002

By	Larry Mark "editor of MyJewishBooks.com" (nyc) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This very eclectic soundtrack is great for driving, and matches the film perfectly. I recommend it to even those without a car. The film is a story of two adolescent Mexicans (one, a privileged son carrying an Aztec name; the other, a middle class son a single parent mom) searching for adult identities, and a slightly older Spanish woman seeking a spiritual liberation, who join on a road trip through an adolescent, class-structured, cheating, sensual, Mexican culture that is also in search of a cultural and political maturity. The compilation soundtrack, which one can envision being used in a VW commercial, combines Mexican Groove (Senor Coconut), Alternative (Brian Eno, La Rev., Natalie Imbruglia), Acoustic, and Folklorista (Flaco Jimenez, Plastilina Mosh) cuts. There is an acoustic version of To Love Somebody by Eagle Eye Cherry, and the CD closes with a cut by the late Frank Zappa (which has never be licensed outside of a full Zappa album). Zappa's cut sets the emotional tone of the film. Standouts include Senor Coconut (a Kraftwerk-German living in Chile) that just makes u want to expose yourself and go on a marimba filled road trip; Bran Van 3000 with Eek a Mouse on shopping; Café Tacuba with a cut that can only be found on this CD; Flaco Jimenez with a piece that makes you yearn for a Mexican beach like Heaven's Mouth; and the introspective feeling Marco Antonio Solis.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Go Shopping" -- and buy this CD! Ahora!, April 26, 2002

By A Customer

As great as the film "Y Tu Mama Tambien" is, it just wouldn't be the same without the music, which is a character in and of itself. The songs on the soundtrack will send you on a road trip to sonic places that are worth visiting again and again. If you don't know anything about Mexican music, you're in for a big surprise -- and a real treat. I'm sitting here at work with the Cafe Tacuba song "Insomnio" in my head, and I couldn't be happier. The bouncy fun of "Here Comes the Mayo" and "Go Shopping" will hook you even if you don't speak Spanish. And there's a Frank Zappa song at the end. You can't go wrong!

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Eclectic? Yes, but not quite what I expected, February 22, 2003

By	Manny Hernandez "Author of Ning For Dummies" (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

When I saw the artist lineup for this soundtrack the soundtrack from "Amores Perros" immediately came to mind, so I ordered it. To my dissapointment it's not really even half as good. There's a handful (roughly half of the album) of good songs, mixed with some very basic works that don't belong in there. My favorites: "Here Comes the Mayo," "To Love Somebody" (reminds of Pulp Fiction's music in a way), the very mambo-ish downtempo "Showroom Dummies," "Insomnio" by the Tacubos, and Brian Eno's and Zappa's tracks toward the end. I am giving it four stars because the former are really great works, but the album as a whole was a dissapointment.