''Vale Callampa'' is an EP from the Mexican band

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. It was released in 2002 and is Café Tacvba's second cover album. Their first, ''

Avalancha de Éxitos Avalancha de Éxitos (in Spanish: ''Avalanche of Hits'') is Café Tacuba's third album. In 1996, two years after their acclaimed ''Re'', the band had amassed enough new music to fill four CDs, but couldn't winnow it down to a single album. So ins ...

'', consisted of eight songs from various artists. Vale Callampa, however, is all a tribute to one of Café Tacvba's favorite bands, a

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an rock group called

Los Tres Los Tres also known as The Tr3s or The 3, is a Chilean rock band. The band was formed in 1987 in Concepción by Álvaro Henríquez, Roberto Lindl, Francisco Molina and later Ángel Parra Jr. joined. They are one of the most influential rock ...

. This album contains "Déjate Caer", a Los Tres cover, which became a major hit for Café Tacvba due to major airplay as well as for its music video, directed by Ángel Flores-Torres.

Track listing

Band members

* Rita Cantalagua a.k.a. Gallo Gasss (

Rubén Albarrán Rubén Isaac Albarrán Ortega (born February 1, 1967) is a Mexican musician, singer, song writer, music producer, and activist. He is a member and founder of the alternative rock band Café Tacvba. As singer and frontman of Café Tacvba, the arti ...

): vocals * Emmanuel Del Real:

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, programming,

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, and background

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* Joselo Rangel:

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and background

* Quique Rangel:

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and background

References

External links

Vale Callampa on Yahoo! Music
{{Authority control Café Tacuba albums 2002 EPs Albums produced by Gustavo Santaolalla