Street Signs (album)

Street Signs
Studio album by
Ozomatli
ReleasedJune 22, 2004
Studio
Length51:40
Label
Producer
Ozomatli chronology
Embrace the Chaos
(2001) 		Street Signs
(2004) 		Live at the Fillmore
(2005)
Singles from Street Signs
  1. "Saturday Night"
    Released: August 18, 2005
  2. "Santiago"
    Released: October 25, 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]
Now4/5[3]
RapReviews8.5/10[4]
The Guardian[5]

Street Signs is the third studio album by American rock band Ozomatli. It was released on June 22, 2004, through Real World Records and Concord Records. Recording sessions took place at Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank, Beatdown Studios, G Digital Recording, Mountain Mouth Studios, and Dog Dropping Studios in Los Angeles, with additional recording at The Plant in Sausalito, California and Music Lane Recordings in Austin, Texas. Production was handled by the band themselves, together with T-Ray, Chali 2na, Daniel Lewis, Don Corleon, Jason Roberts, J. B. Eckl and KC Porter.

The album peaked at number 125 on the Billboard 200, number two on the Top Latin Albums, Latin Pop Albums and Heatseekers Albums, and number seven on the Independent Albums chart in the United States.

It won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards,[6] as well as the Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album at the 6th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.[7] Street Signs was included in Robert Dimery's 2005 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[8]

The song "Saturday Night" was featured in the video games Madden NFL 2005,[9] MX vs. ATV Unleashed,[10] and Sleeping Dogs, in the soundtrack to the 2013 film Turbo, and the trailer for the 2010 comedy film Hot Tub Time Machine.

  1. ^ Leggett, Steve. "Ozomatli - Street Signs Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  2. ^ Endelman, Michael (June 25, 2004). "Street Signs". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  3. ^ Richards, Jason (July 22, 2004). "Ozomatli - NOW Magazine". NOW Toronto. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  4. ^ Juon, Steve 'Flash' (August 17, 2004). "Ozomatli :: Street Signs :: Concord Records". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  5. ^ Denselow, Robin (June 25, 2004). "Ozomatli, Street Signs". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  6. ^ McDermott, Tricia (13 February 2005). "2005 Grammy Award Winners". CBS News. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  7. ^ Amter, Charlie (3 November 2005). "Latin Grammys Shake Things Up". E!. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  8. ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
  9. ^ "Madden NFL 2005: Soundtrack Revealed - Xbox". TeamXbox. 1 July 2004. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  10. ^ "MX vs. ATV Unleashed Blowout - PlayStation 2 Preview at IGN". IGN. Retrieved 16 August 2012.