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Track Listing
1. One Time One Night
2. Shakin' Shakin' Snakes
3. Is This All There All There Is?
4. Prenda del Alma
5. All I Wanted to Do Was Dance
6. Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)
7. Hardest Time
8. My Baby's Gone
9. River of Fools
10. Mess We're In
11. Tears of God
Album Notes
Los Lobos: David Hidalgo (vocals, guitar, lap steel guitar, violin, accordion, percussion); Cesar Rosas (vocals, guitar, mandolin, bajo sexto); Louie Perez (guitar, drums); Conrad Lozano (guitarron, bass); Steve Berlin (harmonica, tenor & baritone saxophones).
Additional personnel: T-Bone Burnett (vocals); Mitchell Froom (keyboards); Mickey Curry, Anton Fier, Ron Tutt (drums); Alex Acuna (percussion).
Recorded at Sunset Sound Factory & Ocean Way, Los Angeles, California.
This 1987 album followed in the footsteps of Los Lobos' two stunning predecessors (AND A TIME TO DANCE and HOW WILL THE WOLF SURVIVE). One of the band's many strengths is the contrast between the formidable songwriting of David Hidalgo/Louie Perez and Cesar Rosas, with the former exploring stories of sadness and hope while the latter rocks like a barn on fire.
This is an album of incredibly natural songs; they roll out like long lost classics, but that's simply another testament to the prowess of this band as players and writers. In a way, this was the band's last offering before they were forced to take stock of themselves and their goals in the wake of the surprise million-selling LA BAMBA soundtrack. That they were able to carry themselves forward from that point with grace and aplomb is foreshadowed in the utter honesty of this and all of their music.
Industry Reviews
Ranked #8 in CMJ's Top 20 Most-Played Albums of 1987
CMJ (01/05/2004)
CD Review Perf 9 / Sound 8
Stereo Review 1987 Record Of The Year Award
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