Wolf Tracks – Best of Los Lobos
| Wolf Tracks: The Best of Los Lobos | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | February 14, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 1983–2002 | |||
| Genre | Chicano rock Roots rock Tex-Mex Latin rock Heartland rock Americana | |||
| Length | 68:55 | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
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| Los Lobos chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Blender |  [2] |
| PopMatters | 9/10[3] |
Wolf Tracks: The Best of Los Lobos is the third compilation album by the American rock band Los Lobos, released in 2006 by Rhino Records. It contains twenty tracks originally released between 1983 and 2002, except for the previously unissued album outtake "Border Town Girl".[3]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original release | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Let's Say Goodnight" | David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez | ...And a Time to Dance EP, 1983 | 2:35 |
| 2. | "Anselma" | Cesar Suedan, Guadalupe Trigo | ...And a Time to Dance EP | 3:10 |
| 3. | "Don't Worry Baby" | Cesar Rosas, Perez, T-Bone Burnett | How Will the Wolf Survive?, 1984 | 2:47 |
| 4. | "A Matter Of Time" | Hidalgo, Pérez | How Will the Wolf Survive? | 3:49 |
| 5. | "Corrido #1" | Rosas | How Will the Wolf Survive? | 2:40 |
| 6. | "Evangeline" | Hidalgo, Pérez | How Will the Wolf Survive? | 2:43 |
| 7. | "Will The Wolf Survive?" | Hidalgo, Pérez | How Will the Wolf Survive? | 3:43 |
| 8. | "One Time One Night" | Hidalgo, Pérez | By the Light of the Moon, 1987 | 4:48 |
| 9. | "Shakin' Shakin' Shakes" | Rosas, Burnett | By the Light of the Moon | 4:12 |
| 10. | "Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)" | Rosas | By the Light of the Moon | 3:39 |
| 11. | "Come On, Let's Go" | Ritchie Valens | La Bamba (soundtrack), 1987 | 2:11 |
| 12. | "La Bamba" | Traditional, arr. Valens | La Bamba (soundtrack) | 2:55 |
| 13. | "Volver, Volver" (Live, 1987) | Fernando Maldonado | Just Another Band from East L.A. – A Collection, 1993 | 3:47 |
| 14. | "La Pistola y El Corazón" | Hidalgo, Pérez | La Pistola y El Corazón, 1988 | 3:30 |
| 15. | "Jenny's Got a Pony" | Hidalgo, Pérez | The Neighborhood, 1990 | 4:04 |
| 16. | "That Train Don't Stop Here" | Rosas, Leroy Preston | Kiko, 1992 | 3:52 |
| 17. | "Kiko and the Lavender Moon" | Hidalgo, Pérez | Kiko | 3:37 |
| 18. | "Oh Yeah" | Rosas, Pérez | This Time, 1999 | 3:48 |
| 19. | "Good Morning Aztlán" | Hidalgo, Pérez | Good Morning Aztlán, 2002 | 4:09 |
| 20. | "Border Town Girl" | Rosas | from The Neighborhood sessions; previously unissued | 2:56 |
Personnel
[edit]Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]
- Los Lobos
- David Hidalgo – vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, accordion, violin, banjo, 6-string bass, piano, drums, percussion
- Cesar Rosas – vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Louie Pérez – drums, percussion, guitar, fraustophone, vocals
- Conrad Lozano – electric and acoustic bass, fretless bass, vocals
- Steve Berlin – saxophone, flute, harmonica, melodica, organ, piano, clavinet, synthesizer, percussion
- Additional musicians
- T-Bone Burnett – acoustic guitar, organ (3–7), vocals (8–10)
- Alex Acuña – percussion (3–10, 16, 17)
- Mitchell Froom – keyboards (8–10, 16–18)
- Mickey Curry – drums (8–10, 12)
- Anton Fier – drums (8–10)
- Ron Tutt – drums (8–10)
- John Hiatt – vocals (8)
- Jim Keltner – drums, percussion (15, 20)
- Pete Thomas – drums (16–19)
- Victor Bisetti – percussion (16–18)
- Production
- T-Bone Burnett – producer (1–10)
- Steve Berlin – producer (1–7, 11), discographical annotation (liner notes)
- Mitchell Froom – producer (12, 16–18)
- Los Lobos – producer (8–10, 14–20), executive producer
- Larry Hirsch – producer (15, 20)
- Tchad Blake – producer (18)
- Keith Keller – engineer (13)
- James Austin – compilation producer, liner notes
- Chris Tetzeli – executive producer
- Bill Inglot – sound producer, remastering
- Dan Hersch – remastering
- Matt Abels – product manager
- Gary Peterson – discographical annotation (liner notes)
- Cory Frye – editorial supervision
- Masaki Koike – art direction
- Robert Sebree – cover photography
- Chris Morris – liner notes
References
[edit]- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Wolf Tracks – Best of Los Lobos at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (March 2006). "Wolf Tracks – Blender Review". Blender. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ a b Friedman, Lou (March 27, 2006). "Wolf Tracks – PopMatters Review". PopMatters. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
- ^ Wolf Tracks: The Best of Los Lobos (CD liner notes). Los Lobos. Rhino Records. 2006.
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