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Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive? Audio CD

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Los Lobos Band: Los Lobos
Title: How Will the Wolf Survive?
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Don't Worry Baby 2: Matter of Time 3: Corrido #1 4: Our Last Night 5: Breakdown 6: I Got Loaded 7: Serenata Nortena 8: Evangeline 9: I Got to Let You Know 10: Lil' King of Everything 11: Will the Wolf Survive?

The "Real" American music
Los Lobos is such a band, and "How Will the Wolf Survive?" is the album that helped transform American roots music. Every so often a band makes its presence known in a way that forever changes the musical landscape. Following the amazing success of Little Feat's "Waiting for Columbus", The Blasters, Fabulous Thunderbirds and Los Lobos almost single handedly created the "new" American music. This blues based, danceable, ryhthm genre had always been around in one form or another, but now Norteno, Cohunto and more traditional Mexican folk sounds were being mixed in to this heady gumbo to create something entirely unique. The variety and texture to the songs on "How Will the Wolf Survive?" are incredible in their simplicity and delightful to the ear. There may be many reasons why this music sounds so good and true, but adding Steve Berlin and T-Bone Burnett would have to be of primary importance. David Hidalgo, along with the rest of this multi-talented group pushed the listening public to new appreciation of roots music and laid the groundwork for revolutionary works like "Kiko" and solidified Los Lobos as an important American band. All their records are highly recommended.


A must-have for Los Lobos fans
"will the Wolf Survive" is unforgettable. I discovered Los Lobos when I borrowed this album from the library years ago.


All-Time Classic!
THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS EVER MADE. I guess one of the main reasons you're reading the reviews is to try and gauge whether or not to buy the album so I'll try make this as brief as possible. Los Lobos cover many different styles with total excellence. The opener Don't Worry Baby is still probably my favourite Los Lobos track but the rest of the songs are magnificent and brilliantly played. Take the opening to Evangeline and the sax solo on the fantastic I Got Loaded - just great music. Buy this you will never regret it.


All Time Classic
That slab of plastic soon wore out and i've bought it again three times on CD ( friends who loved it got two of them as gifts ). I bought this on vinyl in 1985 and it was an instant classic , one of the best albums i'd ever heard. The reason i'm writing this however is to appeal to whoever owns the rights to get this superb album re -released. It's a disgrace that such a brilliant classic has not been Remastered and put out with new sleevenotes , extra tracks etc and given the respect that so many inferior releases by other artists seem to get. Someone sort it out and let this wondrous release have a new lease of life , please !.


SIMPLY AMAZING!!!
This album has a full range of music which helps to showcase the bands amazing talents. HOW WILL THE WOLF SURIVE? is the full length debut by LOS LOBOS and boy did they hit the mark here. DONT WORRY BABY and I GOT LOADED have that R&B, slightly bluesy sound to them that makes these some rocking songs. CORRIDO #1 and SERENATA NORTENA have that Tex-Mex rhythms to them that help to showcase the bands Mexican roots. I also suggest that you give a listen to A MATTER OF TIME, WILL THE WOLF SURVIE?, OUR LAST NIGHT, and THE BREAKDOWN. I am really hard pressed to find any weak spots on this album. This is a truly amazing debut album for any type of band, and LOS LOBOS has continued to this day to make great music, which might not sound like what is popular at anytime, but it blows everything else out of the water. I highly suggest to any serious music fan to buy this album. I dont think you will be disappointed, I wasnt. I also recommend that you pick up GOOD MORNING AZTLAN, and THIS TIME. PEACE ESE!!.


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