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Los Lobos - Colossal Head Audio CD

A fair review of the Los Lobos "Colossal Head" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Los Lobos reviews here, or go back to the Los Lobos tabs.

Los Lobos Band: Los Lobos
Title: Colossal Head
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Release Date: 1996-03-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Revolution 2: Mas y Mas 3: Maricela 4: Everybody Loves a Train 5: Can't Stop the Rain 6: Life Is Good 7: Little Japan 8: Manny's Bones 9: Colossal Head 10: This Bird's Gonna Fly 11: Buddy Ebsen Loves the Night Time

Los Lobos has my respect...
Check out Los Lobos. Tired of the WalMart hyped cookie cutter bands. They offer great variety and really shine when they rock n roll. This is a great band that is always worth listening too. Los Lobos is a true American classic band with great musicians. Music is first here, not the marketing Wal Mart scam we are so used to in this hemisphere.


"Do The Colossal Head!"
I purchased it and it became a staple on my college radio show for the next couple years. I was in college in 1996 when this album came out. The band is incredible and the Mitchell Froom/Tchad Blake production added strange character to this eclectic group of songs. Standouts for me are the slow wah guitar driven "Little Japan" and the exuberant "Life is Good", which sounds like listening to a party from the apartment next door. I love the driving "Everybody Loves a Train" with its locomotive rhythm and roaring saxophone. "Mas Y Mas" is a barnburner of the highest order and you don't need to understand the lyrics to have a good time. Colossal Head may not stand up to Kiko as Los Lobos's best, but I still give it five stars for its adventurous spirit. So many albums that came out in 96 were stale, pallid, and forgettable and this was a fresh, lively shot in the arm. .


Colossal Album
I liked it so much that I just got it on CD. I got this way back on cassette. The moral of the story? It's all good. .


Another great weird Los Lobos record
By a funny coincidence I had picked up a War collection about six weeks before I heard Colossal Head, and it was perfect preparation. The first seven tracks are a kick everytime I hear them. I read some reviews that knock this record for the presence of some blues. Go figure. That's a big part of the Lobos' musical background and they are very good at playing and singing it. There's also an all-time great tune "Maricela" and some very tasty soul numbers in "Can't Stand the Rain" and "Little Japan". The sound is even stranger than it was on Kiko.


EXTRAORDINARY BAND
They are so very, VERY much more than most people recognize. Anyone who is a TRUE music lover, will either know, or would want to know, about the true Los Lobos. They are true artists in every sense, and have a dignity (musically, and personally) that few bands have, or could even understand.

Their entire body of work is very worthwhile, and this record ranks near, or at the top, along with KIKO.


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