The Town and the City (album)

The Town and the City
Studio album by Los Lobos
Released September 12, 2006
Genre Chicano rock, roots rock, Latin rock, Tex-Mex, heartland rock
Length 54:13
Label Hollywood Records
Producer Los Lobos
Los Lobos chronology
Wolf Tracks: The Best of Los Lobos
(2006)Wolf Tracks: The Best of Los Lobos2006		 The Town and the City
(2006)		 Los Lobos Goes Disney
(2009)Los Lobos Goes Disney2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic87/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
PopMatters[4]
SoundStage[5]

The Town and the City is a studio album released by rock band Los Lobos in 2006, to generally positive critical reception. The title of the album is taken from the debut novel by Jack Kerouac. The album explores themes of longing, disillusionment, and loneliness in the Mexican-American immigration experience.

Track listing

  1. "The Valley" (David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez) - 4:33
  2. "Hold On" (David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez) - 4:30
  3. "The Road to Gila Bend" (David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez) - 4:41
  4. "Chuco's Cumbia" (Cesar Rosas) - 3:32
  5. "If You Were Only Here Tonight" (David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez) - 2:55
  6. "Luna" (David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, Luis R. Tórres) - 3:26
  7. "Two Dogs and a Bone" (David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez) - 2:27
  8. "Little Things" (David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez) - 4:49
  9. "The City" (David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez) - 4:20
  10. "Don't Ask Why" (David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez) - 5:25
  11. "No Puedo Más" (Cesar Rosas) - 4:59
  12. "Free Up" (David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, Eddie Gorodetsky) - 3:47
  13. "The Town" (David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez) - 4:49

Personnel

Instrumentation is unspecified on the album, but this is the usual:

Additional musicians

  • Cougar Estrada - drums and percussion

References

  1. ↑ "The Town And The City by Los Lobos". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. The Town and the City at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  3. ↑ "The Town and The City". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Los Lobos: The Town and the City". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "SoundStage! Los Lobos - The Town and the City". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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