Kiko (1992)

About this title: Los Lobos had earned a reputation as one of the most intelligent and creative roots rock acts in America with the albums By the Light of the Moon and The Neighborhood, but it was with 1992's Kiko that they really demonstrated the breadth of their sonic ambitions. Produced in collaboration with Mitchell Froom, Kiko exchanged the more straightforward approach of Los Lobos' previous sessions for a uniquely textured sound, with the group's guitars thrown into sharp relief against Froom's collection of vintage tape-loop keyboards, and the arrangements are often unusually spare, most powerfully in ... read more

Tracks:

1. Dream in Blue [Hidalgo/Pérez]
2. Wake up Dolores [Hidalgo/Pérez]
3. Angels With Dirty Faces [Hidalgo/Perez]
4. That Train Don't Stop Here [Rosas/Preston]
5. Kiko and the Lavender Moon [Hidalgo/Pérez]
6. Saint Behind the Glass [Hidalgo/Pérez]
7. Reva's House [Hidalgo/Pérez]
8. When the Circus Comes [Hidalgo/Pérez]
9. Arizona Skies [Hidalgo/Pérez]
10. Short Side of Nothing [Hidalgo/Pérez]
11. Two Janes [Hidalgo/Pérez]
12. Wicked Rain [Rosas]
13. Whiskey Trail [Hidalgo/Pérez]
14. Just a Man [Hidalgo/Perez]
15. Peace [Hidalgo/Perez]
16. Rio de Tenampa [Hidalgo/Pérez]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.