Los Lobos - By the Light of the Moon
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Artist: Los LobosEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- One Time One Night
- Shakin' Shakin' Shakes
- Is This All There Is
- Prenda Del Alma
- All I Wanted To Do Was Dance
- Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)
- Hardest Time
- My Baby's Gone
- River Of Fools
- Mess We're In
- Tears Of God
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Free Music Review: A humble yet extraordinary collection that endures
Hit: 5 Stars
I always thought Los Lobos peaked relatively early with Kiko, but after a binge of relistening, I now believe the even earlier "By the Light of the Moon" is their true masterpiece. It's beautiful, it's funny, it rocks, it makes you cry. The guitar work on the cinematic numbers "One Time One Night" and "Tears of God" is exquisite. They give us tight-rocking blues in songs like "Shakin' Shakin' Shakes" and "Set Me Free Rosa Lee." This album exudes the confidence of a band with nothing to prove, no hipster rock critics to placate, a clear sense of its identity as a unique melder of Latino, rock, blues and folk sounds. The lyrics are miniature portraits that expand in the mind to represent America in microcosm. As Los Lobos progressed, they continued and continue to make great music, but I think "Kiko" made them self-conscious, made them strive for sounds and meanings that sometimes eluded them. But on "By the Light of the Moon," Los Lobos lets the music come to them. That's why it endures.
By the Light of the Moon Poster
Los Lobos's second full-length album was a transitional affair for East L.A.'s favorite musical sons. On their debut EP, ...And a Time to Dance, and especially on How Will the Wolf Survive?, Hidalgo, Rosas, and crew proved themselves to be Mexican American roots rockers nonpareil. While "Don't Worry Baby" demonstrated that Chicanos could play hard R&B as rough and tough as any down-South funk-soul outfit (Willie Dixon would be writing songs with Los Lobos by the time of their next album), By the Light of the Moon is a much mellower, soul-searching affair. The album was released in the era of Bruce Springsteen, the Blasters, the Del Lords, and other politically and socially aware "blue collar" rockers--which resulted in the Lobos dudes exploring similar lyrical themes. "One Time One Night," the opening track, remains one of the band's all-time classics--yet another exploration of the darker side of the American Dream, with some beautiful music (and musicianship) backing it up. And "River of Fools" remains one of the group's most beautiful ballads. Not that it's entirely a "slow dance" affair. Their Motown cover roots shine through on "Rosa Lee," while "All I Wanted to Do Is Dance" spotlights some pseudo-funk, Lobos style. Fans seem to have mixed reactions to this more than any other Lobos album, either considering it their finest or worst. La Bamba would be next, making them stars of a sort, but the lyrical experimentation on this album certainly set the stage for the musical experiments that ultimately resulted in their masterpiece, Kiko. --Bill HoldshipAlternative Rock Music CDs
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