The Town and the City (album)

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Metacritic	87/100
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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:

• David Hidalgo - vocals, guitar, accordion, fiddle, requinto jarocho
• Louie Pérez - vocals, guitar, drums, jarana
• Cesar Rosas - vocals, guitar, bajo xexto
• Conrad Lozano - vocals, bass, guitarron
• Steve Berlin - keyboards, horns

Additional musicians

• Cougar Estrada - drums and percussion

External links

• Metacritic page