The Town and the City is the twelfth studio album released by rock band Los Lobos in 2006, to generally positive critical reception. The title of the album was 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
Personnel
- David Hidalgo â vocals, guitar, accordion, fiddle, requinto jarocho
- Louie Pérez â vocals, guitar, drums, jarana
- Cesar Rosas â vocals, guitar, bajo xexto
- Conrad Lozano â vocals, bass, guitarron
- Steve Berlin â keyboards, horns
Additional musicians
- Cougar Estrada â drums, percussion
Production
- Los Lobos â producer
- Robert Carranza â engineer, mixing (3, 4, 11, 12)
- Mark Johnson â engineer
- Richard Barron â engineer
- David Hidalgo â engineer
- Jed Burtoft â assistant engineer
- Tchad Blake â mixing (except 3, 4, 11, 12)
- Stephen Marsh â mastering
- Stephanie Villa â mastering assistant
- Louie Perez â art direction
- Al Quattrocchi â art direction
- Jeff Smith â art direction
- David Snow â creative direction
- Tornado Design â design
- Jaime Hernandez â illustration
- James Minchin III â photography
Charts
References
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