The Town and the City (album)

The Town and the City
Studio album by Los Lobos
Released	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) The Town and the City (2006) Los Lobos Goes Disney (2009)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	87/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
PopMatters	[4]
SoundStage	[5]

The Town and the City is a studio album released by the rock band Los Lobos in 2006, to generally positive critical reception.

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, Torres) - 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, 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

References

External links

• Metacritic page