By the Hand of the Father (album)

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By the Hand of the Father
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Studio album by
Released2002
Genre Tex-Mex, chicano rock
Label Texas Music Group [1]
Producer Steven Soles
Alejandro Escovedo chronology
A Man Under the Influence
(2001)
By the Hand of the Father
(2002)
The Boxing Mirror
(2006)
Professional ratings
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By the Hand of the Father is a collection of songs from the play By the Hand of the Father , by Alejandro Escovedo, released in 2002. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Alejandro Escovedo; except where indicated

  1. "By the Hand of the Father Theme" – 2:57
  2. "Wave" – 5:27
  3. "Did You Tell Me?" (Gabriel Tenorio, Guillermo Rios, Quetzal Flores) – 3:36
  4. "Dos Hermanos/Two Brothers" – 2:35
  5. "Ballad of the Sun and the Moon" – 5:37
  6. "Mexico Americano" (Rumel Fuentes) – 2:52
  7. "Seven Years" – :46
  8. "Rosalie" – 5:36
  9. "Hard Road" (Javier Escovedo) – 4:23
  10. "59 Years" (Brian Standefer) – 2:05
  11. "Inside This Dance" (Alejandro Escovedo, J. Steven Soles) – 4:51
  12. "Cancion Mixteca" (Jose Lopez Alvaez) – 5:05
  13. "With These Hands" - 4:43
  14. "Silence" - 6:40
  15. "And Yet/Theme" - 4:38

Personnel

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References

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