Cruzados (album)

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Cruzados
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Studio album by
Released 1985
Recorded1985
Los Angeles
Genre Chicano rock, blues rock
Length41:01
Label Arista
Producer Rodney Mills
Cruzados chronology
Cruzados
(1985)
After Dark
(1987)

Cruzados is the 1985 debut album of Los Angeles rock band the Cruzados. It featured the band's "classic line-up" of Tito Larriva, Steven Hufsteter, Tony Marsico, and Chalo Quintana. It also featured the band's best known songs, such as "Motorcycle Girl" "Flor De Mal" and "Just Like Roses".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Wasted Years" (Steven Hufsteter)
  2. "Rising Sun" (Tito Larriva, Hufsteter, Tony Marsico, Chalo Quintana)
  3. "Hanging Out in California" (Hufsteter)
  4. "Motorcycle Girl (Larriva, Marsico)
  5. "Flor De Mal" (Larriva, Hufsteter)
  6. "Cryin' Eyes" (Larriva, Marsico)
  7. "Seven Summers" (Larriva)
  8. "Some Day" (Larriva)
  9. "1,000 Miles" (Larriva, Marsico)
  10. "Just Like Roses" (Hufsteter)

Personnel

Additional personnel

Production

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