Wolf Tracks – Best of Los Lobos

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Wolf Tracks: The Best of Los Lobos
Wolf Tracks - Los Lobos.jpg
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2006
Recorded1983-2002
Genre Chicano rock
Roots rock
Tex-Mex
Latin rock
Heartland rock
Americana
Length68:55
Label Rhino
Producer
Los Lobos chronology
Acoustic En Vivo
(2005)
Wolf Tracks: The Best of Los Lobos
(2006)
The Town and the City
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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PopMatters 9/10 [3]

Wolf Tracks: The Best of Los Lobos is the third compilation album by the American rock band Los Lobos, released in 2006 by Rhino Records. It contains twenty tracks originally released between 1983 and 2002, except for the previously unissued album outtake "Border Town Girl". [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1."Let's Say Goodnight" David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez ...And a Time to Dance EP, 19832:35
2."Anselma"Cesar Suedan, Guadalupe Trigo...And a Time to Dance EP3:10
3."Don't Worry Baby" Cesar Rosas, Perez, T-Bone Burnett How Will the Wolf Survive? , 19842:47
4."A Matter Of Time"Hidalgo, PérezHow Will the Wolf Survive?3:49
5."Corrido #1"RosasHow Will the Wolf Survive?2:40
6."Evangeline"Hidalgo, PérezHow Will the Wolf Survive?2:43
7."Will The Wolf Survive?"Hidalgo, PérezHow Will the Wolf Survive?3:43
8."One Time One Night"Hidalgo, Pérez By the Light of the Moon , 19874:48
9."Shakin' Shakin' Shakes"Rosas, BurnettBy the Light of the Moon4:12
10."Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)"RosasBy the Light of the Moon3:39
11."Come On, Let's Go" Ritchie Valens La Bamba (soundtrack) , 19872:11
12."La Bamba" Traditional, arr. ValensLa Bamba (soundtrack)2:55
13."Volver, Volver" (Live, 1987)Fernando Maldonado Just Another Band from East L.A. – A Collection , 19933:47
14."La Pistola y El Corazón"Hidalgo, Pérez La Pistola y El Corazón , 19883:30
15."Jenny's Got a Pony"Hidalgo, Pérez The Neighborhood , 19904:04
16."That Train Don't Stop Here"Rosas, Leroy Preston Kiko , 19923:52
17."Kiko and the Lavender Moon"Hidalgo, PérezKiko3:37
18."Oh Yeah"Rosas, Pérez This Time , 19993:48
19."Good Morning Aztlán"Hidalgo, Pérez Good Morning Aztlán , 20024:09
20."Border Town Girl"Rosasfrom The Neighborhood sessions; previously unissued2:56

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [4]

Los Lobos
Additional musicians
Production

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References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Wolf Tracks – Best of Los Lobos at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  2. Christgau, Robert (March 2006). "Wolf Tracks – Blender Review". Blender . Retrieved August 27, 2019.
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  4. Wolf Tracks: The Best of Los Lobos (CD liner notes). Los Lobos. Rhino Records. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)