The Town and the City (album)

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 is taken from the debut novel by Jack Kerouac. The album explores themes of longing, disillusionment, and loneliness in the Mexican-American immigration experience.

The Town and the City
Studio album by Los Lobos
Released	September 12, 2006
Studio	CRG Studio, Rowland Heights, California Sonora Recorders, Los Angeles, California Big Stink Studio, Hercules, California
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]

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Hidalgo and Louie Pérez, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Valley"		4:33
2.	"Hold On"		4:30
3.	"The Road to Gila Bend"		4:41
4.	"Chuco's Cumbia"	Cesar Rosas	3:32
5.	"If You Were Only Here Tonight"		2:55
6.	"Luna"	Hidalgo, Pérez, Luis R. Tórres	3:26
7.	"Two Dogs and a Bone"		2:27
8.	"Little Things"		4:49
9.	"The City"		4:20
10.	"Don't Ask Why"		5:25
11.	"No Puedo Más"	Rosas	4:59
12.	"Free Up"	Hidalgo, Pérez, Eddie Gorodetsky	3:47
13.	"The Town"		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, percussion

Production

• Los Lobos – producer
• Robert Carranza – engineer, mixing (3, 4, 11, 12)
• Mark Johnson – engineer
• Richard Barron – engineer
• David Hidalgo – engineer
• Jed Burtoft – assistant engineer
• Tchad Blake – mixing (except 3, 4, 11, 12)
• Stephen Marsh – mastering
• Stephanie Villa – mastering assistant
• Louie Perez – art direction
• Al Quattrocchi – art direction
• Jeff Smith – art direction
• David Snow – creative direction
• Tornado Design – design
• Jaime Hernandez – illustration
• James Minchin III – photography

References

1. "The Town And The City by Los Lobos". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
2. Deming, Mark. The Town and the City at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
3. "The Town and The City". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
4. "Los Lobos: The Town and the City". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
5. "SoundStage! Los Lobos - The Town and the City". Retrieved 5 October 2016.

External links

• Metacritic page