Los Lobos-Gates Of Gold-CD-FLAC-2015-THEVOiD

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 Info   
     Artist  | Los Lobos
     Title   | Gates Of Gold
     Genre   | Rock                                 Format  | Album
     Source  | CD                                   Time    | 42:47
     Label   | Proper Records                       Store   | 2015
     Catalog | PRPCD133                             Rip     | 2020
     Bitrate | 867 kbps                             Size    | 279.53 MB
     Freq    | 44.1 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     01. Made To Break Your Heart                                    4:44
     02. When We Were Free                                           5:09
     03. Mis-Treater Boogie Blues                                    3:09
     04. There I Go                                                  3:15
     05. Too Small Heart                                             3:51
     06. Poquito Para Aqu                                           3:54
     07. Gates Of Gold                                               3:50
     08. La Tumba Sera El Final                                      2:38
     09. Song Of The Sun                                             3:40
     10. I Believed You So                                           4:23
     11. Magdalena                                                   4:14
 Notes  
     Los Lobos were already seasoned veterans who had close to a decade of live
     work under their belts when the 1983 EP ...And a Time to Dance introduced
     them to an audience outside Los Angeles, and 32 years on, not only are Los
     Lobos still together, they're playing with the strength, fire, and
     imagination that have made them one of America's truly great rock & roll
     bands. Gates of Gold is Los Lobos' 17th studio album, and it arrives as a
     biography of the group, Los Lobos: Dream in Blue by Chris Morris, has been
     published, and while some groups might use this as an opportunity to look
     to the past or sum up their accomplishments, that's not how Los Lobos do
     business.
     One one hand, Gates of Gold does offer a healthy sampling of the many
     things that Los Lobos do well, from the straight-ahead rock of "Too Small
     Heart" and the raucous blues blast of "Mis-Treater Boogie Blues" to the
     fiery Latin swagger of "Poquito Para Aqui," the heartfelt folky simplicity
     of "La Tumba Sera el Final," and the inward-looking experimentalism of
     "There I Go" (the latter of which could pass for an outtake from Sly & the
     Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On). But on the other hand, even if Los
     Lobos follow a few recognizable tropes from their songbook, none of these
     songs or this material sounds rote, and the jazz-flavored space walk
     through "When We Were Free" confirms this band is a long way from running
     out of new ideas.
     The performances are taut and intuitive on Gates of Gold, especially the
     always outstanding guitar work from David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas (the
     latter is still a solid blues howler four decades on), and the production
     revels in new and unexpected sounds, though never simply for the sake of
     being eccentric. Los Lobos have lasted because they follow their instincts
     and trust their talents, neither of which seem capable of letting them
     down; Gates of Gold shows they can contemplate the infinite and chart new
     paths while still sounding like no one but themselves, and they can do all
     of this with the force and agility they commanded when half their age. They
     probably don't have another 32 years of great music left in them, but 21
     more may be a safe bet.

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