By The Light Of The Moon (studio album) by Los Lobos

By The Light Of The Moon by Los Lobos
Year: 1987
Overall rank: 7,646th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 35 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (100th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,130th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,646th)
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Los Lobos bestography

By The Light Of The Moon is ranked 3rd best out of 21 albums by Los Lobos on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Los Lobos is Kiko which is ranked number 3589 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 406.

Los Lobos album bestography « Higher ranked (4,230th) This album (7,646th) Lower ranked (11,129th) »
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74/100 (from 35 votes)
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From 03/05/2022 06:21
AOY for me for 1987, a shoo in. Just good to great everywhere. Made the world a better place and me much better at my job.
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From 05/25/2013 15:42
This was the album that really consolidated Los Lobos' name as a modern rock band that was on level with contemporary trends, wrote great songs and who played their instruments sang their songs to pure delight.

The album is once again produced by T-Bone Burnett. This time the group decided, with one exception, to stick to the English lyrics, and the traditional Tex-Mex style is not very prevalent.

The songwriting is strong and inspired. The songwriting team David Hidalgo and Louie Perez delivers a string of beautiful songs like "One Time, One Night," "All I Wanted To Do var Dance," "The Hardest Time," "Tears of God" and not least the beautiful acoustic "River of Fools ". Several of these fine songs could really have been written or arranged by Tom Petty.

Cesar Rosas, who often delivers for the rawer and bluesy songs contributes the fine "Set Me Free", besides the very bluesy "My Baby's Gone" and the upbeat "Shakin 'Shakin' Shakes"

This one of the group's most complete and most successful albums, however, it would be surpassed by the band themselves a couple of times within the next few years.
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From 01/20/2013 11:21
Tex-Mex band with great rockabilly sound. (If you've heard "La Bamba", you will know what they're about)Highlights on this record include "One Time, One Night", "Shakin'" and "River of Fools".
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Best Albums of 1987
1. The Joshua Tree by U2
2. Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses
3. Sign 'O' The Times by Prince
4. Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths
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