By The Light Of The Moon
by Los Lobos
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Los Lobos bestography
By The Light Of The Moon is ranked 3rd best out of 22 albums by Los Lobos on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Los Lobos is Kiko which is ranked number 4167 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 349.
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By The Light Of The Moon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
By The Light Of The Moon rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rivera | 201-300 | 72/100 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 50 Music Albums of 1987 | 30/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 65/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 50 Music Albums of 1987 | 35/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 41/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 98/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (63), #0101-0200* | 12/60 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Rolling Stone 1987 Critics Best Album | 7/10 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of the '80's (101 - 200) | 27/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 40 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 151 | |||
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By The Light Of The Moon ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/10/2026 03:45 | Rivera | 2,050 | 82/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2025 11:15 | cicadelic | 13,882 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/14/2024 02:04 | matterhornrider | 5,154 | 81/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 72.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.8.
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neilgee 03/25/2026 18:43 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)By The Light Of The Moon comments
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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. (Edited)
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. (Edited)
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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