How Will The Wolf Survive?
by Los Lobos
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Los Lobos bestography
How Will The Wolf Survive? is ranked 2nd best out of 22 albums by Los Lobos on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Los Lobos is Kiko which is ranked number 4179 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 348.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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How Will The Wolf Survive? track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
How Will The Wolf Survive? rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 95 Music Albums of 1984 | 16/95 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1984 | 88/100 | - |
| 2026 | Finky | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Rolling Stone 1984 Critics Best Album | 4/5 | - |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1984 | 54/71 | - |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 70 Music Albums of 1984 | 67/70 | 0 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 98 Music Albums of 1984 | 29/98 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 75/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 53 Music Albums of 1984 | 34/53 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 84 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 331 | |||
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How Will The Wolf Survive? ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/02/2026 15:28 |  Glitterboiii | 4,952 | 88/100 |
| ! | 04/10/2026 14:12 | Leginlists | 3,840 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2025 10:06 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,817 | 82/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.2/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.
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Jboy56 06/12/2024 09:29 | #303942
Middle of the road Lobos,quite nicely done (Edited)
Not truly a debut-- there was an EP, "And A Time to Dance," which was quite good.
But this was the transition from scrabbling band to going operation, and it was both something we hadn't heard before, and really really good. They played here on a rainy winter night; the roof leaked, and every time the door opened to let folks in, great banks of fog rolled in to compete with the great masses of cigarette smoke; Cesar Rosas made quite the sight prowling the front of the stage, disappearing into smoke or fog, then reappearing as some drift of breeze carried some of it away. Fellini'd have loved it. When the music's really right, the roof leaking in your beer is just a sort of seasoning...
planetneutral 02/07/2021 12:55 | #265955
These guys sound great, and while some of this album is fairly disposable, they display some remarkable sophistication and songwriting chops.
Sandrof1969 02/17/2018 16:10 | #208569
Incrocio tra il rock'n'roll delle origini, i balli tradizionali ( valzer, polka… ) e le influenze messicane
I saw this tour and I have to day this is one great "live" band. Good production and strong material make this a fine record.
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