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42 Rolling Stone, January 17, 1985 - : s » . v^ : y ■ upsTdnosijl v \ , -rv> r. ■ « | - ' m a lY', v« V! |J H H tv ■ r* . • m. H 4 " « •\ •1-4 HP jIV» wtif . ■ ■g ,- •• 5*<»!»«? v / K-p - fct-A , > fm How Will the Wolf Survive? ll ★ ★★★V2 T How Will the Wolf Survive? *■. fA< , LosLobos l LOSLOBOS II H I|| MIXING THE SOUL OF RURAL MEXICAN < Htaaana 1 hal, rvarraMmu' music with good-rocking American ril'--:-roots, How Will the Wolf Sunrve? is one - . of the best records of 1984. Though Los Lobos’ EP of little . or little • ■- more than a year ago hinted at their energy and style, this new collection of ■ I vb-^r-i songs by the East L.A.-based quintet shows their versatility: from the gentle R&B of "A Matter of Time” to the polkalike romp of a couple of Mexican »VfVisrv.--s-^..v 4 ■ rancbero tunes to the honky-tonk spirits of "Our Last Night” and "I Got Loaded.” The choicest cut, though, is "Will the Wolf Survive?” an allegory that’s given a lovely C&W lope. - ■'• ■; L. "Through the chill of winter/Running eft across a frozen lake/Hunters hot on his at "Will the Wolf Survive?” - an allegory that’s given a lovely C&W lope. "Through the chill of winter/Running across a frozen lake/Hunters hot on his tail/All odds are against him/With a family to provide for/The one thing he , must keep alive/Will the wolf survive?” Hidalgo sings in one verse. There isn’t a dud among these ■HWj'.aa.Minai.itt.Mar/iPiwn songs. It’s the kind of record that dances you around till you’re worn out < Produced by T-Bone Burnett and the band’s sax man, Steve Berlin, the album has a big, clean sound, replete with mandolin figures, drifting lap-steel leads V.i*- '■ :V; ■ ■ tr— ' iimi iiiiMi . _ ini it mil liii iiiMm and accordion parts. he' guys in Los Lobos must’ve grown up in homes •a ■ -.' f.:*T where Dad threw the Vicente th Dad the f:'; ■-? Vicente . ere rew • -* Fernandez ; records on after Elvis - the ju -the on vis little touches of sweedy soulful Mexican r . e touches of sweedy soulful Mexican country music make their rock &: roll & country music make their rock & roll >■ unique. - Debby Miller ***££ unique. . ■MH •y- ---■ ■■ 'This is a good album to to album 'V-'s. a q< dance to, wake up to, get m v • dance to, to, get drunk to, eat dinner to, wash dishes dto and drive around m irtS m drive around | listening to. It is not a good It is. not a good ' V to. album to study to or try to i album to study to or try to ... sleep through ... a record i ■ : sleep th ... a that's hot, sweet and cool, like jalapeno j ice [cream am The Los Angeles Times PoU Best New Artist: Rolling Stone Critics The Los Angeles Times y-C’tf . • . . this critically acclaimed oiling Stone Critics’ Poll Band Of The Year: acclaimed net Chicano dance band from East Artist Of The Year: 3rd Place, Rolling Stone Critics Los Angeles sounds like the Top 3 Albums Of 1984: New York Times and Los Angeles Times complete history American ISSUES? '‘r.ur rock & roll smothered in smothered inereaßin Mexican hot sauce. Their blues pack the gale force of a Latin vS hot Mexican ack the force r-i WM.CIOTIOII Zeppelin; their rockabilly roars like a panzer vision of ' loweppelin ■Vi.' roars : like panzerjdiyision low•>.r riding 57 Chevys." riding Rolling Stone i Magazine Los lobos? / •r* ir * ... --.A £-i Best New Artist: Rolling Stone Critics’ Poll Band Of The Year: Rolling Stone Critics’ Poll Artist Of The Year: 3rd Place, Rolling Stone Critics’ Poll Top 3 Albums Of 1984: New York Times and Los Angeles Times on mea records & tapes itea&S—v