Los Lobos

Kiko is one of Los Lobos' most brilliant, wholly conceived LPs. Thanks to the shared duties of the band's songwriters and the lovely, lofty arrangements that wed traditional ethnic instruments with electric guitars, the record simply never flags. A set of particularly outstanding tunes comes square in the middle, with the sinister riff of "Kiko and the Lavender Moon" and the lilting, lyrical "Saint Behind the Glass."

For Los Lobos, breaking out of the bars and barrios was a cinch compared to escaping the
Mexican-folk tag that has cast this East Los Angeles quintet as more of a torchbearer than a
groundbreaker. But the band's soul-drenched 1990 album The Neighborhood blazed a
challenging trail that has led to Kiko, a quirky yet emotionally gripping album that sets tales
of hope and despair against rhythmic backdrops spiked with feedback, distortio... More >

Sounds great, but still--one song about angels, one about rain, one about a dream, one about a train ("Kiko and the Lavender Moon," "Saint Behind the Glass")