Concrete Blonde y Los Illegals
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| Released | May 5, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | ARK 21 | |||
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Concrete Blonde y Los Illegals is a 1996 collaborative album by American musicians Johnette Napolitano and James Mankey of Concrete Blonde, who joined forces with Los Illegals. The album contains a blend of the gothic-influenced alternative rock of Concrete Blonde and the Chicano punk of Los Illegals. The lyrics are mostly in Spanish.[1]
Reception[edit]
Los Angeles Times reviewer Enrique Lopetegui rated the album 2-½ out of 4 stars, opining that "there are plenty of good moments here" but "very few strong songs"; he singled out the "Chicano rap" record "Ode to Rosa Lopez", about a witness in the O. J. Simpson murder case, for praise as the "riskiest" track on the album.[2] Jae-Ha Kim of the Chicago Sun-Times rated it 1-½ out of 4 stars, finding a lack of cohesion and a failure to showcase Napolitano's distinctive voice.[3] Thom Owens of AllMusic's rating was 2-½ out of 5 stars, finding the project to be "a stylistic departure that reads better than it plays" due to weak songwriting.[4]
Track listing[edit]
- "Caminando"
- "Viva La Vida"
- "La Llorona"
- "Echoes"
- "Despierta"
- "Another Hundred Years Of Solitude"
- "Maria Elena (Letter From L.A.)"
- "Ode To Rosa Lopez"
- "Xich Vs. The Migra Zombies"
- "Deportee"
References[edit]
- ^ "Concrete Blonde Y Los Illegals". citypages.com. Archived from the original on May 10, 2008.
- ^ Lopetegui, Enrique (May 3, 1997). "A Chicano Celebration". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Kim, Jae-Ha; Sachs, Lloyd (May 4, 1997). "Spin Control". Chicago Sun-Times. pp. Page.
- ^ "Concrete Blonde y Los Illegals". AllMusic. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
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