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Title: Different approach, still great
Review: Kiko is my favorite Los Lobos album. It should be in the top 50 albums of all time. This album is excellent. It doesn't have the super creative, sophisticated percussion of earlier Los Lobos efforts, but after listening, who cares. You can sway, rock, groove and move to the terrific songs. Some are bluesy, some bop, it's only on the reggae Latin beat tune that it does not really work. In some ways this is superior to earlier Los Lobos selections because the songs rest more on quality of the writing rather than the muscianship of a great band. Hidalgo and Company still manage to make the music vital and edgy. For those of us who grew up on rock n' roll in the 70's and 80's, Los Lobos shows what is possible if music is to develop and progress into a higher life form.
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