An album produced as a joint effort between Johnette Napolitano and James Mankey, previously founding members of alternative rock band Concrete Blonde, and L.A.

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band Los Illegals. It contains a blend of

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and Latin music.

Reception

'' 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. 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. 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.Concrete Blonde y Los Illegals
AllMusic (accessed 2015-03-03).

Track listing

#"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

Concrete Blonde albums Los Illegals albums 1997 albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub