''Los Hombres Malo'' is the seventh studio album by American
rock
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band
Outlaws
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. It was released in 1982 on
Arista Records
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. It is the first album without songwriter/guitarist Billy Jones.
Music
The songs on ''Los Hombres Malo'' incorporate elements of
hard rock
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,
album-oriented rock
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,
pop
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and
country pop.
Track listing
#"Don't Stop" (Salem) – 5:03
#"Foxtail Lilly" (Thomasson) – 4:32
#"Rebel Girl" (Peterik, Smith) – 4:27
#"Goodbye" (Salem) – 4:29
#"Back from Eternity" (Thomasson) – 4:30
#"Won't Come Out of the Rain" (Cua, Cua, DeRollo, Lyons) – 4:03
#"Running" (Russo) – 4:25
#"Easy Does It" (Cua, DeRollo) – 3:32
#"All Roads" (Hagar, Peterik) – 4:31
Personnel
*
Rick Cua
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– bass, vocals, backing vocals
*David Dix – percussion, drums
*Gary Lyons – keyboards, vocals, backing vocals
*Freddie Salem – guitar, vocals, backing vocals
*
Hughie Thomasson
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–
banjo
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, guitar, vocals, backing vocals
;Guests
*Dave Lane –
fiddle
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, violin
*Carol Bristow – vocals, backing vocals
*Lu Moss – vocals, backing vocals
;Production
*Producer: Gary Lyons
*Engineers: Gary Lyons, Pete Thea
*Assistant engineer: Les Horn, Phil Bonanno
*Mastering: George Marino
*Art direction: Neal Pozner
*Design: Neal Pozner
*Cover illustration: Bob Peak
Charts
Album
References
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Outlaws (band) albums
1982 albums
Arista Records albums