''Los Lobos Goes Disney'' is a covers album by the

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rock group

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, on which the band interprets songs from the Disney catalogue, most of which were featured in their animated films. It was released on 27 October 2009 through

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.''Los Lobos Goes Disney press release''
loslobos.org. Retrieved on 16 August 2019. The album blends different musical styles across thirteen songs, such as rock and roll,

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, Americana, country folk, Mexican norteño and

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music, Cajun, zydeco, ska, and

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jazz. Los Lobos saxophone player Steve Berlin said, "The kids record doesn't sound like a kids record. It just sounds like Los Lobos playing funky old songs."

Reception

AllMusic reviewer William Ruhlmann gave the album a rating of three-and-a-half stars out of five, and wrote, "''Los Lobos Goes Disney'' could have been called ''Disney goes Los Lobos'' instead, since the group applies its familiar mixture of musical styles to Disney songs." He added that the band's interpretations "are hardly definitive, but they are enjoyable". Doug Collette, writing for ''Glide Magazine'', gave it five out of ten, saying that right from the start of album opener "Heigh Ho", "it’s apparent Los Lobos inhabit the music as much as it inhabits them. An onslaught of percussion gives way to chanting in Spanish, an arrangement that might just as easily adorn one of the band’s originals." Collette also felt that the band were "as tasteful as usual throughout". John Metzger of ''The Music Box'' magazine gave the album three stars out of five, and said that the original songs aren’t necessarily well suited to Los Lobos’ style, "so the success of ''Los Lobos Goes Disney'' largely is dependent upon the band’s ability to find a unique perspective for delivering this material ... the results are merely adequate, even if they are passively enjoyable." ''The Fowler Tribunes Patrick Varine called it "a really, really entertaining cover album", and said that it "plays just as well for kids as it will for adults".

Track listing

Personnel

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– vocals, guitar, bajo sexto * Louie Pérez – vocals, guitar,

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* Conrad Lozano – vocals, bass, guitarron * Steve Berlin – saxophone, flute, percussion, keyboards ;Additional musicians * Cougar Estrada – drums, percussion, keyboards * Vicki Rosas – vocals on "Grim Grinning Ghosts" ;Production * Los Lobos – producer * Mark Johnson – engineer, mixing * Greg Morgenstein – engineer, mixing * Dave McNair – mastering * Mando Tavares – production assistance * Louie Pérez – art direction * Steve Gerdes – art direction * Anabel Sinn – album design * Louie Pérez III – drawing

References

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