''Ride This – The Covers EP'' is an EP by

Los Lobos Los Lobos (, Spanish for "the Wolves") are an American rock band from East Los Angeles, California. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional music such as cumbia, ...

, released August 3, 2004 by

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. It is a companion piece to the album '' The Ride'', released three months earlier, which featured numerous guest musicians. On ''Ride This'', Los Lobos covers songs by seven of these artists, namely Tom Waits, Bobby Womack,

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, Rubén Blades, Richard Thompson, 1960s Chicano rock band

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, and the Blasters.

Reception

AllMusic rated the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, writing that "Los Lobos honor the spirit of the originals while putting their own spin on the material". Giving the same rating, '' Rolling Stone'' felt similarly, writing: "The band deftly rearranges the dynamics of each song ... the often exquisite results reveal new dimensions in every cut."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the EP liner notes.'' Ride This on Discogs''
Discogs.com. Retrieved August 26, 2019. ;Los Lobos * David Hidalgo * Louie Pérez *

Cesar Rosas Cesar J. Rosas (born September 26, 1954, in Hermosillo, Mexico) is a Mexican singer, songwriter and guitarist for Los Lobos. Rosas also participates in the Latin supergroup Los Super Seven. Perhaps the most recognizable member of Los Lobos, Ros ...

* Conrad Lozano * Steve Berlin ;Additional musicians * Cougar Estrada – drums, percussion * Victor Bisetti – percussion ;Production * Los Lobos – producer *

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– engineer (1, 2, 5, 6), mixing (1, 2, 5, 6) * Dave McNair – engineer (3, 4), mixing(3, 4), mastering * Michael Comstock – engineer (3, 4) * Cesar Rosas – engineer (4) * Dan Gale – engineer (7) * Louie Perez – art direction * Al Quattrocchi – art direction * Jeff Smith – art direction * Tornado Design – design, photography * Max Aguilera-Hellweg – photography

References

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