How Will the Wolf Survive?

• Artist: Los Lobos
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1984
• Total Time: 33:11
• Genre: Rock

Review

Los Lobos spent years playing parties, wedding receptions, restaurants, bars, and anyplace else where someone might pay them for a gig before landing a deal with Slash Records, and their first full-length album for the label, How Will the Wolf Survive?, is the work of a band that had learned how to play something for everyone while still maintaining their own musical personality in the process. How Will the Wolf Survive? swings back and forth from straight-ahead rock ("Don't Worry Baby") and potent R&B grooves ("I Got Loaded") to country-accented blues ballads ("A Matter of Time") and Mexican traditional numbers ("Serenata Nortena"), with the band's exemplary taste, musical smarts, and road-tested maturity in evidence on every cut. While rarely flashy, even a casual listen offers all the proof you might need that Los Lobos were a band of world-class musicians, with David Hidalgo's guitar work especially impressive throughout. Just as importantly, How Will the Wolf Survive? was the first album where Los Lobos showed how much they had to say as songwriters, especially on "A Matter of Time" and the title cut, two songs that offered a moving and compassionate look at the lives of illegal aliens in America. On ...And a Time to Dance, Los Lobos showed the world that they were a great dance band, but How Will the Wolf Survive? showed they were a great dance band, and a lot more besides. ~ Mark Deming, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Don't Worry Baby (Lyrics)	T Bone Burnett, Cesar Rosas, Louie Pérez	Los Lobos	(2:43)
A Matter of Time	David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez	Los Lobos	(3:55)
Corrido #1	Cesar Rosas	Los Lobos	(2:42)
Our Last Night	David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez	Los Lobos	(3:08)
The Breakdown	T Bone Burnett, David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez	Los Lobos	(4:12)
I Got Loaded		Los Lobos	(3:20)
Serenata Nortena		Los Lobos	(2:53)
Evangeline (Lyrics)	David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez	Los Lobos	(2:43)
I Got to Let You Know	Cesar Rosas	Los Lobos	(2:35)
Lil' King of Everything	David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez	Los Lobos	(1:19)
Will the Wolf Survive?	David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez	Los Lobos	(3:41)

Credits

Alex Acuña (Percussion), Steve Berlin (Harmonica), Steve Berlin (Percussion), Steve Berlin (Saxophone), Steve Berlin (Sax (Baritone)), Steve Berlin (Sax (Soprano)), Steve Berlin (Sax (Tenor)), Steve Berlin (Producer), T Bone Burnett (Organ), T Bone Burnett (Guitar), T Bone Burnett (Producer), David Hidalgo (Bass), David Hidalgo (Guitar), David Hidalgo (Percussion), David Hidalgo (Accordion), David Hidalgo (Guitar (Steel)), David Hidalgo (Vocals), David Hidalgo (Lap Steel Guitar), Los Lobos (Main Performer), Conrad Lozano (Bass), Conrad Lozano (Guitar), Conrad Lozano (Vocals), Conrad Lozano (Guitarron), Oscar Roasa (Banjo), Oscar Roasa (Guitar), Oscar Roasa (Mandolin), Oscar Roasa (Vocals), Cesar Rosas (Guitar), Cesar Rosas (Mandolin), Cesar Rosas (Vocals), Cesar Rosas (Bajo Sexto), Louie Pérez (Guitar), Louie Pérez (Drums), Louie Pérez (Quinto)

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