By the Light of the Moon is the third album by the Mexican American rock group Los Lobos, released in 1987.
Critical reception
The Chicago Tribune wrote that "not since Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska has a rock-and-roll album taken such a brutally frank look at the betrayals of the American Dream."
Track listing
Credits Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
Personnel Los Lobos David Hidalgo – lead vocals, guitars, accordion, six-string bass, lap steel, violin, hidalguera, percussion Cesar Rosas – lead vocals, guitars, bajo sexto, mandolin, vihuela Conrad Lozano – Fender electric bass, acoustic bass, guitarrón, vocals Louie Pérez – drums, guitars, tenor longneck plectrum, hidalguera Steve Berlin – tenor and baritone saxophones, harmonica
Session members Alex Acuña – percussion T-Bone Burnett – vocals Mickey Curry – drums Anton Fier – drums Mitchell Froom – keyboards Ron Tutt – drums
Production T-Bone Burnett, Los Lobos – production Bernie Grundman – mastering Larry Hirsch – recording, mixing David Glover, Mike Kloster, Stephen Shelton, Jimmy Preziosi, Doug Schwartz, Tony Chiappa, Magic Moreno – assistant recording Mark Linett – remixing ("Is This All There Is?")
Artwork and design Jeff Price, Jeri McManus – art direction Lendon Flanagan – photography
Charts Chart (1987) Peakposition Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)62 Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) 18
"One Time, One Night" Chart (1987) Peakposition
"Shakin' Shakin' Shakes" Chart (1987) Peakposition
"Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)" Chart (1987) Peakposition
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