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Papa's Dream
Papa's Dream is a children's album by Los Lobos with Lalo Guerrero, released in 1995 through Music for Little People/Warner Bros. It features, among others, the Children's Coro of Los Cenzontles Musical Arts Center of San Pablo, California.[3][4][5]
| Papa's Dream | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by Los Lobos with Lalo Guerrero | ||||
| Released | February 14, 1995 | |||
| Studio | CRG Studio, Rowland Heights, California Banquet Sound Studios, Sebastopol Komotion International, San Francisco, California | |||
| Genre | Children's music | |||
| Length | 51:07 | |||
| Label | Music For Little People | |||
| Producer | Los Lobos, Eugene Rodriguez, Leib Ostrow | |||
| Los Lobos with Lalo Guerrero chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[2] |
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "La Bamba" | Traditional / Eugene Rodriguez, Gilberto Gutierrez (additional lyrics) | 3:05 |
| 3. | "Wooly Bully" | Domingo Samudio | 3:18 |
| 5. | "Buzz, Buzz, Buzz" | John Gray, Bobby Day | 2:34 |
| 7. | "Route 90" | Clarence Garlow, Leon René / Lalo Guerrero (new lyrics) | 3:06 |
| 9. | "Corrido For Papa Lalo" | Traditional / Phillip Rodriguez (lyrics) | 2:53 |
| 11. | "La Bicicleta" | Traditional | 0:50 |
| 13. | "Cielito Lindo" | Traditional / E. Rodriguez, Gutierrez, Guerrero (new lyrics) | 2:45 |
| 16. | "La Mañanita Alegre" | Traditional / E. Rodriguez, Gutierrez (new lyrics) | 2:37 |
| 18. | "El Pato" | Traditional / E. Rodriguez (English lyrics) | 2:27 |
| 20. | "De Colores" | Traditional / Guerrero (additional lyrics) | 2:24 |
| 22. | "La Mañanitas Tapatias" | Traditional / Guerrero (English lyrics) | 2:44 |
| 24. | "La Piñata" | Traditional / E. Rodriguez (new lyrics) | 0:39 |
| 26. | "La, La, La" | Clarence Paul | 3:16 |
| 28. | "La Bamba" | Traditional / E. Rodriguez, Gutierrez (new lyrics) | 2:46 |
| 30. | "Wooly Bully Banda (Reprise)" | Samudio | 1:03 |
- Note
Even numbered tracks 2–14 and odd numbered tracks 15–31 are untitled and narration only.
Personnel edit
- Los Lobos with Lalo Guerrero
- David Hidalgo – guitar, vocals, accordion, violin, drums, hidalgarron, requinto jarocho, guitarrón jarocho
- Cesar Rosas – vocals, guitar, vihuela jarana
- Conrad Lozano – bass, guitarrón
- Louie Pérez – drums, jarana
- Steve Berlin – saxophone, keyboards
- Lalo Guerrero – narration, vocals, lead vocals (13, 20)
- Additional musicians
- Victor Bisetti – percussion
- Gilberto Gutierrez – jarana, mosquito, zapateado (1)
- Jimmy Durchslag – trombone (26)
- Mark Guerrero – backing vocals (28)
- Hugo Arroyo – vocals (18, 28)
- Anne Danzer – vocals (26)
- Victoria Fernandez-McRorie – narration
- Herman Obregon – narration, backing vocals (22)
- Carmen Navarro – narration
- Fauna Dillon-Ostrow – narration
- Iona Dillon-Ostrow – narration
- Johanna Perez – narration
- Kai Ostrow – narration
- Nancy Esteva – narration
- Walter Emilio Perez – narration
- Los Cenzontles Children's Coro – vocals
- Eugene Rodriguez – choir conductor, backing vocals (3, 28)
- Production
- Los Lobos – producer
- Eugene Rodriguez – producer
- Leib Ostrow – producer
- David Wells – engineer
- Cesar Rosas – engineer, mixing
- Phred Cirillo – engineer
- Michael Prince – mixing
- Warren Dennis – mixing, mastering
- Chip Dunbar – mastering
- Jim Fulton – narration assembly
- Tanya Mayo – narration coordinator
- Al Carlos Hernandez – story creation, writing
- Phillip Rodriguez – story creation, writing
- Sandy Bassett – art direction, design
- Rafael Lopez – illustration
References edit
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Papa's Dream – AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
- ^ Mirkin, Steven (February 17, 1995). "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
- ^ Maria Herrera-Sobek Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions 0313343403 2012 " Papa's Dream. Music for Little People/Warner Bros. Records, 1995"
- ^ Colin Larkin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2011- 0857125958 p.978 ", with Lalo Guerrero Papa's Dream (Warners 1995), "
- ^ Chris Morris Los Lobos: Dream in Blue 029274823X 2015 p.124 "The Chicano star—who of course had his own experience in the children's market with his Las Ardillitas records — became the narrator and centerpiece of Papa's Dream, which mated the music (curated by Eugene Rodriguez) with a script by Phillip Rodriguez and Al Carlos Hernandez. In keeping with its target audience, the narrative was thin but easy to follow: “Papa Lalo” (Guerrero) takes his “sons” (Los Lobos) and “grandkids” the Children's Coro of Los Cenzontles Musical Arts Center of San Pablo) on a “Chicano blimp”... "