By the Light of the Moon (album) explained

By the Light of the Moon
Type:	Album
Artist:	Los Lobos
Cover:	BytheLightoftheMoonalbumcover.png
Released:	January 19, 1987
Studio:	Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California
Genre:	Rock and roll
Label:	Slash, Warner Bros.
Producer:	T-Bone Burnett, Los Lobos
Prev Title:	How Will the Wolf Survive?
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	La Pistola y El Corazón
Next Year:	1988

By the Light of the Moon is the third album by the Mexican American rock group Los Lobos, released in 1987.^[1]

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."^[2]

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.^[3]

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)	Peak position
scope=row	Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[4]	62
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)^[5]	18

Notes and References

1. News: Lacey . Liam . By the Light of the Moon Los Lobos . The Globe and Mail . 29 Jan 1987 . D3.
2. News: Brogan . Daniel . Los Lobos, By the Light of the Moon . Chicago Tribune . 9 Jan 1987 . Friday . 47.
3. By the Light of the Moon . . 1987 . booklet . Slash Records.
4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 181.
5. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5. fi.