| Concrete Blonde y Los Illegals | |
| Type: | album |
| Artist: | Concrete Blonde |
| Cover: | Concrete_Blonde_Y_Los_Illegals_-_Concrete_Blonde_Y_Los_Illegals_-_Front.jpg |
| Released: | May 5, 1997 |
| Genre: | Alternative rock |
| Label: | ARK 21 |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Group Therapy |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
Concrete Blonde y Los Illegals is a 1996 collaborative album by American musicians Johnette Napolitano and James Mankey of Concrete Blonde, who joined forces with Los Illegals. The album contains a blend of the gothic-influenced alternative rock of Concrete Blonde and the Chicano punk of Los Illegals. The lyrics are mostly in Spanish.[1]
Los Angeles Times reviewer Enrique Lopetegui rated the album 2-½ out of 4 stars, opining that "there are plenty of good moments here" but "very few strong songs"; he singled out the "Chicano rap" record "Ode to Rosa Lopez", about a witness in the O. J. Simpson murder case, for praise as the "riskiest" track on the album.[2] Jae-Ha Kim of the Chicago Sun-Times rated it 1-½ out of 4 stars, finding a lack of cohesion and a failure to showcase Napolitano's distinctive voice.[3] Thom Owens of AllMusic's rating was 2-½ out of 5 stars, finding the project to be "a stylistic departure that reads better than it plays" due to weak songwriting.[4]