Ride This – The Covers EP explained

Ride This: The Covers EP
Type:EP
Artist:Los Lobos
Cover:Ride This - Los Lobos.jpg
Released:August 3, 2004
Studio:CRG Studio, Rowland Heights, California
Jarvis Recording, New York City, New York
Indre Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Room 601, Embassy Suites, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre:Roots rock, Chicano rock, soul
Length:29:43
Label:Hollywood
Producer:Los Lobos
Prev Title:The Ride
Prev Year:2004
Next Title:Live at the Fillmore
Next Year:2005

Ride This – The Covers EP is an EP by Los Lobos, released August 3, 2004 by Hollywood Records. It is a companion piece to the album The Ride, released three months earlier, which featured numerous guest musicians.[1] On Ride This, Los Lobos covers songs by seven of these artists, namely Tom Waits, Bobby Womack, Elvis Costello, Rubén Blades, Richard Thompson, 1960s Chicano rock band Thee Midniters, and the Blasters.[2]

Reception

AllMusic rated the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, writing that "Los Lobos honor the spirit of the originals while putting their own spin on the material".[3] Giving the same rating, Rolling Stone felt similarly, writing: "The band deftly rearranges the dynamics of each song ... the often exquisite results reveal new dimensions in every cut."[2]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the EP liner notes.[4]

Los Lobos
Additional musicians
Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ride This: The Covers EP – No Depression Review . No Depression. 1 September 2004. 26 August 2019 .
  2. Web site: Ride This: The Covers EP – Rolling Stone Review . Rolling Stone. 22 September 2004. 26 August 2019 . Garbarini . Vic.
  3. Web site: Ride This – AllMusic Review . AllMusic. 26 August 2019 . Deming . Mark.
  4. https://www.discogs.com/Los-Lobos-Ride-This-The-Covers-EP/release/3941558 Ride This on Discogs