| The Velvet Touch of Los Straitjackets | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Los Straitjackets |
| Cover: | TheVelvetTouchof.jpg |
| Recorded: | September - December 1998 |
| Genre: | Instrumental rock, surf rock, garage rock, rock and roll |
| Label: | Yep Roc[1] Cavalcade |
| Producer: | Ben Vaughn[2] |
| Prev Title: | ¡Viva! Los Straitjackets |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Damas y Caballeros |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
The Velvet Touch of Los Straitjackets is the third studio album by American instrumental rock band Los Straitjackets, released in 1999 by Yep Roc.[3] It was recorded between September and December 1998, produced by Ben Vaughn, and engineered by Mark Linett.
Exclaim! wrote that "this third disc is a short one, but it's long on value, blending equal parts Hi-Test surf music and gentle, tasteful ballads."[4] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote that "the hooks are inventive, insistent and sometimes even funny."[5] The Detroit Metro Times called the band's cover of "My Heart Will Go On" "delightfully absurd."[6]