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  • Record Label: 429 Records
  • Genre(s): Latin, Americana, Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Roots Rock, Heartland Rock, Mexican Traditions, Tex-Mex
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Made to Break Your Heart
What was it that I heard making sounds moving 'round in the night In the second dream I had you were gone disappeared out of sight I didn't know what... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Magnet
    Oct 14, 2015
    85
    A welcome addition to its expansive discography. [No. 125, p.59]
  2. Oct 14, 2015
    80
    Gates of Gold shows they can contemplate the infinite and chart new paths while still sounding like no one but themselves, and they can do all of this with the force and agility they commanded when half their age.
  3. Nov 6, 2015
    80
    Like all Los Lobos albums this owes little to anything else, the band single-mindedly going their own way--and getting away with an extraordinary collection.
  4. 60
    Existing fans will find enough to satisfy them, but newbies should choose from earlier Los Lobos works for a better understanding of what makes these guys so special.
  5. Uncut
    Oct 14, 2015
    60
    As ever, when Los Lobos content themselves with sounding like Los Lobos, they're marvellous.... The lighter touches make less impression. [Nov 2015, p.79]