Kiko (album)

Kiko
Studio album by
Los Lobos
ReleasedMay 26, 1992
RecordedSound Factory West Studio
Genre
Length52:29
LabelSlash, Warner Bros.
ProducerMitchell Froom, Los Lobos
Los Lobos chronology
The Neighborhood
(1990) 		Kiko
(1992) 		Just Another Band From East L.A. - A Collection
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Calgary HeraldA−[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Orlando Sentinel[7]
Q[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[11]
Uncut10/10[12]

Kiko is the sixth album by the Mexican American rock group Los Lobos. With the exception of La Bamba's 2 million units sold, Kiko sold more units (vinyl, CDs, cassettes) than any other album in their 46 year career of original songs. Roughly 450,000 units were sold worldwide.

A year after the album's release, Los Lobos performed a version of the song "Kiko and the Lavender Moon," as "Elmo and the Lavender Moon," on the PBS series Sesame Street.

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  2. ^ Deming, Mark. "Kiko – Los Lobos". AllMusic. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  3. ^ Dunlop, Neil (June 7, 1992). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  5. ^ Browne, David (June 12, 1992). "Kiko". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  6. ^ Boehm, Mike (May 24, 1992). "Los Lobos' Long, Troubled Dream". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  7. ^ Gettelman, Parry (June 5, 1992). "Los Lobos". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
  8. ^ "Los Lobos: Kiko". Q (69): 96. June 1992.
  9. ^ Okamoto, David (June 25, 1992). "Kiko". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  10. ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "Los Lobos". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 495–96. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  11. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  12. ^ "Los Lobos: Kiko". Uncut (184). September 2012.