This article is about the Los Lobos album. For the Olmec monuments, see Olmec colossal heads.
1996 studio album by Los Lobos
Colossal Head
Studio album by
Los Lobos
Released
March 19, 1996
Studio
Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Funk rock,[1] roots rock,[2] avant-pop,[2] Latino rock, blues rock
Length
42:55
Label
WB Records
Producer
Mitchell Froom, Tchad Blake, Los Lobos
Los Lobos chronology
Papa's Dream (1995)
Colossal Head (1996)
This Time (1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
[3]
Chicago Tribune
[4]
Entertainment Weekly
B−[5]
The Guardian
[6]
Los Angeles Times
[7]
Rolling Stone
[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
[9]
Spin
8/10[10]
The Village Voice
A[11]
Colossal Head is the eighth studio album by the rock band Los Lobos. It was released in 1996 on Warner Bros. Records.
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^Kot, Greg (March 21, 1996). "Los Lobos Takes Risks On 'Colossal'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
^Eddy, Chuck (March 22, 1996). "Colossal Head". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 25, 2017. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
^Sweeting, Adam (March 29, 1996). "Los Lobos: Colossal Head (Warner Bros.)". The Guardian.
^Cromelin, Richard (March 17, 1996). "Los Lobos, 'Colossal Head', Warner Bros". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
^Himes, Geoffrey (April 18, 1996). "Colossal Head". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 25, 2017.
^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.
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