This Time (Los Lobos album)
This Time is a studio album by Los Lobos, released in 1999 on Hollywood Records.
Critical reception
Entertainment Weekly wrote that "the important thing is that Los Lobos do fusion like nobody else, twisting a tangle of influences into tightly wound explorations of sound and rhythm that are genuinely electric, not just eclectic."Personnel
On the liner notes, the specific contributions of the members of Los Lobos are not mentioned, but are assumed to be the "usual," as noted below. Other personnel are credited as described below.;Los Lobos
- David Hidalgo – vocals, guitar, accordion, fiddle, requinto jarocho
- Louie Pérez – vocals, guitar, jarana
- Cesar Rosas – vocals, guitar, bajo sexto
- Conrad Lozano – vocals, bass, guitarron
- Steve Berlin – keyboards, horns
- Pete Thomas – drums on all tracks except "Corazõn," "Cumbia Raza," and "This Time"
- Alex Acuña – drums and percussion on "Corazõn" and "Cumbia Raza"
- Aaron Ballesteros – drums on "This Time"
- Victor Bisetti – percussion
- Mitchell Froom – additional keyboards
- Mitchell Froom – producer
- Tchad Blake – producer, engineer, mixing
- Los Lobos – producer
- John Paterno – engineer
- Husky S. Hoskulds – engineer
- Howard Willing – assistant engineer
- Josh Turner – assistant engineer
- Joe Zook – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- John Heiden – art direction
- Jeri Heiden – art direction
- Louie Pérez – art direction, Polaroid photography, art
- Clay Patrick McBride – band photography, collages