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The Krayolas
La Conquistadora
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Alex
2. La Conquistadora
3. We've Got A Secret
4. Yakety Song
5. Deciever
6. Little Fox
7. Catherine
8. Rescue Roses
9. Statue of Love
10. Your Doorway Darling
11. What You Gonna Do For Love?
12. Nolan Street Bridge
13. I've Wished You Well

CD Details

All Artists: The Krayolas
Title: La Conquistadora
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Box Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 7/15/2008
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock
Style: Indie & Lo-Fi
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 805829000930

Synopsis

Product Description

La Conquistadora is the acclaimed new album by Chicano powerpop garage rockers The Krayolas featuring Tex-Mex legend Augie Meyers and the West Side Horns. With its bilingual party hit Little Fox and liner notes from award-winning author John Phillip Santos and cover art painting by David Zamora Casas, La Conquistadora encapsulates the glory of the San Antonio sound. Critics are invoking Bob Dylan, the Beatles and the Kinks. Rock journalist Dave Marsh calls La Conquistadora one of the best albums of the year.

CD Reviews

Best album of 2008

R. E. Nunley | Texas | 03/08/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I saw The Krayolas regularly during their '80s heyday. Imagine my surprise to discover, purely by chance at the 2008 State Fair in Dallas, that they'd become active again, and had a new album. I heard them play most of it live, and bought a copy from the band on the spot. Despite the sometimes serious nature of their lyrics, The Krayolas' best feature is that they haven't forgotten that music is supposed to be fun. Combine that with good musicianship, and you've got a winner.

"La Conquistadora" is the best album I've heard in several years by anybody. The Krayolas were always a '60s band at heart, and their arrangements show it. But this album has a substantial Tex-Mex influence --- makes sense, they're from San Antonio --- which enriches the overall feel. The band can rock out ("Nolan Street Bridge"), smolder ("Deceiver"), flirt ("Little Fox"), but also get serious ("Alex", a gut-wrenching tribute to Hector and David Saldana's cousin who was killed in Iraq). And the title song is a gem, the song of the year. Rich lyrics and even richer Mex-rock. It's as if Dylan had hired the Sir Douglas Quintet to back him on "Highway 61 Revisited".

Modern day rock doesn't get any better than this. Actually, it doesn't get as good as this. You'd swear this record came from 1968, and that's a very good thing."