The Ride (Los Lobos album)
# The Ride (Los Lobos album)

Professional ratings :

| Aggregate scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Rolling Stone | |

The Ride is a studio album by Los Lobos. It was released on May 4, 2004, by Hollywood / Mammoth Records. It features numerous guest musicians, including Bobby Womack, Tom Waits, Rubén Blades, Dave Alvin, Richard Thompson, Elvis Costello, Mavis Staples, and Garth Hudson. The album contains new material and also new versions of earlier Los Lobos songs.

## Personnel

The specific contributions of the members of Los Lobos are not mentionedon the album, but this is the usual:

* David Hidalgo – vocals, guitar, accordion, fiddle, requinto jarocho
* Louie Pérez – vocals, guitar, drums, jarana
* Cesar Rosas – vocals, guitar, bajo sexto
* Conrad Lozano – vocals, bass, guitarron
* Steve Berlin – keyboards, woodwinds

### Additional musicians

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

* Cougar Estrada – drums, percussion on all tracks
* Victor Bisetti – additional percussion
* Little Willy G. – vocals (3)
* Dave Alvin – vocals (5)
* Bobby Womack – vocals (6)
* Tom Waits – vocals (7)
* Martha Gonzalez – vocals (7)
* Rubén Blades – vocals (9)
* Richard Thompson – vocals (10)
* Elvis Costello – vocals (11)
* Mavis Staples – vocals (12)
* Elfego Buendia – vocals (1)
* Alejandro Flores – quinta guapanguera, requinto (1)
* Emmanuel de Real – jarana, keyboards (1)
* Joselo Rangel – guitar (1)
* Garth Hudson – keyboards (1, 11, 13)
* Mitchell Froom - keyboards (2)
* Greg Leisz - pedal steel guitar (2, 5, 11)
* Rev. Charles Williams - piano (6), organ (6), clavinet (12)
* Francisco Torres - trombone (7)
* Alberto Salas - piano (9)
* Lonnie Jordan - organ (12)

### Production

* Los Lobos – producer
* Robert Carranza – engineer, mixing
* Seth McLain – engineer
* Jeff Hooper – engineer
* Tom Waits – engineer
* Joe Ross – engineer
* Mat Lejeune – engineer
* Emmanuel de Real – engineer
* Luis Román – engineer
* Chris Holmes – mixing assistant
* Robert Hadley – mastering
* Louie Perez – art direction
* Al Quattrocchi – art direction
* Jeff Smith – art direction
* Tornado Design – design, photography
* Max Aguilera-Hellweg – photography

### Billboard charts

| Chart | Peak |
| - | - |
| The Billboard 200 | 75 |
