{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Gates of Gold | type = Studio Album | artist = Los Lobos | cover = Gates of Gold (Los Lobos album).jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|2015|9|25}} | recorded = | venue = | studio =Blue Velvet Studio, Santa Ana, California<br />Blue Cat Studios, San Antonio, Texas<br />Playground Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee<br />Milagro Studios, Walnut, California<br />Native Sound Recording, St. Louis, Missouri<br />Revolution Recording, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | genre = Chicano rock<br />Roots rock<br />Americana<br />Tex-Mex<br />Latin rock | length = 42:44 | label = 429 Records<br />Proper Records (Europe) | producer = Los Lobos | prev_title = Disconnected in New York City | prev_year = 2013 | next_title =Llegó Navidad | next_year =2019 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''The Absolute Sound'' | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="absolutesound">{{cite web |url=https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/los-lobos-gates-of-gold/ |title=Gates of Gold – The Absolute Sound Review |publisher=The Absolute Sound |date=December 1, 2015|accessdate=August 26, 2019 |last=Cahill |first=Greg}}</ref> | rev2 = AllMusic | rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/gates-of-gold-mw0002865691 |title= Gates of Gold – AllMusic Review |publisher=AllMusic |date=|accessdate=August 26, 2019 |last=Deming |first=Mark}}</ref> | rev3 = ''American Songwriter'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="americansongwriter">{{cite web |url=https://americansongwriter.com/2015/09/154896/ |title=Gates of Gold – American Songwriter Review |publisher=American Songwriter |date=September 24, 2015|accessdate=August 21, 2019 |last=Horowitz |first=Hal}}</ref> | rev4 = ''CL Tampa Bay'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="cltampa">{{cite web |url=https://www.cltampa.com/music/article/20763476/album-review-los-lobos-gates-of-gold |title=Gates of Gold – CL Tampa Bay Review |publisher=CL Tampa Bay |date=October 19, 2015|accessdate=August 26, 2019 |last=Snider |first=Eric}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Elmore Magazine'' | rev5Score = 91/100<ref name="elmore">{{cite web |url=https://www.elmoremagazine.com/2015/09/reviews/albums/los-lobos |title=Gates of Gold – Elmore Magazine Review |publisher=Elmore Magazine |date=September 25, 2015|accessdate=August 26, 2019 |last=Clarke |first=Tom}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Glide Magazine'' | rev6Score = 9/10<ref name="glide">{{cite web |url=https://glidemagazine.com/148836/los-lobos-gates-gold-album-review/ |title=Gates of Gold – Glide Magazine Review |publisher=Glide Magazine |date=September 24, 2015|accessdate=August 26, 2019 |last=Collette |first=Doug}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Record Collector'' | rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="recordcollector">{{cite web |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/gates-gold |title=Gates of Gold – Record Collector Review |publisher=Record Collector |date=November 6, 2015|accessdate=August 26, 2019 |last=Dalton |first=Nick}}</ref> }} '''''Gates of Gold''''' is the fifteenth studio album by the American rock band Los Lobos, released in September 2015. It was released worldwide through 429 Records and in Europe through Proper Records. It is the band's first full-length studio album since 2010's ''Tin Can Trust''.<ref name="sunchronicle">{{cite web |url=https://www.thesunchronicle.com/go/after-years-los-lobos-still-survives/article_6fceff29-a622-58d6-800e-bbcb660e98a7.html |title=After 40 years, Los Lobos still survives |publisher=Sun Chronicle |date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=November 18, 2016 |last=Gil De Rubio |first=Dave}}</ref><ref name="sanfranciscoexaminer">{{cite web |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/los-lobos-louis-perez-reminisces-about-punk-days/ |title=Los Lobos’ Louis Perez reminisces about punk days |publisher=San Francisco Examiner |date=October 1, 2015|accessdate=November 18, 2016 |last=Lanham |first=Tom}}</ref><ref name="npr">{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/09/16/439181153/first-listen-los-lobos-gates-of-gold |title=Review: Los Lobos, 'Gates Of Gold' |publisher=NPR |date=September 16, 2015|accessdate=November 18, 2016 |last=Contreras |first=Felix}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{track listing | all_writing = David Hidalgo and Louie Pérez, except where noted | title1 =Made to Break Your Heart | writer1 = | length1 = 4:44 | title2 = When We Were Free | writer2 = | length2 = 5:09 | title3 = Mis-Treater Boogie Blues | writer3 = Cesar Rosas | length3 = 3:09 | title4 = There I Go | writer4 = | length4 = 3:15 | title5 = Too Small Heart | writer5 = | length5 = 3:51 | title6 = Poquito Para Aqui | writer6 = Rosas | length6 = 3:54 | title7 = Gates of Gold | writer7 = | length7 = 3:50 | title8 = La Tumba Sera el Final | writer8 = Francisco Vidal | length8 = 2:38 | title9 = Song of the Sun | writer9 = | length9 = 3:40 | title10 = I Believed You So | writer10 = Rosas | length10 = 4:23 | title11 = Magdalena | writer11 = | length11 = 4:11 }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gates of Gold on Discogs|url=https://www.discogs.com/Los-Lobos-Gates-Of-Gold/release/7526016|publisher=Discogs.com|accessdate=26 August 2019}}</ref>
'''Los Lobos''' * David Hidalgo – vocals, guitar, drums, bass, keyboards * Cesar Rosas – vocals, guitar, bajo sexto * Louie Pérez – guitar, jarana * Conrad Lozano – bass * Steve Berlin – saxophones, keyboards
'''Additional musicians''' * David Hidalgo Jr. – drums * Syd Straw – backing vocals (1) * Marcos J. Reyes – percussion (1, 2, 4, 6, 8) * Mitchell Froom – keyboards (2, 7) * Oscar Utterstrom – trombone (2) * Sammy Avila – organ (3, 6, 10), piano (10) * Robert Crowell – alto saxophone (5) * Josh Baca – accordion (6) * Juan Perez – bass (6, 10)
'''Technical''' * Los Lobos – producer * Shane Smith – engineer, mixing (except 1) * Darren Frandsen – assistant engineer * Matt Jacobson – assistant engineer * Jesse Druehl – assistant engineer * Joe Trevino – additional engineer * Adam Landry – additional engineer * Cesar Rosas – additional engineer, photography * Dave Beeman – additional engineer * Stephen Koszler – additional engineer * Niko Bolas – mixing (1) * Dave McNair – mastering (except 3, 6, 8, 10) * Stephen Marsh – mastering (3, 6, 8, 10) * Mando Tavares – production coordination * Al Quattrocchi – art direction * Jeff Smith – art direction * Tornado Design – art direction * Louie Pérez – photography * John Gilhooley – photography * Noé Montes – photography
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! Chart (2015) ! Peak<br/>position |- {{album chart|Flanders|99|artist=Los Lobos|album=Gates of Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|57|artist=Los Lobos|album=Gates of Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}} |- {{album chart|UKIndependent|45|date=20151002|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|153|artist=Los Lobos|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}} |- {{album chart|BillboardAlbumSales|71|artist=Los Lobos|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRock|26|artist=Los Lobos|rowheader=true|access-date=July 10, 2024}} |}
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