Tin Can Trust

Tin Can Trust is a 2010 album by the band Los Lobos, and is the band's first collection of new original material since 2006.^[6] It features rock 'n' roll, blues, two Spanish language tracks, and a Grateful Dead cover song. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Americana Album.

Tin Can Trust
Studio album by Los Lobos
Released	August 3, 2010
Studio	Manny's Estudio, East Los Angeles, California Eagle Audio Recording, Fort Worth, Texas Mission Bells, San Francisco, California John Macy Sound, Denver, Colorado Hinge Sound, Chicago, Illinois Red Star Recording, Los Angeles, California Milagro Studios, Walnut, California
Genre	Chicano rock Blues rock Americana Tex-Mex
Length	47:23
Label	Shout! Factory
Producer	Los Lobos
Los Lobos chronology
Los Lobos Goes Disney (2009) Tin Can Trust (2010) Disconnected in New York City (2013)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Los Angeles Times	[3]
Popmatters	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Burn It Down"		5:11
2.	"On Main Street"		3:16
3.	"Yo Canto"	Cesar Rosas	2:59
4.	"Tin Can Trust"		4:34
5.	"Jupiter Or The Moon"		4:22
6.	"Do the Murray"	Hidalgo	3:35
7.	"All My Bridges Burning"	Rosas, Robert Hunter	4:51
8.	"West L.A. Fadeaway" (Grateful Dead cover)	Jerry Garcia, Hunter	7:03
9.	"The Lady And The Rose"		4:10
10.	"Mujer Ingrata"	Rosas	2:45
11.	"27 Spanishes"		4:37

All tracks are written by David Hidalgo and Louie Perez, except where noted

Personnel

Instrumentation for Los Lobos is unspecified on 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.^[7]

• Cougar Estrada – drums, percussion
• Susan Tedeschi – backing vocals (1)
• Rev. Charles Williams – keyboards (3, 7)

Technical

• Los Lobos – producer
• Shane Smith – engineer, mixing (3, 7)
• John Macy – engineer
• Dave Simon-Baker – engineer
• Jeff Ward – engineer
• Steve Weeder – engineer
• David Kalish – assistant engineer
• Nick Sullivan – assistant engineer
• Dave McNair – mixing (except 3, 7), mastering
• Cesar Rosas – mixing (3, 7)
• Louie Perez – art direction, photography
• Al Quattrocchi – art direction, photography
• Jeff Smith – art direction
• Tornado Design – design
• Drew Reynolds – photography
• Derek Dressler – A&R
• Robert Kim – project assistant
• Dave McIntosh – music business affairs

Charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8]	94
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[9]	20
US Billboard 200[10]	47
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[11]	17

References

1. "Tin Can Trust by Los Lobos". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
2. "Tin Can Trust - Los Lobos - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
3. "Album review: Los Lobos' 'Tin Can Trust'". 3 August 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
4. "Los Lobos: Tin Can Trust". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
5. "Tin Can Trust". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
6. "Los Lobos On World Cafe". National Public Radio.
7. "Tin Can Trust on Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Los Lobos – Tin Can Trust" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
9. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
10. "Los Lobos Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
11. "Los Lobos Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 10, 2024.