Not sure if it's listening conditions or what but despite La Bamba offering irresistible fun this album felt a tad weaker. It alternates between more of the upbeat, road trip, Hollywood kind of tracks that are still quite fun (1, 3 kind of dancey and I feel like I know it from somewhere,6 which is alright, 9, and the closer which at least doesn't end the record on a boring note), and slower, kind of prom soundtrack songs that often feel like they fit his voice a lot less (2,4,8,11). 10 is bluesy and kinda meh but not too bad, and 5 just passes. So yeah this feels like a less cohesive collection of less good songs, and with the exception of a couple tracks I'd never come back to this over the other LP he put out in his sadly short career. 3.4
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