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Kiko by Los Lobos
Kiko is an album by Los Lobos, released in 1992. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 33 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Kiko and the Lavender Moon”, on 18 lists with a best position of #93.
Kiko, the sixth album by Los Lobos, came out on Slash and Warner Bros. in May 1992, and it's the sound of the East Los Angeles band wandering off the map. Mitchell Froom produced, and the record is dreamlike and murky, roots rock and tejano rhythms wrapped in a psychedelic haze, like a Saturday night on the Eastside heard through a fever.
"Kiko and the Lavender Moon" is the heart of it, woozy and hypnotic, and a year later the band turned it into "Elmo and the Lavender Moon" for Sesame Street. "Reva's House", "That Train Don't Stop Here" and "Dream In Blue" fill out the spell. Apart from La Bamba, no Los Lobos album has sold more, with roughly 450,000 copies moved around the world.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Kiko on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiko and the Lavender Moon | 18 | #93 | – | 1999–2025 | |
| 2 | Reva's House | 9 | #295 | – | 1999–2023 | |
| 3 | That Train Don't Stop Here | 4 | #1571 | – | 1999–2002 | |
| 4 | Dream In Blue | 2 | #469 | – | 2016–2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.