Concrete Blonde y Los Illegals

Concrete Blonde y Los Illegals is a 1996 collaborative album by American musicians Johnette Napolitano and James Mankey of Concrete Blonde, who joined forces with Los Illegals. The album contains a blend of the gothic-influenced alternative rock of Concrete Blonde and the Chicano punk of Los Illegals. The lyrics are mostly in Spanish.

Reception
Los Angeles Times reviewer Enrique Lopetegui rated the album 2-½ out of 4 stars, opining that "there are plenty of good moments here" but "very few strong songs"; he singled out the "Chicano rap" record "Ode to Rosa Lopez", about a witness in the O. J. Simpson murder case, for praise as the "riskiest" track on the album. Jae-Ha Kim of the Chicago Sun-Times rated it 1-½ out of 4 stars, finding a lack of cohesion and a failure to showcase Napolitano's distinctive voice. Thom Owens of AllMusic's rating was 2-½ out of 5 stars, finding the project to be "a stylistic departure that reads better than it plays" due to weak songwriting.

Track listing

 * 1) "Caminando"
 * 2) "Viva La Vida"
 * 3) "La Llorona"
 * 4) "Echoes"
 * 5) "Despierta"
 * 6) "Another Hundred Years Of Solitude"
 * 7) "Maria Elena (Letter From L.A.)"
 * 8) "Ode To Rosa Lopez"
 * 9) "Xich Vs. The Migra Zombies"
 * 10) "Deportee"