Cruzados is the 1985 debut album of Los Angeles rock band the Cruzados. It featured the band's "classic line-up" of Tito Larriva, Steven Hufsteter, Tony Marsico, and Chalo Quintana. It also featured the band's best known songs, such as "Motorcycle Girl" "Flor De Mal" and "Just Like Roses".
Track listing "Wasted Years" (Steven Hufsteter) "Rising Sun" (Tito Larriva, Hufsteter, Tony Marsico, Chalo Quintana) "Hanging Out in California" (Hufsteter) "Motorcycle Girl (Larriva, Marsico) "Flor De Mal" (Larriva, Hufsteter) "Cryin' Eyes" (Larriva, Marsico) "Seven Summers" (Larriva) "Some Day" (Larriva) "1,000 Miles" (Larriva, Marsico) "Just Like Roses" (Hufsteter)
Personnel Tito Larriva - rhythm guitar, lead vocals Steven Hufsteter - lead guitar Tony Marsico - bass, backing vocals Chalo Quintana - drums, percussion
Additional personnel David Williams - backing vocals on "Wasted Years", "Rising Sun", and "Hanging Out in California" J.J. Holiday - slide guitar on "Seven Summers" Spyder Littleman - saxophone on "Seven Summers" Gregory Kuehn - keyboards on "1,000 Miles" and "Just Like Roses" Steve McRay - organ - on "Motorcycle Girl" and "Cryin' Eyes" Paulinho Da Costa - percussion on "Hanging Out in California" M.B. Gordy - percussion on "Some Day" Frank Marsico - marimba on "Flor De Mal" Walter Fowler - emulator programming Paul Fox - emulator programming Patrick Foley - "drum wiz" Paul Greenstein - 1937 Indian Motorcycle sound effects on "Motorcycle Girl"
Production Rodney Mills - producer, engineer Bob Ludwig - mastering Rik Pekkonen - track engineering Gregory M. Quesnel - mixing Gary Gross - photography Jane Hoffman - styling Wendy Ann Rosen - make-up Clifford Peterson - hair-styling Don Davenport - art direction
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