En Directo Desde el Otro Lado (Straight from the Other Side) (2007) is the twenty-fifth album and seventh live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 by Mexican

Mexican people

Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

 Rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

, Blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 band El Tri

El Tri

El Tri is a Mexican rock band from Mexico City fronted by Alex Lora. Founded in 1968 as Three Souls in My Mind, the group is regarded as influential in the development of Mexican rock music....

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 3.5 stars stating "One doesn't necessarily have to agree with everything Lora says in order to appreciate his overall artistry...But even if one disagrees with some of Loro's points (while agreeing with others), the album's melodies are always solid...All things considered, En Directo Desde el Otro Lado is a valuable and exciting document of El Tri's Gibson Amphitheater show of 2006.".

Track listing

All tracks by Alex Lora

Alex Lora

José Alejandro Lora Serna , better known by his stage name Alex Lora, is a Mexican musician and composer. He has been the frontman of the Spanish rock band El Tri for over 40 years...

1. "Tributo Al Goveneitor" (Tribute to The Gobernator) – 2:03
2. "Metro Balderas" (Balderas Subway) – 7:16
3. "Si México Ganara el Mundial" (If Mexico Won the World Cup) – 5:09
4. "Presta" (Lend) – 4:56
5. "Abuso de Autoridad" (Authority Abuse) – 2:21
6. "Políticos Culeros" (Assholes Politicians) – 2:31
7. "El Muro" (The Wall) – 4:28
8. "Masturbado" (Masturbates) – 3:24
9. "Todo por el Rocanrol" (Everything For Rock`N Roll) – 5:55
10. "Chavas Rockeras" (Rocking Gals) – 2:20
11. "Todos Somos Piratas" (We're All Pirates) – 5:44
12. "Sara" – 4:04
13. "Che Guevara" – 6:45
14. "FZ10" – 2:58
15. "Mujer Diabólica" (Evil Woman) – 3:31

Personnel

• Alex Lora – guitar, vocals, producer, mixing
• Rafael Salgado – harmonic
• Eduardo Chico – guitar
• Oscar Zarate – guitar
• Carlos Valerio - bass
• Chela Lora – backing vocals
• Ramon Perez – drums

Guest musicians

• Mike Daigeau – trombone
• Dan Fornero – trumpet
• Carlos Hauptvogel – drums
• Arturo Labastida – saxophone
• Sergio Mancera – guitar
• Arturo Solar – trumpet

External links

• www.eltri.com.mx
• [ En Directo Desde el Otro Lado] at Allmusic