...And a Time to Dance is a 1983
EP by
Los Lobos. It was co-produced by
T-Bone Burnett and
Steve Berlin (not yet a full-time member of the band) and was the band's first release on
Slash Records. The EP brought the band its first wide acclaim. It was voted best EP of the year in the Village Voice's influential
Pazz & Jop critics poll.[5] Critic
Robert Christgau gave the record an "A−" in his Consumer Guide, calling it "good old rock and roll East L.A. style."[6]Trouser Press raved about "a spicy romp (in two languages) back and forth across musical borders few can traverse with such ease,"[7] while Rolling Stone called it "an infectious dance record that deserves to be heard by rock fans."[2]