Carried to Dust

Carried to Dust
Studio album by Calexico
Released September 9, 2008
Genre Alt-country, Americana, Tex-Mex, indie rock, indie folk
Length 45:05
Label Quarterstick Records
Producer Joey Burns, John Convertino
with Craig Schumacher (co-producer)
Calexico chronology
Garden Ruin
(2006)		 Carried to Dust
(2008)		 Algiers
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The A.V. ClubB[2]
ChartAttack[3]
Pitchfork Media(8.3/10)[4]
PopMatters[5]
Spin[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes[7]
Strange Glue[8]
Twisted Ear[9]
Web in Front(Favorable)[10]

Carried to Dust is the sixth studio album from Tucson, Arizona indie rock/Americana band Calexico, released September 9, 2008. It features a number of guest musicians like Iron & Wine, Tortoise's Doug McCombs, Pieta Brown, and Amparo Sanchez.

Following the release of Carried to Dust, the band toured throughout the United States, the British Isles[11] and Western Europe.[12]

Track listing

  1. "Víctor Jara's Hands" - 3:19
  2. "Two Silver Trees" - 3:49
  3. "The News About William" - 2:47
  4. "Sarabande in Pencil Form" - 0:39
  5. "Writer's Minor Holiday" - 3:09
  6. "Man Made Lake" - 3:00
  7. "Inspiración" - 3:34
  8. "House of Valparaíso" - 2:46
  9. "Slowness" - 3:35
  10. "Bend to the Road" - 3:17
  11. "El Gatillo (Trigger Revisited)" - 3:07
  12. "Fractured Air (Tornado Watch)" - 3:15
  13. "Falling from Sleeves" - 1:20
  14. "Red Blooms" - 3:23
  15. "Contention City" - 4:16

Written by Joey Burns (1-6,8-15), John Convertino (3-6,10,11,13,15), John Burns (2,3,6,14), Jairo Zavala (1), Jacob Valenzuela (7).

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ The A.V. Club review Archived September 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ ChartAttack review Archived October 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Pitchfork Media review Archived September 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ PopMatters review
  6. ↑ Spin review
  7. ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review
  8. ↑ Strange Glue review
  9. ↑ Twisted Ear review Archived September 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ Web in Front review
  11. ↑ Daily mail Article Retrieved on 18 March 2010
  12. ↑ Casa de Calexico. Retrieved on 18 March 2010


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