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Call of the West

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Released
  
1982

Length
  
40:48

Release date
  
1982

Label
  
I.R.S. Records

Recorded
  
July 1982

Artist
  
Wall Of Voodoo

Producer
  
Richard Mazda

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Call of the West(1982)
  
Seven Days in Sammystown(1985)

Genres
  
New wave, Post-punk, Dark wave

Similar
  
Wall Of Voodoo albums, New wave albums

Wall of voodoo call of the west


Call of the West is the second studio album by Los Angeles new wave band Wall of Voodoo, released in 1982. "Mexican Radio", released as a single and as a video that received moderate airplay on MTV, is the group's most well-known song.

Contents

Australian label Raven Records reissued a digitally remastered CD of Call of the West. It is coupled with the first Wall of Voodoo album, the long out of print Dark Continent.

Stan ridgway and wall of voodoo call of the west


Track listing

  1. "Tomorrow" – 3:03
  2. "Lost Weekend" – 4:59
  3. "Factory" – 5:33
  4. "Look at Their Way" – 3:18
  5. "Hands of Love" – 3:54
  6. "Mexican Radio" – 4:11
  7. "Spy World" – 2:41
  8. "They Don't Want Me" – 4:31
  9. "On Interstate 15" – 2:44
  10. "Call of the West" – 5:59
  • All music composed by Wall of Voodoo.
  • All lyrics composed by Stan Ridgway.
  • Note: The original cassette release of the album features a bonus track called "Exercise" at the end of side one, following "Hands of Love".

    • Personnel

  • Stan Ridgway – lead vocals, harmonica, keyboards
  • Marc Moreland – 6- and 12-string guitars
  • Joe Nanini – drums, percussion, spoken word
  • Chas T. Gray – synthesizer, bass guitar, melodica, backing vocals

    • with:

  • Richard Mazda – bass guitar
  • Louis Rivera – percussion

    • Charts

    Album

    Singles

    Songs

    1Tomorrow3:05
    2Lost Weekend5:00
    3Factory5:33

    References

    Call of the West Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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