Feast of Wire

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Released February 18, 2003 Feast of Wire(2003) Garden Ruin(2006) Release date 18 February 2003		Length 49:44 Artist Calexico Label City Slang

Recorded Wavelab Studio, Tucson, Arizona Genres Indie rock, Alternative country, Country music, Americana, Tejano music, Post-rock Producers John Convertino, Craig Schumacher Similar Calexico albums, Indie rock albums

Calexico feast of wire full album

Feast of Wire is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Calexico. The album was released on June 18, 2003 through Quarterstick Records. The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Calexico sunken waltz

Reception

Joe Tangari of Pitchfork Media called Feast of Wire Calexico's "first genuinely masterful full-length, crammed with immediate songcraft, shifting moods and open-ended exploration," and "the album we always knew they had in them but feared they would never make."

Personnel

Credits adapted from CD Universe.

Calexico

Joey Burns – guitar, upright bass, accordion, percussion, cuatro, cello, orchestra bells, pump organ, mandolin, bowed banjo, vibes, synthesizer, melodica, vocals

John Convertino – drums, percussion, piano (track 9)

Paul Niehaus – pedal steel

Jacob Valenzuela – trumpet (tracks 2, 7, 10, 11, 15)

Martin Wenk – accordion (tracks 4, 7), trumpet (tracks 7, 11), bowed vibes (track 16)

Volker Zander – upright bass (tracks 4, 16)

Additional personnel

Ed Kay – flute (track 15)

Eddie Lopez – button accordion (track 11)

Nick Luca – synthesizer (tracks 2, 5, 10), piano (tracks 4, 15), vibes (track 10), electric guitar (track 15)

Jeff "Fruitpie" Marchant – trombone (track 15)

Craig Schumacher – synthesizer (tracks 2, 16), tympani (track 7), backup vocals (tracks 1, 2), trumpet (track 2)

Fernando Valencia – violin (track 11)

Joseph Valenzuela – trombone (track 2)

Songs

Sunken Waltz2:28
Quattro (World Drifts In)4:38
Stucco0:20

References

Feast of Wire Wikipedia

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