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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

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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.

Contents

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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