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Released
  
May 9, 2000

Hot Rail (2000)
  
Feast of Wire (2003)

Release date
  
9 May 2000

Label
  
City Slang

Length
  
53:17

Artist
  
Calexico

Producer
  
Calexico

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Recorded
  
WaveLab Studio, Tucson, AZ

Genres
  
Indie rock, Americana, Tejano music, Post-rock

Similar
  
The Black Light, Feast of Wire, Garden Ruin, Carried to Dust, Algiers

Hot Rail is the third studio album of Arizona indie rock band Calexico. It was released May 9, 2000 on Quarterstick Records. A limited deluxe edition was released on November 15, 2010.

Contents

Calexico el picador


Track listing

  1. "El Picador" (Burns, Convertino) – 3:14
  2. "Ballad of Cable Hogue" (Burns) – 3:29
  3. "Ritual Road Map" (Burns, Convertino) – 1:15
  4. "Fade" (Burns, Convertino) – 7:44
  5. "Untitled III" (Convertino) – 4:07
  6. "Sonic Wind" (Burns, Convertino) – 4:13
  7. "Muleta" (Burns) – 3:33
  8. "Mid-Town" (Burns) – 3:33
  9. "Service and Repair" (Burns) – 4:03
  10. "Untitled II" (Convertino) – 2:37
  11. "Drenched" (Burns) – 4:50
  12. "16 Track Scratch" (Burns, Convertino) – 1:29
  13. "Tres Avisos" (Burns) – 5:11
  14. "Hot Rail" (Burns, Convertino) – 3:58

The EU version of the album contains the additional track "Crystal Frontier" (Burns) between "Fade" and "Untitled III".

Personnel

Calexico

  • Joey Burns - bass, guitar, cello, voice, loops, accordion, organ
  • John Convertino - drums, vibes, marimba, organ, percussion, accordion

    • Additional Musicians

  • Marianne Dissard - voice (2)
  • Tim Gallagher - pedal steel (9)
  • Nick Luca - guitar (1, 7, 11, 13)
  • Rob Mazurek - cornet (4)
  • Ruben Moreno - trumpet (1, 2, 7, 13)
  • Craig Schumacher - harmonica (11), MCI 16 track (12), field recording (14)
  • Madeleine Sosin - violin (1, 2, 7, 9, 11, 13)
  • Martin Wenk - trumpet (1, 2, 7, 13)

    • Songs

    1El picador3:15
    2Ballad Of Cable Hogue3:29
    3Ritual Road Map1:16

    References

    Hot Rail Wikipedia
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