Convict Pool

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Convict Pool
Convict Pool cover
EP by Calexico
Released April 6, 2004
Recorded Wedgewood, Nashville, Tennessee; Water Works, Wavelab Studios, Tucson, Arizona
Genre Indie rock
Label Quarterstick Records
Calexico chronology
Feast of Wire
(2003)
Convict Pool EP
(2004)
In the Reins EP
(2005)

Convict Pool is an EP released by Arizona band Calexico. Among its tracks is a cover version of the Minutemen's classic "Corona", with an arrangement featuring mariachi horns reminiscent of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" and a cover of Love's "Alone Again Or" featuring flamenco handclaps.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Alone Again Or" (with Nicolai Dunger and His Band)
  2. "Convict Pool"
  3. "Si Tu Disais" (lyrics by Dominique Ané; music by Ané, Chataigner, Toorop, Bondu; originally sung by Françoiz Breut)
  4. "Corona"
  5. "Praskovia"
  6. "Sirena"