Carried to Dust

Carried to Dust
Studio album by Calexico
Released September 9, 2008
Genre Alt-country, Americana, Tex-Mex, indie rock, indie folk
Length 45:05
Label Quarterstick Records
Producer Joey Burns, John Convertino
with Craig Schumacher (co-producer)
Calexico chronology

Garden Ruin
(2006)
Carried to Dust
(2008)
Algiers
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
The A.V. Club B[2]
ChartAttack [3]
Pitchfork Media (8.3/10)[4]
PopMatters [5]
Spin [6]
Tiny Mix Tapes [7]
Strange Glue [8]
Twisted Ear [9]
Web in Front (Favorable)[10]

Carried to Dust is the sixth studio album from Tucson, Arizona indie rock/Americana band Calexico, released September 9, 2008. It features a number of guest musicians like Iron & Wine, Tortoise's Doug McCombs, Pieta Brown, and Amparo Sanchez.

Following the release of Carried to Dust, the band toured throughout the USA, the British Isles[11] and Western Europe.[12]

Track listing

  1. "Víctor Jara's Hands" - 3:19
  2. "Two Silver Trees" - 3:49
  3. "The News About William" - 2:47
  4. "Sarabande in Pencil Form" - 0:39
  5. "Writer's Minor Holiday" - 3:09
  6. "Man Made Lake" - 3:00
  7. "Inspiración" - 3:34
  8. "House of Valparaíso" - 2:46
  9. "Slowness" - 3:35
  10. "Bend to the Road" - 3:17
  11. "El Gatillo (Trigger Revisited)" - 3:07
  12. "Fractured Air (Tornado Watch)" - 3:15
  13. "Falling from Sleeves" - 1:20
  14. "Red Blooms" - 3:23
  15. "Contention City" - 4:16

Written by Joey Burns (1-6,8-15), John Convertino (3-6,10,11,13,15), John Burns (2,3,6,14), Jairo Zavala (1), Jacob Valenzuela (7).

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