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).

Personnel

• Joey Burns – vocals, guitars, bass, cello, keyboards, accordion, percussion, vibraphone
• John Convertino – drums, percussion, piano
• Paul Niehaus – steel guitar, guitars
• Jacob Valenzuela – trumpet, keyboards, vibraphone, vocals
• Martin Wenk – trumpet, guitar, keyboards, accordion, glockenspiel, vibraphone (occasionally harmonica & French horn)
• Volker Zander – standup bass, electric bass

References