Hot Rail

Hot Rail
Studio album by Calexico
Released	May 9, 2000
Recorded	WaveLab Studio, Tucson, AZ
Genre	Americana, indie rock, Tex-Mex, post-rock
Length	53:17
Label	Quarterstick Records
Producer	Joey Burns, John Convertino
Calexico chronology
The Black Light (1999)The Black Light1999 Hot Rail (2000) Feast of Wire (2003)Feast of Wire2003

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Entertainment Weekly	A– link
The Guardian	link
NME	link
Pitchfork Media	7.9/10 link
PopMatters	link
Robert Christgau	link
Rolling Stone	link

Hot Rail is the third studio album by the rock band Calexico. It was released in 2000 through Quarterstick Records. A limited deluxe edition was released on November 15, 2010.^[1]

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)

References