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“A band has got to keep changing and moving or it will get boring and break up,” says CALEXICO’s John Convertino. Fortunately CALEXICO have barely stopped moving for nearly fifteen years. Even when they’re not on the road – and this band tours hard – they’re recording: for themselves, with others. It’s a tradition that Tucson, Arizona residents Joey Burns and Convertino – the engine that drives… Read more in Amazon's Calexico Store
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I have to agree with all of these reviewers, save for the one who didn't like this release. This is a beautiful concoction of thoughtful-western-meets-tearful-traditional-Mexican beauties, worth listening to repeatedly. It doesn't jump out at you, but lures you in gently like a curious whisper. Everyone I played this CD for loved it and promptly went out to buy it. I suggest you do the same.
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This IS Calexico's first album, Philip W. Black Light (their 2nd release) is a great album, but I prefer the lo-fi charm of the more soft-spoken tunes that make 'Spoke' Calexico's best album.
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This is not the lush cinematic Calexico of the other albums, This is much more folksier and gritty, and for that it stands alone in its sound. The framework is there for what would come later but there is no pedal steel or horns. All in all it is great, and Id also suggest Commited soundtrack or the Road Map cd from the bands website for a similar sound.
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