SPAGHETTI TRAGEDYARTIST`````CALEXICO
ALBUM`````SONIC WINDS
GENRE`````AMERICANA, INDIE, ALTERNATIVE, EXPERIMENTAL
YEAR````````2008
NOT AN OFFICIAL COMPILATION!
WHY:
Many people are annoyed by Calexico on different levels and I can understand why. The singer is acctualy whispering most of the times because he sucks when he tries to sing with a full voice. They mostly sound really, really bad on live performances.Their music is mostly pure atmo-emo esthetics and their lyrics can sometimes be quite crappy.
But somehow I stayed with them for 5 years, mingling inside their spaghetti eclectic discography, always finding several gems on each album they published. I was always amazed by the fact that every time I listened to any of their albums I completely hated some songs while adoring 2, 3 tracks that blasted my mind.
If a band can play a spectacularly sad guitar solo like the one on "El Morro", create an apocalyptic song like "Humano" or make a good song like "Sonic Wind" - all of their other songs can be pure crap as far as I a concerned. I'll always listen to every new album they publish.
Here is my selection (my best of) of the often crappy often brilliant band Calexico.
TRACKLIST:
01 - Ritual Road Map
02 - Frontera
03 - The Ride (pt.II)
04 - All the Pretty Horses
05 - Two Silver Trees
06 - Sonic Wind
07 - Gipsy's Curse
08 - El Morro
09 - Dead Man's Will
10 - The Black Light
11 - Pepito
12 - Close Behind
13 - Clothes of Sand
14 - Humano (instrumental)
15 - Gift X-change
16 - Fade
17 - Woven Birds
18 - Over Your Shoulder
19 - Burn That Broken Bed
20 - Wash
21 - Glowing Heart Of The World
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18 comments:
I feel pretty much the same way about Calexico. Some great songs, many decent songs, a couple of downright stinkers. Drunken Waltz is actually one of my favorites to play & sing on guitar.
Have you heard Castanets? I saw them (him) at a concert a few months back, and I was pretty impressed. Kind of a mix between Low, Neil Young's Dead Man album and a hint of Calexico at moments. The concert was definitely more intense than the albums, but they're pretty good too.
p.s. Welcome back, I was beginning to wonder if you hadn't given up the dream. :P
greets talkingbook:) I havent heard for Castanets. I'll look for them but if you have some links just paste them here:)
thanks for this compilation, I'm not very into Calexico, but with the compilation they come closer to me perhaps, or i beginn to understand, why they are so praised by critics...
As I see it they are over-praised. I love their stuff but often they can be very plain so I think the critics are just following the flow.
they do a great version of "All Tomorrows Parties" live...
love a reup
thanks for panda
Dammit I don't know who keeps reporting this file. Some far more commercial albums are staying alive here for months and months but this one...
broken link??
broken link.... :(
The problem with this getting shut down is Touch and Go Records. Calexico are on Quarterstick, which is really Touch and Go. Touch and Go seem to have a Blog Police or something...
Uploaded again so get it fast!
Yes I have gotten yes life is wonderful bwaaahahahhahahhaaa thanks for bleeding panda!!
dead link again, could you reupload please? thanks so much.
I wasn't fast enough goddamn it!
Maybe it could be reuploaded as: "That thing I told you guys, remember? The one hard to keep online..." and some name as "Rock around the clock"...
Hahaha, hahahahahaaaa, hahaha!
OK ;)
Stay tuned :)
hahhaahha, hahha
dead link again, could you reupload please? thanks so much.
dead link again, could you reupload please? thanks so much.
hahaha, e jesi lud :)
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Here's the link
http://www.mediafire.com/?knjnzodjqoh
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