Carried to Dust

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.

Carried to Dust
Studio album by
Calexico
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2008
GenreAlt-country, Americana, Tex-Mex, indie rock, indie folk
Length45:05
LabelQuarterstick
ProducerJoey Burns, John Convertino, Craig Schumacher
Calexico chronology
Garden Ruin
(2006)		 Carried to Dust
(2008)		 Algiers
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubB[3]
ChartAttack[4]
Pitchfork Media(8.3/10)[5]
PopMatters[6]
Spin[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes[8]
Strange Glue[9]
Twisted Ear[10]
Web in Front(favorable)[11]

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

In 2012 it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,[13] which indicated sales of at least 75,000 copies throughout Europe. As of 2009 it has sold 26,000 copies in US.[14]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
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

Charts
Chart Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 55
US Billboard 200[16] 98
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[17] 9
US Tastemakers (Billboard)[18] 7

References
  1. "Carried To Dust by Calexico Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  2. Allmusic review
  3. The A.V. Club review Archived September 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ChartAttack review Archived October 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Pitchfork Media review Archived September 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. PopMatters review
  7. Spin review
  8. Tiny Mix Tapes review
  9. "Strange Glue review". Archived from the original on 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
  10. Twisted Ear review Archived September 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  11. Web in Front review
  12. Casa de Calexico. Retrieved on 18 March 2010
  13. "13/12/12: More Independent Artists Take European Gold, Silver and Platinum Awards Than Ever Before | Impala". Archived from the original on 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  14. "Billboard". 2009-02-28.
  15. "Calexico". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  16. "Calexico - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  17. "Calexico - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  18. "Calexico - Tastemakers". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
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