- Audio CD (Sep 7 2010)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- ASIN: B000ELL7GG
- In-Print Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
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Sometimes the worst thing you can do is be very consistently great with your art. Calexico's failure to rise beyond cult status can perhaps be attributed to the fact that their albums are such subtle Whitman Samplers of Tex-Mex-and-kitchen-sink tastefulness. Garden Ruin, the group's poppiest album to date, just might change their socio-economic standing for the better. It's produced by JD Foster, but none of the things you love about Calexico--the sun-baked guitar, smoky vocals, mariachi horns, woozy lyrics--have left. Those elements are just grafted to crispier, more carefully delineated harmonies and multi-tracked backing vocals higher in the mix. By the album's end, on the slow-burning anthem "All Systems Red," Joey Burns buzzes and howls with a force never shown before on album. It's what Sigur Ros might sound like if they came from Arizona, and it's truly excellent. --Mike McGonigal
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Japanese pressing includes two exclusive bonus tracks, 'Deep Down' (Acoustic) and 'Nom De Plume (Alternate Version). The two bonus tracks are not the same that are featured on the European limited edition! Garden Ruin is where Calexico fill those dusty, empty landscapes they’ve long documented with a big, big sound. Taking full advantage of the rockin’ Calexico live band, the record distils its multicultural roots, the input of a producer, new domestic arrangements, international affairs, broadening horizons, developing ambitions and changing scenery. It’s not your average Calexico album, but then again, it never is with this band. P-Vine. 2006.
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3.6 out of 5 stars (24 customer reviews)
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Toned down "exico," but the "Cal" works just fine on its own, Jan 7 2007
By Personal Robot - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Garden Ruin (Audio CD)
Sometimes bands make a big change and it just leaves you thinking "Why, why?!" This time out, after a strong, pleasing EP with Iron & Wine, Calexico decided to emphasize the "north of the border" sound and de-emphasize the horns that gave them such a tantalizing Southwestern flavor. In writing, this sounds like a disaster - "the Calexico horns," as they are often called, are a key part of the appeal - but once the album was given time to find a spot in listeners' hearts, the more straight-forward pop-song format worked extremely well. Calexico still manages to write dark, dramatic songs with an emphasis on the cinematic and the exotic. The songs are just slightly more accessible this time around.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Will not ruin your garden, Nov 11 2008
By whoopycat - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Garden Ruin (Audio CD)
Wow, I can't believe all the harsh reviews of this album. I'm not a big Calexico fan by any stretch, but this was one of my favorite albums of 2006. It was one of those I had downloaded (legally) and kept listening to it so often that I bought a hard copy. Admittedly this does not sound anything like their previous work and it is a bit on the mellow country-rock tip, but anyone who likes say, Wilco, will have no trouble digging this.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
fine release from a more conventional calexico, Mar 11 2007
By fluffy, the human being. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Garden Ruin (Audio CD)
gone, for the most part, are the cutting-edge/spaghetti western instrumentations that made previous calexico albums so fresh and wonderful; but that's not to say this is an unworthwhile recording. far from it. this stands on its own as a finely crafted set of rock/pop songs. no depression magazine selected this as the 13th best album of 2006 and i won't argue with that (it belongs 'somewhere' in the top 30 i would say). fans of the more adventuresome calexico albums might find this an unrewarding release, but take it for what it is: excellent songcraft. nothing wrong with that.
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