Calexico discography

Calexico performing in 2007

This is the discography for American rock band Calexico.

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [1]	US Ind. [2]	SWE [3]	AUT [4]	SWI [5]	FRA [6]	NL [7]	NOR [8]	GER [9]	UK [10]
Spoke	Released: August 7, 1997 Label: Quarterstick, Hausmusik Formats: CD, CS, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Black Light	Released: May 19, 1998 Label: Quarterstick Formats: CD, CS, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Aerocalexico	Released: 1999 Label: Quarterstick / Our Soil, Our Strength Formats: CD, double vinyl, DI	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hot Rail	Released: May 9, 2000 Label: Quarterstick Formats: CD, CS, LP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	43	57
Feast of Wire	Released: February 18, 2003 Label: Quarterstick Formats: CD, CS, LP	—	23	—	22	41	39	41	18	10	71
Garden Ruin	Released: April 11, 2006 Label: Quarterstick Formats: CD, CS, LP	156	14	34	18	62	90	36	34	24	—
Carried to Dust	Released: September 9, 2008 Label: Quarterstick Formats: CD, CS, LP	98	9	31	24	35	40	29	17	18	55
Algiers	Released: September 11, 2012 Label: Anti- Formats: CD, CS, LP	72	19	22	6	11	46	18	24	13	60
Edge of the Sun	Released: April 14, 2015 Label: Anti- Formats: CD, LP	193	12	42	4	4	70	10	—	6	37
The Thread That Keeps Us	Released: January 26, 2018 Label: Anti- Formats: CD, LP	—	12	—	9	12	108	21	—	7	58
Years to Burn (with Iron & Wine)	Released: June 14, 2019 Label: Sub Pop Formats: CD	—	—	—	13	46	179	55	—	16	—
Seasonal Shift	Released: December 4, 2020 Label: Anti- Formats: CD, LP	—	—	—	34	74	—	—	—	51	—
El Mirador	Released: April 8, 2022 [11] Label: Anti- Formats: CD, LP, digital	—	—	—	7 [12]	15	—	58	—	10	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Year	Details
2002	Scraping (Mostly Recorded at the Great American Music Hall San Francisco Jan 11 2002) Label: Lunada Bay (BMI) / Good Clean Dirt (BMI) / Quarterstick Records Formats: Tour CD, Vinyl
2004	World Drifts In (Recorded at the Barbican, London. November 27, 2002) Label: Lunada Bay (BMI) / Our Soil, Our Strength Formats: CD, LP, DVD
2005	The Book and the Canal (Studio & Live, Recorded between 1999 and 2005) Label: Lunada Bay (BMI) / Our Soil, Our Strength / Quarterstick Records Formats: Tour CD, Double Vinyl
2006	Itunes Live Sessions - EP Label: None / iTunes Format: Itune Download
2008	Ancienne Belgique (Live in Brussels 2008) Label: Our Soil, Our Strength / Quarterstick Records Formats: Tour CD, Double Vinyl
2013	Ancienne Belgique vol.2 (Live in Brussels sept 19th 2012) Label: Our Soil, Our Strength Formats: CD, Double Vinyl
2012/2013	Spiritoso (Record Store Day exclusive of German performances, 2012) Label: City Slang, Anti / Epitaph Formats: Vinyl, LP, CD, Digital, Album+RE Details: German performances with the Radio Symphonieorchester Wien and Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg

Soundtracks

• Committed (Soundtrack) CD (2000)
• Circo (Soundtrack) CD & Vinyl (2010)
• The Guard (Soundtrack) CD & Vinyl (2011)

Tour only and miscellaneous albums

• 98–99 Road Map (1999), tour CD
• Travelall (2000), tour CD & Vinyl (2012)
• Tête à Tête (2001), side project as ABBC with Amor Belhom Duo
• Tool Box (2007), tour CD
• Festin D'Aden * Elysee Montmartre, Paris * March 08, 2001 (2008), 2xCDr limited to 50 copies
• Selections From Road Atlas- 1998-2011 (2011), Tour CD

EPs and singles

• Spark/The Ride (1996), 7" single
• Lacquer/Drape (1996), 7" single
• Stray (1998)
• The Ride (Pt 2) (1996)
• Underworld D-Tales Vol. 7 (1999)
• Service & Repair (2000)
• Crystal Frontier (2000)
• The Ballad of Cable Hogue (2000)
• Descamino (2000)
• Ballad Of Cable Hogue (2000)
• Even My Sure Things Fall Through (2001)
• Crystal Frontier (2001) Double Single "Quarterstick Records"
• Clothes Of Sand / New Partner (2001), 7″ split single with The Frames
• Alone Again Or (2003)
• Quattro (World Drifts In)' (2003)
• Convict Pool (2004)
• Live in the KFJC Pit (2004), 7″ split single with Camper Van Beethoven
• Black Heart (2004)
• In the Reins (2005), with Iron & Wine
• Cruel (2006)
• Bisbee Blue (2006)
• Live Session EP (2006)
• The Guns of Brixton / Interior of a Dutch House (2006), 7″ split single with Beirut
• Intervention/Ocean of Noise (2007) (Arcade Fire/Calexico)
• Two Silver Trees/Bend to the Road (2008)
• Inspiratie/Oo (2008) (DeKift/Calexico)
• Inspiración/El Gatillo (2009) 7" promo
• Splitter (2012)
• Maybe On Monday (2013), Tour CD & 12" Vinyl
• Tapping on the Line (2015) CDr promo
• Falling From The Sky (2015) BEL Tip #57
• Cumbia de Donde (2015) BEL Tip #80
• Roll Tango (2016)
• End of the World with You (2017) US AAA #27 BEL Tip #38
• Under the Wheels (2018) US AAA #31

DVDs

• World Drifts In: Live at the Barbican (2004) & Vinyl
• Live From Austin TX (Austin City Limits) (2009)

Compilations

• Selections From Road Atlas: 1988–2011 (2011)

Compilation contributions

• Committed Soundtrack (2000)
• It's a Cool, Cool Christmas – "Gift Xchange" (2000), a charity compilation by Xfm
• All Tomorrow's Parties 1.0 - "Piker Sam" (2001)
• Nothing Left to Lose: A Tribute to Kris Kristofferson – "Casey's Last Ride" (2003)
• Dead Man's Shoes  :"Untitled II" "Untitled III" "Ritual Road Map""Crooked Road and the Briar" - Soundtrack (2004)
• Por Vida: A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo - "Wave" (2004)
• Music From The Film "Happy Endings" - "Glimpse" and "Old Man Waltz" (2005)
• Sweetheart 2005: Love Songs – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (2005), Hear Music
• Acoustic 07 – "Cruel" (2007), V2 Records
• I'm Not There: Original Soundtrack – "Goin' to Acapulco" (2007) The band also provide backing for other artists on several tracks. Goin' to Acapulco (Jim James & Calexico) (4:59)Dark eyes (Iron & Wine & Calexico) (4:30)One more cup of coffee (Roger McGuinn & Calexico) (4:31)Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Willie Nelson & Calexico) (5:18) Just like a woman (Charlotte Gainsbourg & Calexico) (4:20)
• Lammbock: Original Soundtrack
• Chris Gaffney Tribute: The Man of Somebody's Dreams - "Frank's Tavern" (2009)
• 10 Years in the Ground: Radio 1190 Presents Live Recordings - "Crystal Frontier" (2009)
• El Alpinista De Los Sueños - Tributo A Antonio Vega - "Mi Hogar En Cualquier Sitio" (2010)
• Luz de Vida – "Absent Afternoon" (2011)

Remixes

• Two Lone Swordsmen - "Tiny Reminder No3 (Calexico Remix)" on Two Lone Swordsmen's EP "Further Reminders" (2001)
• Goldfrapp – "Human" (Calexico Vocal Version) on Goldfrapp's EP "Human"(2001)
• ISO68 – "Stoppages Est Plus (Calexico Remix)" on ISO68's EP "Here / There Played By" (2003)

Collaborations

• On Jean-Louis Murat's album Mustango (1999)
• On Françoiz Breut's album Vingt à Trente Mille Jours (2000)
• On Neko Case's album Blacklisted (2002)
• On Jenny Toomey's album Tempting (2002), a collection of songs by Franklin Bruno
• On Nancy Sinatra's album Nancy Sinatra (a.k.a. To Nancy With Love) (2004)
• "Don't Leave Me Now" on Amparanoia's album Rebeldia Con Alegria (2004)
• On Los Super Seven's album Heard It on the X (2005)
• Esa Banda En Dub – with Nortec Collective's Panoptica included in Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3 (2005)
• On Françoiz Breut's album Une Saison Volée (2005)
• You Can't Always Listen to Hausmusik, But... (2006) – "Careless" (with The Notwist) and "Freunde" (with A Million Mercies)
• On Neko Case's album Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006)
• "Amor Porteño" on Gotan Project's album Lunático (2006)
• On Marianne Dissard's album "Dedicated To Your Walls. May They Keep Blooming" (2006), performed and composed by Joey Burns.
• On Naïm Amor's album Sanguine (2007)
• On Marianne Dissard's album "L'Entredeux" (2008), performed, produced and composed by Joey Burns. Also, with John Convertino on drums.
• On Lizz Wright's album The Orchard (2008)
• On Naïm Amor's EP Introducing... (2008)
• On Depedro's album Depedro (2008)
• On Vinicio Capossela's album Da solo (2008, track La faccia della terra )
• On Neko Case's album Middle Cyclone (2009)
• On Naïm Amor's EP Precious Second (2009)
• On Depedro's album On Tour (2009)
• On Susie Hug's album Tucson Moonshine (2010)
• On Amparo Sánchez's album Tucson-Habana (2010)
• On Depedro's album Nubes De Papel (2010)
• On Maggie Björklund's album Coming Home (2011)
• On Neko Case's album The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You (2013)

Chart positions

• Hot Rail – 2000 – UK No. 57 ^[13]
• Feast of Wire – 2003 – No. 23 Independent Albums, No. 45 Heatseekers, UK No. 71 ^[13]
• In the Reins – 2005 – No. 135 Billboard 200, No. 12 Independent Albums, UK No. 161 ^[13]
• Garden Ruin – 2006 – No. 156 Billboard 200, No. 14 Independent Albums, No. 3 Heatseekers, UK No. 76 ^[13]
• Carried To Dust – 2008 – No. 98 Billboard 200, No. 9 Independent Albums, No. 28 European Albums, UK No. 55 ^[14]

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