Garden Ruin

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Garden Ruin
Calexico garden ruin.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 11, 2006
Genre Indie rock, indie folk, alt-country, Tex-Mex
Length40:31
Label Quarterstick
Producer JD Foster, Joey Burns, John Convertino
Calexico chronology
Feast of Wire
(2003)
Garden Ruin
(2006)
Carried to Dust
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B+ [3]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Pitchfork 8.1/10 [6]
PopMatters 6/10 [7]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Uncut 4/5 [11]

Garden Ruin is the fifth studio album by the rock band Calexico. It was released in 2006 on Quarterstick Records. The LP is the first Calexico album to feature no instrumental tracks, instead relying on a more direct, pop-style approach. Forgoing what has been described as "indie-mariachi", the band took their music in a different direction, and the result is a more straightforward indie rock album.

Contents

As of 2009 it has sold 46,000 copies in US. [12]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cruel"Joey Burns, John Burns3:59
2."Yours and Mine"Joey Burns, John Convertino2:30
3."Bisbee Blue"Joey Burns, John Burns, JD Foster, John Convertino, Dan Coleman2:48
4."Panic Open String"Joey Burns, John Convertino4:09
5."Letter to Bowie Knife"Joey Burns, John Burns3:06
6."Roka (Danza de la Muerte)"Joey Burns3:42
7."Lucky Dime"Joey Burns, John Convertino2:33
8."Smash"Joey Burns, John Burns3:45
9."Deep Down"Joey Burns4:31
10."Nom de Plume"Paul Niehaus, Joey Burns3:19
11."All Systems Red"Joey Burns, John Convertino, JD Foster6:09
12."Landing Field" (bonus track)Joey Burns, JD Foster3:46
13."Cast Your Coat" (bonus track)Joey Burns3:46
Total length:40:31

Musicians

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 76
US Billboard 200 [14] 156
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [15] 3
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [16] 14
US Tastemakers ( Billboard ) [17] 6

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