Carried to Dust

Carried to Dust
Studio album by
Calexico
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2008
GenresAlt-country, Americana, Tex-Mex, indie rock, indie folk
Length45:05
LabelQuarterstick Records
ProducersJoey Burns, John Convertino, Craig Schumacher
Calexico chronology
Garden Ruin
(2006)		 Carried to Dust
(2008)		 Algiers
(2012)
Singles from Carried to Dust
  1. "Two Silver Trees / Bend to the Road"
    Released: 2008
  2. "Inspiración / El Gatillo"
    Released: 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic78/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star
The A.V. ClubB
ChartAttackStarStarStarStar
Pitchfork Media(8.3/10)
PopMattersStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar
SpinStarStarStarHalf star
Tiny Mix TapesStarStarStarHalf star
Strange GlueStarStarStarStar
Twisted EarStarStarStar
Web in Front(favorable)

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.

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

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

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

Charts

Chart Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) 55
US Billboard 200 98
US Independent Albums (Billboard) 9
US Tastemakers (Billboard) 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
  5. ↑ Pitchfork Media review Archived September 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ PopMatters review
  7. ↑ "Spin review". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
  8. ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review
  9. ↑ "Strange Glue review". Archived from the original on September 11, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
  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 July 18, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Billboard". February 28, 2009.
  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.