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Carried to Dust

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Carried to Dust

Studio album by

Calexico

Released

September 9, 2008

Genre

Alt-country, Americana, Tex-Mex, indie rock, indie folk

Length

45:05

Label

Quarterstick

Producer

Joey Burns, John Convertino, Craig Schumacher

Calexico chronology

Garden Ruin
(2006)

Carried to Dust
(2008)

Algiers
(2012)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The A.V. Club	B^[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]

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.^[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

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No.	Title	Length
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

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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

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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

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^ "Carried To Dust by Calexico Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^ Allmusic review
^ The A.V. Club review Archived September 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ ChartAttack review^[usurped]
^ Pitchfork Media review Archived September 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ PopMatters review
^ Spin review
^ Tiny Mix Tapes review
^ "Strange Glue review". Archived from the original on 2008-09-11. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
^ Twisted Ear review Archived September 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Web in Front review
^ [1] Casa de Calexico. Retrieved on 18 March 2010
^ "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.
^ "Billboard". 2009-02-28.
^ "Calexico". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
^ "Calexico - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
^ "Calexico - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
^ "Calexico - Tastemakers". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2017.

External links

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Carried to Dust at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e Calexico
Joey Burns John Convertino Scott Colberg Sergio Mendoza Jacob Valenzuela Martin Wenk Jairo Zavata
Studio albums	Spoke (1997) The Black Light (1998) Hot Rail (2000) Feast of Wire (2003) Garden Ruin (2006) Carried to Dust (2008) Algiers (2012) Edge of the Sun (2015) The Thread That Keeps Us (2018) Years to Burn (2019) Seasonal Shift (2020) El Mirador (2022)
Live albums	Scraping (2002)
EPs	Even My Sure Things Fall Through (2001) Convict Pool (2004) In the Reins with Iron & Wine (2005)
Tour CDs	Aerocalexico (2001)
Related	Discography

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