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The Black Light | 
 enlarge | Artist: Calexico
Label: Quarter Stick
Category: Music
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $9.91
You Save: $5.07 (34%)
New (33) Used (8) from $9.91
Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 13316
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 52
UPC: 036172005222
EAN: 0036172005222
ASIN: B0000064B7
Release Date: May 19, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Gypsy's Curse | | • | Fake Fur | | • | The Ride, Pt. II | | • | Where Water Flows | | • | The Black Light - Calexico, Burns, Joey | | • | Sideshow - Calexico, Burns, Joey | | • | Chach | | • | Missing | | • | Minas de Cobre (For Better Metal) | | • | Over Your Shoulder | | • | Vinegaroon | | • | Trigger - Calexico, Burns, Joey | | • | Sprawl - Calexico, Convertino, John | | • | Stray - Calexico, Burns, Joey | | • | Old Man Waltz - Calexico, Convertino, J. | | • | Bloodflow | | • | Frontera - Calexico, Burns, Joey |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The perfect soundtrack for a summer roadtrip in an old car across Death Valley. Calexico's musical textures are woven out of a dazzling array of instruments and styles, including mariachi trumpets, countrified pedal steel, Latin jazz percussion, and carnival organ, just to name a few. The songs move at siesta speed, casually looping and loping along, never getting overheated. Bandmates Joey Burns and John Convertino have their hands in so many musical pies--including projects with OP8, Giant Sand, Victoria Williams, Giant Sand, and Richard Buckner--one wonders how they find the time to create the sun-soaked music of Calexico. But thank God they have. --Tod Nelson
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 Calexico September 10, 2008
I'm a fan of everything Calexico does. At times innovative. At times psychadelia meets sergio leonne. At times just mariachis strumming while you drink a shot of Mezcal at XXX Kentucky Bar in Nogales.
 No CD December 3, 2007
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Doolicity Sent the CD case, but, no CD was inside. It was shipped empty. Three emails to them has had zero results. I do not recommend this company.
What we Want!! May 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When we think of Calexico everyone can be asked what are your expectations? these guys are not going to fill your portable stereo with pop but the groove is more like that of the Jamaican reggae producers. I love this album, it's my 'haunt the room with desert' album and can see now what these guys contributed to Giant Sand.
 very disappointing April 5, 2007
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is boring, there is no theme, there are no highs and lows and the cd just aimlessly meanders.
I have seen Calexico on Austin City Limits and one of the late night talk shows (Leno? Letterman? Conan?). They were fascinating both visually and sonically. I have several live downloads and they put on a cool show. I made my own compilation and the disc is awesome.
This cd just does not do it for me. There are no bad songs on it but...there is hardly anything exciting, nothing really knocks my socks off.
This may be one of those bands that need to be experienced live rather than through the studio.
This hardly resembles the totally cool band I saw perform on Austin City Limits
 The Black Light March 10, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Awesome, Awesome cd!! If you like slow instrumental music that has a mexican sound you'll adore this. The song Over Your Shoulder is by far my favorite, it was worth the money just for that song. There are some songs that have vocals as well. If you put the cd on it kind of just sweeps you to another place.
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