Calexico - The Black Light (20th Anniversary Edition) [Crystal Clear Vinyl]
Sold Date:
March 26, 2019
Start Date:
November 22, 2018
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$29.59
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An album about crossing physical and metaphorical borders that has never been timelier: Calexico’s classic album “The Black Light“ turns 20 this year! This limited edition celebratory anniversary edition includes all new artwork by Victor Gastelum, extensive liner notes, and 11 bonus tracks. What was surprising about The Black Light (and what set its architects apart from their indie rock peers) was the album’s unusual willingness to wade into the rapids of American and Mexican culture, fully immersing itself midstream. From the outset, with ‘Gypsy’s Curse’, the record combines guitar twang and flamenco flourishes; and by its end, almost an hour later, it’s contrived a skillful and instinctive union of smoky bar room jazz, arthouse indie rock, and compelling mariachi brass in ‘Frontera’. If Calexico falls short as a name, it’s only in the fact that ‐ along‐ side their mining of Mexico’s fertile musical past ‐ Joey Burns and John Convertino weren’t just digging into California’s songbook... they were unearthing America’s too.
Full Length Vinyl 1 Side A Side B 01 Gypsy's Curse 02 Fake Fur 03 The Ride - pt II 04 Where Water Flows 05 The Black Light 06 Sideshow 07 Chach 08 Missing 01 Minas de Cobre - For Better Metal 02 Over Your Shoulder 03 Vinegaroon 04 Trigger 05 Sprawl 06 Stray 07 Old Man Waltz 08 Bloodflow 09 Frontera Full Length Vinyl 2 Side A Side B 01 El Morro 02 Man Goes Where Water Flows 03 Glowing Heart Of The World 04 Too Much Sprawl 05 Rollbar 01 Minas De Cobre (Extend-O-Mix) 02 Minas De Cobre (Spatial Mix) 03 Minas De Cobre (Acoustic Mix) 04 Lacquer 05 Drape 06 Bag of Death
