Feast of Wire

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Feast of Wire is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Calexico. The album was released on February 18, 2003, through Quarterstick Records.

Reception

Template:Music ratings Joe Tangari of Pitchfork called Feast of Wire Calexico's "first genuinely masterful full-length, crammed with immediate songcraft, shifting moods and open-ended exploration," and "the album we always knew they had in them but feared they would never make."[1]

Track listing

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Personnel

Credits adapted from CD Universe.[2]

Calexico
  • Joey Burns – guitar, upright bass, accordion, percussion, cuatro, cello, orchestra bells, pump organ, mandolin, bowed banjo, vibes, synthesizer, melodica, vocals
  • John Convertino – drums, percussion, piano (track 9)
  • Paul Niehaus – pedal steel
  • Jacob Valenzuela – trumpet (tracks 2, 7, 10, 11, 15)
  • Martin Wenk – accordion (tracks 4, 7), trumpet (tracks 7, 11), bowed vibes (track 16)
  • Volker Zander – upright bass (tracks 4, 16)
Additional personnel
  • Ed Kay – flute (track 15)
  • Eddie Lopez – button accordion (track 11)
  • Nick Luca – synthesizer (tracks 2, 5, 10), piano (tracks 4, 15), vibes (track 10), electric guitar (track 15)
  • Jeff "Fruitpie" Marchant – trombone (track 15)
  • Craig Schumacher – synthesizer (tracks 2, 16), tympani (track 7), backup vocals (tracks 1, 2), trumpet (track 2)
  • Fernando Valencia – violin (track 11)
  • Joseph Valenzuela – trombone (track 2)

Charts

Chart Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[3] 71
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[4] 45
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[5] 23

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External links

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