Feast of Wire explained
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
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."
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
Notes and References
- Web site: CALEXICO Feast Of Wire vinyl 2xLP . Touch And Go Records . 10 February 2024 . touch-and-go . https://web.archive.org/web/20240210160145/https://store.touchandgorecords.com/collections/calexico/products/calexico-feast-of-wire . 10 February 2024 . live.
- Web site: Calexico - Feast Of Wire CD Album . Cduniverse.com . 2003-02-18 . 2012-02-16.
- Web site: Calexico. Official Charts Company. November 17, 2017.
- Calexico - Heatseekers Albums. Billboard. November 17, 2017.
- Calexico - Independent Albums. Billboard. November 17, 2017.
