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Algiers

Calexico

Algiers

Americana and alt country with a Latin flavour on album No.6 from the Arizona based band led by Joey Burns and John Convertino

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7.3

Label
City Slang
UK Release date
10/09/2012
US Release date
11/09/2012
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  1. 9.1 |   A.V. Club

    A reminder that the band’s members are all great jazzmen at heart
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  2. 9.0 |   Blurt

    The music on this remarkable record creeps up on you, and subtleties abound
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  3. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    While the climate of Calexico’s new hangout might have injected a drop or two of moisture into this set, Algiers is no betrayal of the band’s parched roots
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  4. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Calexico at their most expansive and very, very best. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Q

    Showcases a band utterly assured and fully aware of their intoxicating potency. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   The Independent

    There's still a discernible whiff of hickory smoke about these songs, and the distinctive arms of saguaro cactus still stand out against the aural horizon, but there's something extra going on here
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  7. 8.0 |   Clash

    A Calexico album unlike any other. More forceful, immediate and polished, whilst still possessing the bewitching musical interplays of old
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  8. 8.0 |   BBC

    Seven albums in, Calexico have lost none of their power to evoke and enthral
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  9. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Endlessly listenable and beautifully performed, Algiers is another fine entry into this dependably excellent band’s catalogue
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  10. 8.0 |   The Fly

    Lucid with grit and tempered with melody, easily the equal of their career’s best work
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  11. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Algiers isn't so much a portrayal of New Orleans as it is a manifestation of the city's often observed ability to both elevate and weigh heavily on the soul
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  12. 8.0 |   No Ripcord

    If there was any doubt that the band could match the creativity and sustained inspiration of Feast Of Wire, this record will cast those doubts aside. Algiers is immense, genuine, and, at times, heartbreakingly beautiful
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  13. 7.6 |   Beats Per Minute

    The band has released countless amounts of material over the sixteen years they’ve been together, and it can be taken as a given that any longstanding fans will immediately enjoy Algiers, but for newcomers, this is also a perfect access point to what is one of the most consistent bands of the 2000s
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  14. 7.3 |   Pitchfork

    An album that never sounds settled or still, defined not by one or another place but by the tumultuous spaces in between
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  15. 7.0 |   Tone Deaf

    They may have drifted from their home to shake up their recording process, but they have not drifted too far from shore
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  16. 7.0 |   Uncut

    A warm and compassionate affirmation of the band's deep-rooted DNA. Print edition only

  17. 7.0 |   DIY

    Many other bands might have run dry by now. Not Calexico though, and ‘Algiers’ serves as a fitting reminder why they haven’t
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  18. 7.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Similar in scope to 2006's career highlight Garden Ruin, this extension to the band's catalogue widens the vast horizons the music already so easily conjures
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  19. 7.0 |   All Music

    While these tales of people trying to escape their pasts aren't quite as masterful as Carried to Dust, Algiers has some great songs and a vitality that Calexico should try to hang onto in the future
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  20. 7.0 |   Paste Magazine

    While there are some fine moments on the recording, one is often left wishing that the duo had chosen to delve deeper into the acoustic soundscapes that they excel at
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  21. 6.5 |   Prefix

    Another fine turn in the winding, ever-shifting road of the Calexico canon
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  22. 6.0 |   NME

    Far less surface-level appealing, but the sad twang of a pedal steel and Joey Burns’ rich lyrical imagery draw you in
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  23. 5.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    It feels more like an interlude here, an oasis in a dustbowl of ideas. Not a bad album, just a boring one
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  24. 5.0 |   Bowlegs

    This album is in no way a bad listen, it’s just not a very memorable listen
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  25. 5.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Algiers is sort of like the Grand Canyon: it may have some enjoyable attractions, but in the end, you’re just staring at a giant hole
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