CalexicoBest Calexico Albums Ranked
7.6
Avg Score
25
Opinions
16
Albums
7
Reviewers
Summary from 25 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Calexico’s catalog across 16 albums from 25 opinions, with an overall average of 7.6/10. The top-rated Calexico album is Feast of Wire (2003) with a 8.8/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Carried to Dust and El Mirador. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1998 to 2022. Para ranks as the highest-rated Calexico song on Rate.fm with a 7.1/10 average.
Feast of Wire
“Calexico have always been restless experimenters, juxtaposers and journeymen, crafting a unique fusion of bluesy Mariachi, desert-rock and jazz, and injecting healthy doses of experimentation into the otherwise straightforward records on which they've made guest appearances. Yet, for their innovation and distinctive sound, their albums have always had their weak spots-- moments in which their idea”
In the Reins
“Sam Beam teams with the Southwest’s Calexico on a seven-track mini-album that ranks with anything either act has done on its own.”
Carried to Dust
“The latest from the wildly eclectic Calexico takes its cues from the group's two most recent records, the kitchen-sink aesthetic of 2003's Feast of Wire and the more basic rock-band approach of 2006's Garden Ruin. Iron & Wine's Sam Beam and Tortoise's Doug McCombs guest.”