This is the discography for American rock band Calexico.
Studio albums Title Details Peak chart positions USAUTBELFRAGERNLNORSWESWIUKPeaks in the UK: For all except noted: Peaks outside the top 100: Spoke Released: August 7, 1997 Label: Quarterstick, Hausmusik Formats: CD, CS, LP — — — — — — — — — — The Black Light Released: May 19, 1998 Label: Quarterstick Formats: CD, CS, LP — — — — — — — — — — Aerocalexico Released: 1999 Label: Quarterstick / Our Soil, Our Strength Formats: CD, double vinyl, DI — — — — — — — — — — Hot Rail Released: May 9, 2000 Label: Quarterstick Formats: CD, CS, LP — — — — 43 — — — 43 57 Feast of Wire Released: February 18, 2003 Label: Quarterstick Formats: CD, CS, LP — 22 30 39 10 41 18 — 41 71 Garden Ruin Released: April 11, 2006 Label: Quarterstick Formats: CD, CS, LP 156 18 21 90 24 36 34 34 62 76 Carried to Dust Released: September 9, 2008 Label: Quarterstick Formats: CD, CS, LP 98 24 16 40 18 29 17 31 35 55 Algiers Released: September 11, 2012 Label: Anti- Formats: CD, CS, LP 72 6 22 46 13 18 24 22 11 60 Edge of the Sun Released: April 14, 2015 Label: Anti- Formats: CD, LP 193 4 15 70 6 10 — 42 4 37 The Thread That Keeps Us Released: January 26, 2018 Label: Anti- Formats: CD, LP — 9 13 108 7 21 — — 12 58 Years to Burn(with Iron & Wine) Released: June 14, 2019 Label: Sub Pop Formats: CD — 13 38 179 16 55 — — 46 — Seasonal Shift Released: December 4, 2020 Label: Anti- Formats: CD, LP — 34 55 — 51 — — — 74 — El Mirador Released: April 8, 2022 Label: Anti- Formats: CD, LP, digital — 7 26 — 10 58 — — 15 — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Live albums
Year Details 2002 Scraping (Mostly Recorded at the Great American Music Hall San Francisco Jan 11 2002) Label: Lunada Bay (BMI) / Good Clean Dirt (BMI) / Quarterstick Records Formats: Tour CD, Vinyl 2004 World Drifts In (Recorded at the Barbican, London. November 27, 2002) Label: Lunada Bay (BMI) / Our Soil, Our Strength Formats: CD, LP, DVD 2005 The Book and the Canal (Studio & Live, Recorded between 1999 and 2005) Label: Lunada Bay (BMI) / Our Soil, Our Strength / Quarterstick Records Formats: Tour CD, Double Vinyl 2006 Itunes Live Sessions - EP Label: None / iTunes Format: Itune Download 2008 Ancienne Belgique (Live in Brussels 2008) Label: Our Soil, Our Strength / Quarterstick Records Formats: Tour CD, Double Vinyl 2013 Ancienne Belgique vol.2 (Live in Brussels sept 19th 2012) Label: Our Soil, Our Strength Formats: CD, Double Vinyl 2012/2013 Spiritoso (Record Store Day exclusive of German performances, 2012) Label: City Slang, Anti / Epitaph Formats: Vinyl, LP, CD, Digital, Album+RE Details: German performances with the Radio Symphonieorchester Wien and Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg
Soundtracks Committed (Soundtrack) CD (2000) Circo (Soundtrack) CD & Vinyl (2010) The Guard (Soundtrack) CD & Vinyl (2011)
Tour only and miscellaneous albums 98–99 Road Map (1999), tour CD Travelall (2000), tour CD & Vinyl (2012) Tête à Tête (2001), side project as ABBC with Amor Belhom Duo Tool Box (2007), tour CD Festin D'Aden * Elysee Montmartre, Paris * March 08, 2001 (2008), 2xCDr limited to 50 copies Selections From Road Atlas- 1998-2011 (2011), Tour CD
EPs Underworld D-Tales Vol. 7 (1999) Descamino (2000) Even My Sure Things Fall Through (2001) Convict Pool (2004) Live in the KFJC Pit (2004), 7″ split single with Camper Van Beethoven In the Reins (2005), with Iron & Wine Live Session EP (2006) Maybe On Monday (2013), Tour CD & 12" Vinyl
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album USAAA BELTip NL NOR POL SCO UK UKIndie "Spark" / "The Ride" 1996 — — — — — — — — rowspan="2" "Lacquer" / "Drape" — — — — — — — — "Stray" 1998 — — — — — — — — The Black Light "The Ride (Pt 2)" — — — — — — 151 35 "Service & Repair" 2000 — — — — — — 182 43 Hot Rail "Crystal Frontier" — — — — — — 89 15 "Ballad of Cable Hogue" — — — — — — 97 17 "Clothes Of Sand" / "New Partner"(split single with The Frames) 2001 — — — — — — — — "Alone Again Or" 2003 — — — — — — — — Convict Pool "Quattro (World Drifts In)" — — 53 — — — 135 32 Feast of Wire "Black Heart" 2004 — — — 17 — — — — "Cruel" 2006 — — — — — — 185 — Garden Ruin "Bisbee Blue" — — — — — — — 29 "The Guns of Brixton" / "Interior of a Dutch House"(split single with Beirut) — — — — — 93 177 — rowspan="3" "Dark Eyes"(with Iron & Wine) 2007 — — — — — — — — "Inspiratie" / "Oo"(split single with De Kift) 2008 — — — — — — — — "Two Silver Trees" / "Bend to the Road" — — — — 29 — — — Carried to Dust "Inspiración" / "El Gatillo" 2009 — — — — — — — — "Splitter" 2012 — — — — — — — — Algiers "Tapping on the Line" 2015 — — — — — — — — Edge of the Sun "Falling From The Sky" — 57 — — — — — — "Cumbia de Donde" — 80 — — — — — — "Roll Tango" 2016 — — — — — — — — "End of the World with You" 2017 27 39 — — — — — — The Thread That Keeps Us "Under the Wheels" 2018 31 — — — — — — — "Father Mountain" 2019 35 45 — — — — — — Years to Burn "Hear the Bells" 2020 — — — — — — — — Seasonal Shift "El Mirador" 2022 — — — — — — — — El Mirador "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
DVDs World Drifts In: Live at the Barbican (2004) & Vinyl Live From Austin TX (Austin City Limits) (2009)
Compilations Selections From Road Atlas: 1988–2011 (2011)
Compilation contributions Committed Soundtrack (2000) It's a Cool, Cool Christmas – "Gift Xchange" (2000), a charity compilation by Xfm All Tomorrow's Parties 1.0 - "Piker Sam" (2001) Nothing Left to Lose: A Tribute to Kris Kristofferson – "Casey's Last Ride" (2003) Dead Man's Shoes :"Untitled II" "Untitled III" "Ritual Road Map""Crooked Road and the Briar" - Soundtrack (2004) Por Vida: A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo - "Wave" (2004) Music From The Film "Happy Endings" - "Glimpse" and "Old Man Waltz" (2005) Sweetheart 2005: Love Songs – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (2005), Hear Music Acoustic 07 – "Cruel" (2007), V2 Records I'm Not There: Original Soundtrack – "Goin' to Acapulco" (2007) The band also provide backing for other artists on several tracks. Goin' to Acapulco (Jim James & Calexico) (4:59)Dark eyes (Iron & Wine & Calexico) (4:30)One more cup of coffee (Roger McGuinn & Calexico) (4:31)Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Willie Nelson & Calexico) (5:18) Just like a woman (Charlotte Gainsbourg & Calexico) (4:20) Lammbock: Original Soundtrack Chris Gaffney Tribute: The Man of Somebody's Dreams - "Frank's Tavern" (2009) 10 Years in the Ground: Radio 1190 Presents Live Recordings - "Crystal Frontier" (2009) El Alpinista De Los Sueños - Tributo A Antonio Vega - "Mi Hogar En Cualquier Sitio" (2010) Luz de Vida – "Absent Afternoon" (2011)
Remixes Two Lone Swordsmen - "Tiny Reminder No3 (Calexico Remix)" on Two Lone Swordsmen's EP "Further Reminders" (2001) Goldfrapp – "Human" (Calexico Vocal Version) on Goldfrapp's EP "Human"(2001) ISO68 – "Stoppages Est Plus (Calexico Remix)" on ISO68's EP "Here / There Played By" (2003)
Collaborations On Jean-Louis Murat's album Mustango (1999) On Françoiz Breut's album Vingt à Trente Mille Jours (2000) On Neko Case's album Blacklisted (2002) On Jenny Toomey's album Tempting (2002), a collection of songs by Franklin Bruno On Nancy Sinatra's album Nancy Sinatra (a.k.a. To Nancy With Love) (2004) "Don't Leave Me Now" on Amparanoia's album Rebeldia Con Alegria (2004) On Los Super Seven's album Heard It on the X (2005) Esa Banda En Dub – with Nortec Collective's Panoptica included in Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3 (2005) On Françoiz Breut's album Une Saison Volée (2005) You Can't Always Listen to Hausmusik, But... (2006) – "Careless" (with The Notwist) and "Freunde" (with A Million Mercies) On Neko Case's album Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006) "Amor Porteño" on Gotan Project's album Lunático (2006) On Marianne Dissard's album "Dedicated To Your Walls. May They Keep Blooming" (2006), performed and composed by Joey Burns. On Naïm Amor's album Sanguine (2007) On Marianne Dissard's album "L'Entredeux" (2008), performed, produced and composed by Joey Burns. Also, with John Convertino on drums. On Lizz Wright's album The Orchard (2008) On Naïm Amor's EP Introducing... (2008) On Depedro's album Depedro (2008) On Vinicio Capossela's album Da solo (2008, track La faccia della terra ) On Neko Case's album Middle Cyclone (2009) On Naïm Amor's EP Precious Second (2009) On Depedro's album On Tour (2009) On Susie Hug's album Tucson Moonshine (2010) On Amparo Sánchez's album Tucson-Habana (2010) On Depedro's album Nubes De Papel (2010) On Maggie Björklund's album Coming Home (2011) On Neko Case's album The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You (2013)
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