Calexico

Spoke

Calexico - Spoke

08/12/1997 | Quarter Stick 

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All Music Guide Review

The back cover photo of Spoke is a furrowing farm machine, and in the context of this recording, one might imagine clouds of birds following the machinery to eat up the disturbed insects. Calexico snatch up the bits of Americana turned out by a rototilling of the national music psyche. The 19 resultant tracks can be small as insects (the shortest being half a minute in length) and erratic in flight; there are lo-fi songs and themes that proceed without concern for what came before. One bit is held up by guitar, another by accordion, then one by vibes. A bit of desert dust sprinkled throughout may be the only constant theme -- a Santa Fe rummage sale of sounds. Spoke is very intriguing and well worth exploring. ~ Thomas Schulte, All Music Guide

Spoke Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • Low Expectations
  • 2:36
  • Sound Clip for Low Expectations from Spoke


  • 2
  • Mind the Gap
  • :52
  • Sound Clip for Mind the Gap from Spoke


  • 3
  • Mazurra
  • 1:44
  • Sound Clip for Mazurra from Spoke


  • 4
  • Sanchez
  • 3:15
  • Sound Clip for Sanchez from Spoke


  • 5
  • The Haul
  • 1:21
  • Sound Clip for The Haul from Spoke


  • 6
  • Slag
  • 2:26
  • Sound Clip for Slag from Spoke


  • 7
  • Paper Route
  • 2:00
  • Sound Clip for Paper Route from Spoke


  • 8
  • Glimpse
  • 2:38
  • Sound Clip for Glimpse from Spoke


  • 9
  • Navy Cut
  • :29

  • 10
  • Spokes
  • 2:37
  • Sound Clip for Spokes from Spoke


  • 11
  • Scout
  • 2:09
  • Sound Clip for Scout from Spoke


  • 12
  • Point Vicente
  • 3:54
  • Sound Clip for Point Vicente from Spoke


  • 13
  • Wash
  • 2:34
  • Sound Clip for Wash from Spoke


  • 14
  • Ice Cream Jeep
  • :28
  • Sound Clip for Ice Cream Jeep from Spoke


  • 15
  • Windjammer
  • 2:36
  • Sound Clip for Windjammer from Spoke


  • 16
  • Mazurka
  • 1:17
  • Sound Clip for Mazurka from Spoke


  • 17
  • Removed
  • 3:51
  • Sound Clip for Removed from Spoke


  • 18
  • Hitch
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for Hitch from Spoke


  • 19
  • Stinging Nettle
  • 3:40
  • Sound Clip for Stinging Nettle from Spoke


    • Credits of Spoke

    • Joey Burns
    • Bass, Guitar, Mandolin, Accordion, Cello, Vocals, Mixing


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