Hot Rail

Hot Rail is the third studio album by the rock band Calexico. It was released in 2000 through Quarterstick Records. A limited deluxe edition was released on November 15, 2010.[10]

Hot Rail
Studio album by Calexico
Released	May 9, 2000
Studio	WaveLab Studio, Tucson, AZ
Genre	Americana, indie rock, Tex-Mex, post-rock
Length	53:17
Label	Quarterstick Records
Producer	Joey Burns, John Convertino
Calexico chronology
The Black Light (1999) Hot Rail (2000) Feast of Wire (2003)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	A–[4]
The Guardian	[5]
NME	8/10[6]
Pitchfork	7.9/10[7]
PopMatters	7/10[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"El Picador"	Burns, Convertino	3:14
2.	"Ballad of Cable Hogue"	Burns	3:29
3.	"Ritual Road Map"	Burns, Convertino	1:15
4.	"Fade"	Burns, Convertino	7:44
5.	"Untitled III"	Convertino	4:07
6.	"Sonic Wind"	Burns, Convertino	4:13
7.	"Muleta"	Burns	3:33
8.	"Mid-Town"	Burns	3:33
9.	"Service and Repair"	Burns	4:03
10.	"Untitled II"	Convertino	2:37
11.	"Drenched"	Burns	4:50
12.	"16 Track Scratch"	Burns, Convertino	1:29
13.	"Tres Avisos"	Burns	5:11
14.	"Hot Rail"	Burns, Convertino	3:58

The EU version of the album contains the additional track "Crystal Frontier" (Burns) between "Fade" and "Untitled III".

Personnel

Calexico

• Joey Burns – bass, guitar, cello, voice, loops, accordion, organ
• John Convertino – drums, vibes, marimba, organ, percussion, accordion

Additional musicians

• Marianne Dissard – voice (2)
• Tim Gallagher – pedal steel (9)
• Nick Luca – guitar (1, 7, 11, 13)
• Rob Mazurek – cornet (4)
• Ruben Moreno – trumpet (1, 2, 7, 13)
• Craig Schumacher – harmonica (11), MCI 16 track (12), field recording (14)
• Madeleine Sosin – violin (1, 2, 7, 9, 11, 13)
• Martin Wenk – trumpet (1, 2, 7, 13)

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[11]	57

References

1. Horowitz, Hal. "Hot Rail - Calexico". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
2. "Consumer Guide: Calexico". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
3. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
4. Weingarten, Marc (2000-05-19). "Hot Rail". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
5. Cameron, Keith (2000-05-12). "Other pop releases". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
6. "Hot Rail". NME. 2005-09-12.
7. Chanko, Chip (2000-05-09). "Calexico: Hot Rail Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
8. Gilstrap, Andrew (2011-04-14). "Calexico: Hot Rail / Feast of Wire". PopMatters. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
9. Blashill, Pat (2000-05-22). "Calexico: Hot Rail". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2006-05-09.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
10. "Hot Rail (Limited Deluxe Edition)". Archived from the original on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2013-12-11.
11. "Calexico". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 17, 2017.

External links

• Hot Rail at Discogs (list of releases)