Carried to Dust

Carried to Dust is the sixth studio album from Tucson, Arizona indie rock/Americana band Calexico, released September 9, 2008. It features a number of guest musicians like Iron & Wine, Tortoise's Doug McCombs, Pieta Brown, and Amparo Sanchez.

Carried to Dust
Studio album by Calexico
Released	September 9, 2008
Genre	Alt-country, Americana, Tex-Mex, indie rock, indie folk
Length	45:05
Label	Quarterstick
Producer	Joey Burns, John Convertino, Craig Schumacher
Calexico chronology
Garden Ruin (2006) Carried to Dust (2008) Algiers (2012)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	B[3]
ChartAttack	[4]
Pitchfork Media	(8.3/10)[5]
PopMatters	[6]
Spin	[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[8]
Strange Glue	[9]
Twisted Ear	[10]
Web in Front	(favorable)[11]

Following the release of Carried to Dust, the band toured throughout the United States, the British Isles and Western Europe.^[12]

In 2012 it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association,^[13] which indicated sales of at least 75,000 copies throughout Europe. As of 2009 it has sold 26,000 copies in US.^[14]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Víctor Jara's Hands"	3:19
2.	"Two Silver Trees"	3:49
3.	"The News About William"	2:47
4.	"Sarabande in Pencil Form"	0:39
5.	"Writer's Minor Holiday"	3:09
6.	"Man Made Lake"	3:00
7.	"Inspiración"	3:34
8.	"House of Valparaíso"	2:46
9.	"Slowness"	3:35
10.	"Bend to the Road"	3:17
11.	"El Gatillo (Trigger Revisited)"	3:07
12.	"Fractured Air (Tornado Watch)"	3:15
13.	"Falling from Sleeves"	1:20
14.	"Red Blooms"	3:23
15.	"Contention City"	4:16

Written by Joey Burns (1-6,8-15), John Convertino (3-6,10,11,13,15), John Burns (2,3,6,14), Jairo Zavala (1), Jacob Valenzuela (7).

Personnel

• Joey Burns – vocals, guitars, bass, cello, keyboards, accordion, percussion, vibraphone
• John Convertino – drums, percussion, piano
• Paul Niehaus – steel guitar, guitars
• Jacob Valenzuela – trumpet, keyboards, vibraphone, vocals
• Martin Wenk – trumpet, guitar, keyboards, accordion, glockenspiel, vibraphone (occasionally harmonica & French horn)
• Volker Zander – standup bass, electric bass

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[15]	55
US Billboard 200[16]	98
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[17]	9
US Tastemakers (Billboard)[18]	7