Algiers - Calexico
  • Band Name: Calexico
  • Record Label: Anti
  • Release Date: Sep 11, 2012
User Score
8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8

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  1. coolcrowe
    Jan 21, 2013
    9
    On first listen, I thought that this was "just another Calexico album". I enjoy them but have never been sucked in before. But this album really does grow on you, and good lord is it beautiful. These melodies will haunt your thoughts, and every listen is an intimate experience.

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Metascore
76 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Magnet
    Oct 1, 2012
    50
    Algiers appears designed not to define, defy, offend and - most heinously- explore. [No.91, p.53]
  2. No Ripcord
    Sep 28, 2012
    80
    Algiers is immense, genuine, and, at times, heartbreakingly beautiful.
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  3. Dusted Magazine
    Sep 28, 2012
    80
    It is full of unusual clarity and purpose and seems to have benefited from a certain amount of restraint.
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