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In the end, Garden Ruin feels like a transitional album that will bear greater fruit later on.
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UrbPainfully unexciting. [Mar 2006, p.122]
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This new set fills in the spaces with sweeter, fuller arrangements, but the songs are hit and miss.
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Fans of Calexico's darker, rougher, and more cinematic work will pine for just that, even though the band's clearly evolving on Garden Ruin.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 26
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Mixed: 3 out of 26
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Negative: 2 out of 26
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SotirisTFeb 2, 2007A very good album. Not what Calexico fans were expecting but this album marks the exploring of new music horizons by Calexico.
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JonAug 17, 2006
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adricJul 13, 2006boring