Feast of Wire

{{Music ratings

| MC = 86/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/feast-of-wire/calexico|title=Reviews for Feast of Wire by Calexico|publisher=Metacritic|access-date=April 23, 2015}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/feast-of-wire-mw0000020185|title=Feast of Wire – Calexico|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=April 23, 2015|last=Phares|first=Heather}}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2score = 5/5{{cite journal|title=Calexico: Feast of Wire|journal=Alternative Press|issue=176|date=March 2003|page=86}}

| rev3 = The Boston Phoenix

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/otr/documents/02750011.htm|title=Calexico: Feast of Wire (Quarterstick)|work=The Boston Phoenix|date=March 13–20, 2003|access-date=April 23, 2015|last=Woodlief|first=Mark|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303112811/http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/music/otr/documents/02750011.htm|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = B+{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2003/03/14/feast-wire|title=Feast of Wire|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=February 14, 2003|access-date=April 8, 2016|last=Hermes|first=Will|author-link=Will Hermes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009211341/http://www.ew.com/article/2003/03/14/feast-wire|archive-date=October 9, 2016|url-status=dead}}

| rev5 = The Guardian

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/feb/14/popandrock.artsfeatures6|title=Calexico: Feast of Wire|work=The Guardian|date=February 14, 2003|access-date=April 8, 2016|last=Simpson|first=Dave}}

| rev6 = Mojo

| rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite journal|title=Calexico: Feast of Wire|journal=Mojo|issue=112|date=March 2003|page=98}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7score = 8.9/10{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1230-feast-of-wire/|title=Calexico: Feast of Wire|work=Pitchfork|date=February 23, 2003|access-date=April 23, 2015|last=Tangari|first=Joe}}

| rev8 = Q

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Calexico: Feast of Wire|journal=Q|issue=200|date=March 2003|page=104}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=2045951&cf=5782|title=Calexico: Feast Of Wire|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 18, 2003|access-date=September 23, 2016|last=Simon|first=Jeremy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030627154338/http://rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=2045951&cf=5782|archive-date=June 27, 2003|url-status=dead}}

| rev10 = Uncut

| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal|title=Calexico: Feast of Wire|journal=Uncut|issue=70|date=March 2003|page=98}}

}}

Joe Tangari of Pitchfork called Feast of Wire Calexico's "first genuinely masterful full-length, crammed with immediate songcraft, shifting moods and open-ended exploration," and "the album we always knew they had in them but feared they would never make."

{{Track listing

| total_length = 49:44

| title0 =

| note0 = pregap hidden instrumental track

| length0 = 2:16

| title1 = Sunken Waltz

| length1 = 2:27

| title2 = Quattro (World Drifts In)

| length2 = 4:36

| title3 = Stucco

| length3 = 0:20

| title4 = Black Heart

| length4 = 4:48

| title5 = Pepita

| length5 = 2:36

| title6 = Not Even Stevie Nicks...

| length6 = 2:42

| title7 = Close Behind

| length7 = 2:51

| title8 = Woven Birds

| length8 = 3:46

| title9 = The Book and the Canal

| length9 = 1:45

| title10 = Attack el Robot! Attack!

| length10 = 3:17

| title11 = Across the Wire

| length11 = 3:25

| title12 = Dub Latina

| length12 = 2:19

| title13 = Güero Canelo

| length13 = 2:57

| title14 = Whipping the Horse's Eyes

| length14 = 1:24

| title15 = Crumble

| length15 = 3:54

| title16 = No Doze

| length16 = 4:21

}}

{{Track listing

| total_length = 1:01:47

| headline = Limited edition bonus tracks

| title17 = Corona

| note17 = Minutemen cover

| length17 = 3:19

| title18 = Si tu disais

| note18 = Françoiz Breut cover

| length18 = 3:25

| title19 = Fallin' Rain

| note19 = Link Wray cover

| length19 = 5:19

}}

Credits adapted from CD Universe.{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/5548863/a/Feast+Of+Wire.htm |title=Calexico - Feast Of Wire CD Album |publisher=Cduniverse.com |date=2003-02-18 |access-date=2012-02-16}}

;Calexico

• Joey Burns – guitar, upright bass, accordion, percussion, cuatro, cello, orchestra bells, pump organ, mandolin, bowed banjo, vibes, synthesizer, melodica, vocals
• John Convertino – drums, percussion, piano (track 9)
• Paul Niehaus – pedal steel
• Jacob Valenzuela – trumpet (tracks 2, 7, 10, 11, 15)
• Martin Wenk – accordion (tracks 4, 7), trumpet (tracks 7, 11), bowed vibes (track 16)
• Volker Zander – upright bass (tracks 4, 16)

;Additional personnel

• Ed Kay – flute (track 15)
• Eddie Lopez – button accordion (track 11)
• Nick Luca – synthesizer (tracks 2, 5, 10), piano (tracks 4, 15), vibes (track 10), electric guitar (track 15)
• Jeff "Fruitpie" Marchant – trombone (track 15)
• Craig Schumacher – synthesizer (tracks 2, 16), tympani (track 7), backup vocals (tracks 1, 2), trumpet (track 2)
• Fernando Valencia – violin (track 11)
• Joseph Valenzuela – trombone (track 2)

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