Garden Ruin

This article is about the rock album. For the architectural feature, see Folly.
Garden Ruin
Studio album by
Calexico
ReleasedApril 11, 2006
GenreIndie rock, indie folk, alt-country, Tex-Mex
Length40:31
LabelQuarterstick
ProducerJD Foster, Joey Burns, John Convertino
Calexico chronology
Feast of Wire
(2003) 		Garden Ruin
(2006) 		Carried to Dust
(2008)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubB+[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
The Guardian[5]
Pitchfork8.1/10[6]
PopMatters6/10[7]
The Skinny[8]
Slant Magazine[9]
Spin[10]
Uncut4/5[11]

Garden Ruin is the fifth studio album by the rock band Calexico. It was released in 2006 on Quarterstick Records. The LP is the first Calexico album to feature no instrumental tracks, instead relying on a more direct, pop-style approach. Forgoing what has been described as "indie-mariachi", the band took their music in a different direction, and the result is a more straightforward indie rock album.

As of 2009 it has sold 46,000 copies in US.[12]

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  2. ^ Phares, Heather. "Calexico - Garden Ruin". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  3. ^ Murray, Noel (2006-04-26). "Calexico / Norfolk & Western". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  4. ^ Collis, Clark (2006-05-19). "Garden Ruin". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  5. ^ Peschek, David (2006-03-31). "Pop CD: Calexico, Garden Ruin". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  6. ^ Tangari, Joe (2006-04-12). "Calexico: Garden Ruin". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  7. ^ Gilstrap, Andrew (2006-04-11). "Calexico: Garden Ruin". PopMatters. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  8. ^ Reid, Dave (2006-05-16). "Calexico - Garden Ruin". The Skinny. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  9. ^ Keefe, Jonathan (2006-04-12). "Calexico: Garden Ruin". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  10. ^ Simon, Julia (2006-05-05). "Calexico, 'Garden Ruin' (Quarter Stick)". Spin. Archived from the original on 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  11. ^ Scoppa, Bud (2006-05-03). "Calexico - Garden Ruin". Uncut. Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
  12. ^ "Billboard". 2009-02-28.