The Black Light (studio album) by Calexico

The Black Light by Calexico
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 5,524th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 99 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (87th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (930th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,524th)
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Calexico bestography

The Black Light is ranked 3rd best out of 20 albums by Calexico on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Calexico is Feast Of Wire which is ranked number 2838 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 543.

Calexico album bestography « Higher ranked (4,772nd) This album (5,524th) Lower ranked (8,160th) »
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The Black Light track list

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 99 votes)
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03/11/2023 22:06 Igtonumama  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 8,94760/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.

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From 03/02/2013 05:11
Calexico are a band that's gotten a lot of alt-country buzz over the years, but I've never really gotten into too much. This is one of their more acclaimed albums. About half the tracks are instrumentals, and I tend to get bored during those, but the other half are really nice songs.
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From 10/29/2011 15:23
This album is a modern take on Mariachi music and Ennio Morricone's soundtracks. Throughout the mood is languid and introspective. The vocal passages are rather weak and thus the album works best in the various instrumental pieces.
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