Algiers (Calexico album)

Algiers is the seventh studio album by indie rock americana band Calexico, released on 11 September 2012.

The album's name comes from Algiers, New Orleans, which is where the album was recorded.

Track listing
All songs written by Joey Burns & John Convertino, except "Fortune Teller" by Joey Burns & Pieta Brown, and "No Te Vayas" by Jacob Valenzuela. In some releases a bonus disc was included, entitled "Spiritoso," which featured the band playing their songs accompanied by the Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien and the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, conducted by Cornelius Meister and Matt Dunkley respectively.

Tracks 1,8 and 11 performed with the Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien; tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 12 performed with the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg

Personnel

 * Calexico
 * John Convertino – drums, percussion, vibraphone
 * Joey Burns – vocals, guitars, upright bass, piano, Vibes, Keys, Accordion


 * Additional musicians
 * Jacob Valenzuela – trumpet, vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12)
 * Martin Wenk – trumpet, Wurlitzer, sampled strings, accordion, theremin (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12)
 * Paul Niehaus – pedal steel (3, 5, 6, 11, 12)
 * Jairo Zavala – vocals, slide guitar, bazouki, acoustic guitar, percussion (6, 8, 10)
 * Volker Zander – upright bass, electric bass (1, 2, 11, 12)
 * Craig Schumacher – Mellotron, percussion, Wurlitzer (1, 3, 5, 7)
 * Sergio Mendoza – piano (3, 8, 10)
 * Michael Carbajal – trumpet (8, 10)
 * Michael Fan – violin (11, 12)
 * Rose Todaro – violin (11, 12)
 * Joseph Pagan – viola (11, 12)
 * Anne Gratz – cello (11, 12)
 * Craig Klein – trombone (3)
 * Jason Mingledorff – tenor and baritone saxophone (2)
 * Pieta Brown – backing vocals (4)
 * Tom Hagerman – violins, viola (5)
 * Chris Lopez – baritone trombone (8)
 * Chris Schultz – Moog synth for pedal steel (11)

Charts
In 2012, it was awarded a double silver certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicated sales of at least 40,000 copies throughout Europe.