The Thread That Keeps Us
by Calexico
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The Thread That Keeps Us is ranked 8th best out of 20 albums by Calexico on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Calexico is Feast Of Wire which is ranked number 2722 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 580.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Thread That Keeps Us track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/22/2025 09:21 | Invader666 | 2,622 | 65/100 |
| ! | 04/27/2025 09:43 |  Purplepash | 4,971 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2023 00:21 |  RevolverCB72 | 1,808 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/01/2023 11:04 |  Graeme2 | 4,907 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2022 04:46 |  Arthurknight | 9,589 | 72/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.5/100, a mean average of 70.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.4.
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Brad1770 07/14/2018 08:34 | #218169
I was rather late to the Calexico party first dipping my toe in the water with 2012's New Orleans love letter 'Algers' , then loving 2015's rather excellent Mexican themed 'Edge of the Sun'. 2018's 'The Thread That Keeps Us' is album number 16 for this prolific duo & its better than good with an eclectic mix of sounds , political commentary and even gritty beats on "Under the Wheels" , and highlighted by album standout track the early Pixies-esque "Eyes Wide Awake" (one of 2018's best songs)
Yes sir , Calexico deliver again an album full of surprises which completely satisfies
65 Beautiful Margarita's Out Of 100
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