The Black Light (studio album) by Calexico
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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 2865 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 536.
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The Black Light track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 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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85/100  | 01/03/2025 14:05 |  doombringer | | 77/100 |
70/100 | 12/01/2024 19:18 | BorderFreeAndrew | | 74/100 |
75/100 | 05/05/2024 17:02 | matterhornrider | | 81/100 |
60/100 | 04/26/2024 15:29 | Tuur | | 67/100 |
60/100 | 05/01/2023 16:44 |  DommeDamian | | 49/100 |
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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 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.
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drivebytornado 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.
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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