Garden Ruin
| Garden Ruin | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 11, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, indie folk, alt-country, Tex-Mex | |||
| Length | 40:31 | |||
| Label | Quarterstick Records | |||
| Producer | JD Foster, Joey Burns, John Convertino | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The A.V. Club | B+ |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| The Guardian | |
| Pitchfork | 8.1/10 |
| PopMatters | 6/10 |
| The Skinny | |
| Slant Magazine | |
| Spin | |
| Uncut | 4/5 |
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.