Call of the West

Call of the West
Call of the West
Studio album by Wall of Voodoo
Released 1983
Recorded July 1982
Genre Darkwave, post-punk
Length 40:48
Label IRS Records
Producer Richard Mazda
Wall of Voodoo chronology
Dark Continent
(1981)		 Call of the West
(1983)		 Seven Days in Sammystown
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars link
Robert Christgau (B)[1]
Rolling Stone (not rated) link
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Call of the West is the second studio album by Los Angeles new wave band Wall of Voodoo, released in 1983. "Mexican Radio", released as a single and as a video that received moderate airplay on MTV), is the group's most well-known song.

Australian label Raven Records reissued a digitally remastered CD of Call of the West. It is coupled with the first Wall of Voodoo album, the long out of print Dark Continent.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Tomorrow" – 3:03
  2. "Lost Weekend" – 4:59
  3. "Factory" – 5:33
  4. "Look at Their Way" – 3:18
  5. "Hands of Love" – 3:54
  6. "Mexican Radio" – 4:11
  7. "Spy World" – 2:41
  8. "They Don't Want Me" – 4:31
  9. "On Interstate 15" – 2:44
  10. "Call of the West" – 5:59
  • All music composed by Wall of Voodoo.
  • All lyrics composed by Stan Ridgway.
  • Note: The original cassette release of the album featured a bonus track called "Exercise" at the end of side one, following "Hands of Love".

Personnel

with:

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1983 Billboard Pop Albums 45

Singles

Year Chart Single Position
1983 Billboard Mainstream Rock "Mexican Radio" 41
Billboard Pop Singles 58

References

  1. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Wall of Voodoo". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=4033. 

External links


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