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Call of the West

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Track listing
Personnel
Charts
References
External links

This article is for the music album. For the television series whose repeats were broadcast as "Call of the West", see Death Valley Days.

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| name = Call of the West
| type = Studio album
| artist = Wall of Voodoo
| cover = Call of the west cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 1982
| recorded = July 1982
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = New-wave, Dance, Darkwave, post-punk
| length = 40:48
| label = I.R.S. (USA)
Illegal (UK)
| producer = Richard Mazda
| prev_title = Dark Continent
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Seven Days in Sammystown
| next_year = 1985
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Call of the West is the second studio album by Los Angeles new wave band Wall of Voodoo, released in September 1982. "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.

Track listing

"Tomorrow" – 3:03
"Lost Weekend" – 4:59
"Factory" – 5:33
"Look at Their Way" – 3:18
"Hands of Love" – 3:54
"Mexican Radio" – 4:11
"Spy World" – 2:41
"They Don't Want Me" – 4:31
"On Interstate 15" – 2:44
"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 features a bonus track called "Exercise" at the end of side one, following "Hands of Love".

Personnel

Stan Ridgway – lead vocals, harmonica, keyboards
Marc Moreland – 6- and 12-string guitars
Joe Nanini – drums, percussion, spoken word
Chas T. Gray – synthesizer, bass guitar, melodica, backing vocals

with:

Richard Mazda – bass guitar
Louis Rivera – percussion

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1983	Billboard Pop Albums	45

Singles

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

References

1. ^{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/call-of-the-west-mw0000192252 |title=Call of the West – Wall of Voodoo |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=February 7, 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |authorlink=Robert Christgau |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv11-82.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |work=The Village Voice |date=November 2, 1982 |accessdate=February 7, 2018}}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100530110915/http://ravenrecordscomau.melbourneitwebsites.com/cat/index.cgi/shopfront/view_product_details?category_id=3306&product_id=375665 Raven Records page for Dark Continent/Call of the West]

5 : Wall of Voodoo albums|1982 albums|I.R.S. Records albums|Illegal Records albums|Albums produced by Richard Mazda

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