The Boxing Mirror
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| The Boxing Mirror | ||||
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| Released | May 2, 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, avant-rock, chicano rock, heartland rock | |||
| Label | Back Porch Records | |||
| Producer | John Cale | |||
| Alejandro Escovedo chronology | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 81/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Austin Chronicle | [3] |
| The A.V. Club | B[4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A–[5] |
| Now | [6] |
| The Guardian |  [7] |
| PopMatters | 6/10[8] |
| Rolling Stone | [9] |
| Spin | 8/10[10] |
| Uncut | 6/10[11] |
The Boxing Mirror is a 2006 album by Alejandro Escovedo. released through Back Porch Records. Produced by John Cale of The Velvet Underground, the album finds Escovedo delving into the worlds of avant-rock and post-punk; and its darker sound has only shades of roots rock/Americana music in comparison with most Escovedo's alt-country records.[12] Legendary bassist, Mark Andes (Spirit, Jo Jo Gunne, Firefall, Heart, Eliza Gilkyson, Jon Dee Graham, Ian McLagan), plays and sings back-up vocals.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by Alejandro Escovedo except as noted.
- "Arizona" – 4:51
- "Dear Head on the Wall" (Kim Christoph, Alejandro Escovedo) – 3:40
- "Notes On Air" (Bukka Allen, Kim Christoff, Robbie Gjersoe, Brian Standefer) – 4:14
- "Looking For Love" – 4:08
- "The Ladder" – 2:55
- "Break This Time" – 4:04
- "Evita's Lullaby" – 4:23
- "Sacramento and Polk" – 4:54
- "Died a Little Today" – 3:46
- "Take Your Place" (Mark Andes, Alejandro Escovedo, Matt Fish, Jon Dee Graham, Hector Muñoz, David Pulkingham, Barry Salmon, Brian Standefer) – 3:19
- "The Boxing Mirror" – 5:43
- "Take Your Place" (Alternative Mix) (Andes, Escovedo, Fish, Graham, Muñoz, Pulkingham, Salmon, Standefer) - 3:11
Personnel
[edit]- Alejandro Escovedo - acoustic and electric guitar, vocals
- John Cale - guitar, keyboards, producer
- Mark Andes - bass, backing vocals
- Jon Dee Graham - guitar
- Hector Muñoz - drums
- David Pulkingham - acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
- Matt Fish - cello
- Brian Standefer - cello
- Susan Voelz - violin, backing vocals
- Bruce Salmon - keyboards, backing vocals
- Otoño Lujan - accordion
- Wade Short - stand-up bass
- Wesley Kimler - cover painting, artwork
- Nita Scott - executive producer
- Michael Cano - paintings
- Heinz Geissler - executive producer, management
- Larry Goetz - bass, guitar, engineer, mixing
- Alan Yoshida - mastering
References
[edit]- ^ "The Boxing Mirror by Alejandro Escovedo". Metacritic.
- ^ Jurek, Thom. "Review: The Boxing Mirror". AllMusic. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
- ^ Caligiuri, Jim (May 12, 2006). "Alejandro Escovedo". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
- ^ Murray, Noel (May 24, 2006). "Alejandro Escovedo / Tim Easton". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
- ^ A triumphant CD that owes an unmistakable debt to Lou Reed's noirish 1978 rock operetta Street Hassle. [28 Apr 2006, p.137]
- ^ Perlich, Tim (May 10, 2006). "ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO - The Boxing Mirror". Now. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
- ^ Snow, Mat (19 May 2006). "Alejandro Escovedo, The Boxing Mirror". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ Gilstrap, Andrew (26 June 2006). "Alejandro Escovedo: The Boxing Mirror". PopMatters. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ A resonant, if occasionally dour, mix of gritty, tuneful rockers and restrained, spectral balladry that evokes Leonard Cohen fronting Crazy Horse. [4 May 2006, p.56]
- ^ One of [the year's] most heartfelt albums. [Jun 2006, p.80]
- ^ It understandably struggles with a weightiness, an emotional claustrophobia. [Jun 2006, p.100]
- ^ Tracy M. Rogers Review of "The Boxing Mirror", Hybridmagazine.com
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