In the Reins

In the Reins
EP by Calexico and Iron & Wine
Released September 12, 2005
Recorded Wavelab Studio, Tucson, Arizona
Genre Folk rock, Tex-Mex
Length 27:41
Label Overcoat Recordings
Calexico chronology
Feast of Wire
(2003)		 In the Reins EP
(2005)		 Garden Ruin
(2006)
Iron & Wine chronology
Woman King (EP)
(2005)		 In the Reins (EP)
(2005)		 The Shepherd's Dog
(2007)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Pitchfork Media(8.5/10)[3]
Tiny Mix Tapes[4]

In the Reins is a joint EP by Calexico and Iron & Wine, released by Overcoat Recordings on September 13, 2005. Iron & Wine's Sam Beam wrote all of the songs, which were recorded by the two bands together at Wavelab Studio in Tucson, Arizona. The album peaked at #135 on the Billboard 200. Both later collaborated on a cover of Bob Dylan's "Dark Eyes" for the I'm Not There soundtrack, while Calexico's Joey Burns was featured on Iron & Wine's third LP, The Shepherd's Dog.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "He Lays in the Reins"   3:43
2. "Prison on Route 41"   4:10
3. "A History of Lovers"   3:09
4. "Red Dust"   3:31
5. "Sixteen, Maybe Less"   4:49
6. "Burn That Broken Bed"   5:06
7. "Dead Man's Will"   3:13
Total length:
 27:41

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ "Critic Reviews for In the Reins by Iron & Wine + Calexico". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. ↑ In the Reins at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  4. ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review


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