Call of the West

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

Call of the West
Studio album by Wall of Voodoo
Released	September 1982
Recorded	July 1982
Genre	Darkwave, post-punk
Length	40:48
Label	I.R.S. (USA) Illegal (UK)
Producer	Richard Mazda
Wall of Voodoo chronology
Dark Continent (1981) Call of the West (1982) Seven Days in Sammystown (1985)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Village Voice	B

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

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 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
	Billboard Pop Singles		58

External links

• Raven Records page for Dark Continent/Call of the West