Call of the West is the second studio album by Los Angeles new wave band Wall of Voodoo, released in 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. Read more on Last.fm.
Wall of Voodoo were a New Wave band from Los Angeles, California, United States, best known for the 1983 hit "Mexican Radio". The band's sound was considered a fusion of synthesizer-based New Wave music with the style of spaghetti-western composers such as Ennio Morricone.
The band had its roots in Acme Soundtracks, a film score business started by Stan Ridgway, who became the band's lead vocalist. Acme Soundtracks' office was across the street from The Masque Read more on Last.fm
