Gulag Orkestar

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Gulag Orkestar
Studio album by Beirut
Released	May 9, 2006
Genre	Folk Neo-Balkan
Length	37:25
Label	Ba Da Bing!
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link The Guardian link Pitchfork (7.7/10) link
Beirut chronology
Gulag Orkestar (2006) Lon Gisland (2006)

Gulag Orkestar is the debut album by Zach Condon, aka Beirut. It was recorded in 2005 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A Gulag was a system of Russian "Corrective Labour Camps" in Siberia.

It is written in the booklet that the front and back photos were found in a library in Leipzig, torn out of a book. The original photographer was unknown to the creators of the album while it was recorded, but has since been discovered to be Sergey Chilikov.^[1]

The album has received great critical acclaim and was voted the best album of 2006 by the indie label and record store Rough Trade. The album was later re-released to include the Lon Gisland EP.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Gulag Orkestar" – 4:38
2. "Prenzlauerberg" – 3:46
3. "Brandenburg" – 3:38
4. "Postcards from Italy" – 4:17
5. "Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)" – 3:15
6. "Rhineland (Heartland)" – 3:58
7. "Scenic World" – 2:08
8. "Bratislava" – 3:17
9. "The Bunker" – 3:13
10. "The Canals of Our City" – 2:21
11. "After the Curtain" – 2:54

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