Elephant Gun (EP)

Elephant Gun
EP by Beirut
Released June 25, 2007
Genre Alternative
Length 13.35
Label 4AD Records
Beirut chronology
Pompeii EP
(2007)		 Elephant Gun
(2007)		 The Flying Club Cup
(2007)

Elephant Gun is an EP by Beirut, released in 2007. The title track was originally released on Lon Gisland.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Zach Condon, unless otherwise noted. 

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Elephant Gun"     5:49
2. "Transatlantique"     3:36
3. "Le moribond/My Family's Role in the World Revolution"   Jacques Brel, Zach Condon 4:10

Track 3 was recorded during a KEXP Radio Session live at the Austin City Limits on March 16, 2007.

Released by 4AD Records, on June 25, 2007, Catalog Number AD 2729. Also available on promo CD, with a full-art cardboard slip-case. Artwork for both by John Wozencroft.

Music Video

A music video was made for the track "Elephant Gun." The video was directed by Alma Har'el. The video was named one of the top 50 videos of 2007 by Pitchfork Media,[1] while Paste ranked it the 30th best music video from 2000 to 2009.[2]

References

  1. ^ Top 50 Music Videos of 2007. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 19 June 2011
  2. ^ The 50 Best Music Videos of the Decade. Paste. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2011.

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