Élan Vital (album)

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Élan Vital
Studio album by Pretty Girls Make Graves
Released March 4, 2006 (Australia),
April 3, 2006 (EU),
April 11, 2006 (US)
Recorded 2005
Genre Post-punk revival
Length 42:03
Label Matador Records
Producer Colin Stewart
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Pretty Girls Make Graves chronology
The New Romance
(2003)		 Élan Vital
(2006)

Élan Vital is the third and last studio album by Pretty Girls Make Graves. It was released by Matador Records on March 4, 2006 in Australia and on April 11, 2006 in the United States. It is the first album with new keyboardist Leona Marrs.

The title is based on the philosophical idea—élan vital.

Track listing

  1. "The Nocturnal House" – 4:04
  2. "Pyrite Pedestal" – 3:26
  3. "The Number" – 3:09
  4. "Parade" – 2:40
  5. "Domino" – 3:38
  6. "Interlude" – 1:18
  7. "The Magic Hour" – 3:16
  8. "Selling the Wind" – 3:54
  9. "Pearls on a Plate" – 3:46
  10. "Pictures of a Night Scene" – 2:52
  11. "Wildcat" – 3:11
  12. "Bullet Charm" – 6:43

Personnel