Covers E.P.

Covers E.P.
EP by Franz Ferdinand
Released	16 April 2011 (2011-04-16)
Genre	Indie rock, dance-punk, post-punk revival, New Wave
Length	22:27
Label	Domino
Franz Ferdinand chronology
iTunes Festival: London 2009 (2009) Covers E.P. (2011) The North Sea (2013)

Covers E.P. is an extended play by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand released in 2011. The entire EP consist of songs from the 2009 album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand covered by different artists.

Overview

The EP was first released on 16 April 2011 for the Record Store Day on 12" vinyl^[1] and later on 2 May 2011 on CD.^[2] From five song of the EP Franz Ferdinand perform only on the first track, "Live Alone", which is covered by Debbie Harry. Other tracks feature Stephin Merritt, LCD Soundsystem, ESG and Peaches. Several additional remixes were also released.

Franz Ferdinand themselves have previously released covers for LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends" and Blondie's "Call Me"

Track listing

All songs written by Franz Ferdinand

Additional download releases^{[3] [4]}

Personnel

• Franz Ferdinand – Main Performer ("Live Alone")
• Debbie Harry – Lead Vocals ("Live Alone")
• Vincent Taeger – Drums ("Live Alone")
• Alex Kapranos – Producer ("Live Alone")
• Renaud Letang – Producer, Mixing ("Live Alone")
• Stephin Merritt – Producer, Main Performer ("Dream Again")
• Tom Rogers – Engineer ("Dream Again")
• LCD Soundsystem – Main Performer ("Live Alone")
• ESG Main – Main Performer ("What She Came For")
• Peaches – Main Performer ("Turn It On")

References