East L.A. Breeze

East L.A. Breeze
Studio album by Brazzaville
Released 12 June 2006
Recorded winter–spring 2006
Genre Pop, Bossa Nova, Rock
Length 39:37
Label Zakat (Soyuz Records)
Producer ???
Brazzaville chronology

Hastings Street
(2004)		 East L.A. Breeze
(2006)		 21st Century Girl
(2008)

East L.A. Breeze is the fifth studio album of the indie group Brazzaville. For the first time this CD was released by a Soyuz Records sub-label Zakat in 2006. Until released by some Western record label, the album's been available only in CIS.

All songs are written by David Arthur Brown, except "Star Called Sun" which features music by Victor Tsoy (Виктор Цой), the leader of the Russian rock group Kino (Кино).

Regular Russian edition track listing

  1. "Peach Tree" – 2:39
  2. "Star Called Sun" – 3:41
  3. "East L.A. Breeze" – 3:18
  4. "Mr. Suicide" – 3:19
  5. "1983" – 3:51
  6. "Jesse James" – 3:48
  7. "Madalena" – 3:44
  8. "Bosphorus" – 3:18
  9. "Ugly Babylon" – 3:04
  10. "Taksim" – 3:07
  11. "Blue Candles" – 3:29
  12. "Morning Light" – 4:19

International availability

On October 9, 2006 East L.A. Breeze was released in Spain on South China Sea / Discmedi. For North America this album is promised to be published by Vendlus Records in late 2006.

Digipak

In July 2006, the album was reissued by Zakat/Soyuz in a digipack (limited edition?). This version has two songs more ("Lena", "Lazy Boy") and a "Star Called Sun" promotional video.

In Soyuz shops it is available at the same price as the regular album, but the quantity of Digipaks is smaller (roughly speaking, one Digipak by eight regular releases).

Track listing

All tracks by David Arthur Brown except were noted

  1. "Peach Tree" – 2:41
  2. "Star Called Sun" (Brown, Victor Tsoy) – 3:43
  3. "East L.A. Breeze" – 3:20
  4. "Mr. Suicide" – 3:21
  5. "1983" – 3:53
  6. "Jesse James" – 3:50
  7. "Madalena" – 3:46
  8. "Bosphorus" – 3:20
  9. "Ugly Babylon" – 3:06
  10. "Taksim" – 3:09
  11. "Blue Candles" – 3:31
  12. "Morning Light" – 4:23
  13. "Lena" [bonus track] – 3:48
  14. "Lazy Boy" [bonus track] – 2:27
  15. "Star Called Sun" Video

Personnel