Gulag Orkestar
| Gulag Orkestar | ||||
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| Studio album by Beirut | ||||
| Released | May 9, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Balkan folk | |||
| Length | 37:25 | |||
| Label | Ba Da Bing! | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    link |
| The Guardian | link |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.7/10) link |
Gulag Orkestar is the debut album of Beirut. It was recorded in 2005 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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 later re-released to include the Lon Gisland EP.
The Gulag was a Soviet government agency administering forced labor camps, while orkestar is the Serbo-Croatian word for "orchestra".
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Zach Condon.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The 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 |
Total length: |
37:25 | |
| UK Version Bonus CD: Lon Gisland | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Elephant Gun" | 5:48 |
| 2. | "My Family's Role in the World Revolution" | 2:07 |
| 3. | "Scenic World" | 2:53 |
| 4. | "The Long Island Sound" | 1:18 |
| 5. | "Carousels" | 4:23 |
Total length: |
16:29 | |
- The EP's version of "Scenic World" differs from the first in that it has a slower, stronger sound and is entirely acoustic, with a violin and accordion replacing the original MIDI keyboard.
Personnel
- Zach Condon: vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, ukulele, percussion, mandolin, accordion, organ, piano, recording
- Heather Trost: violin
- Jeremy Barnes: percussion, accordion
- Perrin Cloutier: cello
- Hari Ziznewski - clarinet
- Alan Douches - mastering
- Josh Clark - recording, mixing
- Ben Goldberg - photography (all cover)
References
- ↑ "Beirut's Condon Talks New LP, Obsession, Exhaustion". May 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
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