- rock, folk rock
- 38 min
- 11 tracks
- 4AD
Gulag Orkestar is the debut album of Beirut. It was recorded in 2005 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Gulag was a Soviet government agency administering criminal justice, while orkestar is the Serbo-Croatian word for "orchestra".
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Grave, classical in form, character-led and spare.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- resolvedopen-ended
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Tracks
- 1The Gulag Orkestar4:39
- 2Prenzlauerberg3:47
- 3Brandenburg3:39
- 4Postcards From Italy4:17
- 5Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)3:16
- 6Rhineland (Heartland)3:59
- 7Scenic World2:08
- 8Bratislava3:17
- 9The Bunker3:13
- 10The Canals of Our City2:21
- 11After the Curtain2:55
11 tracks, 38 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Beirut
- Label
- 4AD
- Released
- 2006
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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