''Lon Gisland'' is an EP by

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, released on CD by

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in January 2007 and on single-sided 12" LP by Chouette Records. It is a follow-up to the critically acclaimed ''

Gulag Orkestar ''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 Croatian word for "orchestra". It is written ...

'' and the first album performed by the full band, which came together after ''Gulag Orkestar''s release. ''Lon Gisland'' includes a reworked version of "Scenic World", from Beirut's previous album. The EP’s title does not refer to a person named Lon Gisland, but is instead a play on the place-name “Long Island.”

Reception

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's Brandon Stosuy gave ''Lon Gisland'' a positive review, calling Condon's decision to play with a full band a "smart move". Stosuy ended his review by writing: "It seems Condon's getting all this-- by embracing the developments, he's started to go beyond chewing the scenery to, well, actually living in it".

Track listing

*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

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and

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

replacing the original

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Personnel

The following people contributed to ''Lon Gisland'':Lon Gisland - Credits

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. Retrieved 19 June 2011 ;Beirut * Perrin Cloutier - Accordion, Cello * Ryan Condon - Composer * Zach Condon - Composer, Mixing, Piano, Trumpet, Ukulele, Vocals * Kristin Ferebee - Violin * Jon Natchez - Clarinet, Glockenspiel, Sax (Baritone), Ukulele * Nick Petree - Percussion * Kelly Pratt - Euphonium, Flugelhorn, Trumpet ;Additional personnel * Rob Carmichael - Design, Layout Design * Josh Clark - Engineer * Paul Johnson - Mixing * Adam Nunn - Mastering

Charts

References

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