''Raoul EP'' is an 8-track EP by

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band

The Automatic The Automatic (also known as The Automatic Automatic in the U.S.) was a Welsh rock band. The band's last-known lineup was composed of Robin Hawkins on vocals, bass and synthesisers, James Frost on guitar, synthesisers, backing vocals and occas ...

featuring the original versions of singles " Recover" and " Raoul", plus B-sides from the "

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", "Raoul" and "Recover" singles. It was originally released for the European market, but has since been made available in the UK, making it more convenient for fans to get hold of the rarer tracks all on CD. Raoul is the owner of a sandwich shop in

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, who would make the band's sandwiches

History

On 11 May 2006 a video for song "Song6" was uploaded to the band's MySpace after the song was featured on the "Recover" single earlier that year.myspace
The Automatic myspace video Many of the ''Raoul EP'' tracks are featured on the first three singles by the band; "Jack Daniels" is featured on the Recover CD, "Song6" on the Recover 7"

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, "On The Campaign Trail" is featured on both the " Raoul" single and the album ''

Not Accepted Anywhere ''Not Accepted Anywhere'' is the debut album from Welsh rock band The Automatic, originally released on 19 June 2006. Working with producers Stephen Harris, Richard Jackson and Ian Broudie on different tracks at a variety of studios around the ...

''. "Trophy Wives" is also a b-side to "Raoul", "Night Drive" and "High Tide On Caroline Street" are both featured on the UK release of "

". The only b-sides from ''

'' which are not included on the EP are "Time=Money", which was released with "Recover", and "Easy Target" which was released with "Raoul".

Track listing

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raoul Ep The Automatic albums 2006 EPs