Give Me Beauty ... Or Give Me Death!

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Give Me Beauty ... Or Give Me Death!
Studio album by ef

Publication
(s)

May 17, 2006

admission

2006

Label (s)
  • And The Sound Records
  • Thomason Sounds

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Post rock

Title (number)

7th

running time

52:05 min.

occupation
  • Daniel Gren
  • Jonathan Hammar
  • Mikael Hillergård
  • Niklas Åström
  • Tomas Torsson

production

  • Emanuel Ohlsson
  • Kristian Anttila
  • Daniel Öhman

Studio (s)

chronology
A Trilogy Of Dreams, Noise And Silence (2005) Give Me Beauty ... Or Give Me Death! Hello Scotland Remixed (2008)

Give Me Beauty ... Or Give Me Death! is the first studio album by the Swedish post-rock band ef . It was released on CD on May 17, 2006 by the Swedish record label "And The Sound Records" with the catalog number ATSR001 and contains seven tracks. On July 5, 2006, the Japanese record label "Thomason Sounds" released the album in Asia with the catalog number TSIP-2015. The Japanese CD contains an additional bonus title and was released as a jewel case , while the Swedish CD was released in a digipak .

All tracks were recorded in “Studio 1” in Växjö , except for track one, which was recorded in Kristian Anttila's home studio. Additional recordings were made in the "Studio Bishop Yard" in Gothenburg, Sweden . The artwork for the CD was created by Niklas Åström. The photos were taken by O. Isaac White.

Track list

  1. Ett - 4:01
  2. Hello Scotland - 12:19
    with vocals by Karin Green
  3. Final Touch / Hidden Agenda - 11:15 am
  4. He Came, He Stayed, He Fell - 3:58
  5. Tomorrow My Friend ... - 14:05
  6. ... We'll Meet In The End - 6:25
  7. Misinform The Uninformed - 6:40

Reviews

"A nice post-rock record [...] for melancholy music lovers, [...]"

- Haiko Took : Tinnitus Music Webzine CD Review

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Bonus title, exclusive to the Japanese publication