Élan Vital (album)

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Infobox Album | Name = Élan Vital
Type = Album
Artist = Pretty Girls Make Graves


Released = March 4 2006 (Australia),
April 3 2006 (EU),
April 11 2006 (US)
Recorded = 2005
Genre = Rock
Length = 42:03
Label = Matador Records
Producer = Colin Stewart
Reviews =
*Absolutepunk.net (85%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=129069 link]
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ilf6zfg5eh8k link]
*Pitchfork Media (6.4/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21039/Pretty_Girls_Make_Graves_Élan_Vital link]
Last album = "The New Romance"
(2003)
This album = "Élan Vital"
(2006)
Next album =

"Élan Vital" is the third and last studio album by Pretty Girls Make Graves. It was released by Matador Records on March 4, 2006 in Australia and on April 11, 2006 in the United States. It is the first album with new keyboardist Leona Marrs.

The title is based on the philosophical idea—élan vital.

Track listing

# "The Nocturnal House" – 4:04
# "Pyrite Pedestal" – 3:26
# "The Number" – 3:09
# "Parade" – 2:40
# "Domino" – 3:38
# "Interlude" – 1:18
# "The Magic Hour" – 3:16
# "Selling the Wind" – 3:54
# "Pearls on a Plate" – 3:46
# "Pictures of a Night Scene" – 2:52
# "Wildcat" – 3:11
# "Bullet Charm" – 6:43

Personnel

* Andrea Zollo – Vocals
* Nick Dewitt – Drums, Samples, Vocals, Trumpet, Piano
* Derek Fudesco – Bass, Vocals
* J Clark – Guitar, Drums, Keyboard, Saxophone, Trumpet, Vocals, Programming
* Leona Marrs – Keyboard, Accordion, Piano, Melodica, Vocals