Cibo Matto (EP) explained

Cibo Matto
Type:EP
Artist:Cibo Matto
Cover:Cibo_Matto_Selftitled_EP.jpg
Released:December 14, 1995
Genre:Rock, trip hop
Label:El Diablo
Next Title:Viva! La Woman
Next Year:1996

Cibo Matto is the debut EP by Cibo Matto released in 1995.

Three tracks from this release were later included in the group's debut full-length album with slightly different arrangements (substantially in the case of "Know Your Chicken") and cleaner, better-produced vocal takes. The EP also features a cover of alternative rock band Soundgarden's 1994 song "Black Hole Sun", which Allmusic describes as "a wonderfully loopy cover... rearranged like a lounge favorite and sung in French".[1]

The final track, the instrumental "Crumbs" would later appear on the group's second EP, 1997's Super Relax.

In Japan the album sold 20,000 copies.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Beef Jerky"
  2. "Birthday Cake"
  3. "Know Your Chicken"
  4. "Black Hole Sun" (Soundgarden)
  5. "Crumbs"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cibo Matto (EP) - Cibo Matto. Allmusic. September 27, 2011.
  2. Web site: Billboard. May 1999.