Covers (Franz Ferdinand EP) explained

Covers
Type:	EP
Artist:	Franz Ferdinand
Cover:	Franz Ferdinand Covers EP.jpg
Label:	Domino
Prev Title:	iTunes Festival: London 2009
Prev Year:	2009
Next Title:	The North Sea
Next Year:	2013

Covers is an extended play by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand released in 2011. The entire EP consists of songs from the 2009 album covered by different artists.

Overview

The EP was first released on 16 April 2011 for the Record Store Day on 12" vinyl^[1] and later on 2 May 2011 on CD.^[2] From five songs of the EP Franz Ferdinand perform only on the first track, "Live Alone", which is covered by Debbie Harry. Other tracks feature Stephin Merritt, LCD Soundsystem, ESG and Peaches. Several additional remixes were also released.

Franz Ferdinand themselves have previously released covers for LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends" and Blondie's "Call Me".

Track listing

All songs written by Franz Ferdinand

Additional download releases^[3] ^[4]

Personnel

Franz Ferdinand - Main Performer ("Live Alone")
Debbie Harry - Lead Vocals ("Live Alone")
Vincent Taeger - Drums ("Live Alone")
Alex Kapranos - Producer ("Live Alone")
Renaud Letang - Producer, Mixing ("Live Alone")
Barb Morrison (Super Buddha) - Vocal Producer ("Live Alone")
Stephin Merritt - Producer, Main Performer ("Dream Again")
Tom Rogers - Engineer ("Dream Again")
LCD Soundsystem - Main Performer ("Live Alone")
ESG Main - Main Performer ("What She Came For")
Peaches - Main Performer ("Turn It On")

Notes and References

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/02/record-store-day-2011-features-franz-ferdinand-cov.html Record Store Day 2011
http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/ep/15-04-11/franz-ferdinand-covers-ep/ Covers E.P.
http://www.7digital.com/artist/various-artists/release/franz-ferdinand-covers-remixes-ep Covers E.P. Remixes track listing
https://archive.today/20130616035524/http://www.7digital.com/artist/various-artists/release/franz-ferdinand-covers-ep-remixes-2 Covers E.P. Remixes 2 track listing