The Flying Club Cup

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The Flying Club Cup
Balkan folk
  • indie folk
  • baroque pop
    • Length38:35
    Label
    Beirut chronology
    Elephant Gun
    (2007)     		The Flying Club Cup
    (2007)     		March of the Zapotec/Holland EP
    (2009)
    Professional ratings
    Aggregate scores
    SourceRating
    Metacritic80/100[1]
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic[2]
    The A.V. ClubB+[3]
    Blender[4]
    The Guardian[5]
    Mojo[6]
    Pitchfork8.0/10[7]
    Q[8]
    Rolling Stone[9]
    Spin[10]
    Uncut[11]

    The Flying Club Cup is the second studio album by

    4AD Records. The album was released on iTunes
    on September 4, 2007.

    The album features string arrangements by Arcade Fire contributor Owen Pallett, also known by his former stage name Final Fantasy.[12]

    Background

    Zach Condon said about the name and inspiration for the album: "Back in the early 1900s...there used to be this

    World's Fair, and it...shows all these ancient hot air balloons about to take off in the middle of Paris. I just thought it was the most surreal image I'd seen in a long time." He also said about the album sound: "I was listening to a lot of Jacques Brel and French chanson music—pop songs shrouded in big, glorious, over-the-top arrangements and all this drama—and that was in some sense unfamiliar territory to me. So I started buying new instruments and relying on things I wasn't necessarily comfortable with, like French horns and euphoniums
    , carrying these big, epic big brass parts that I used to do all on trumpets, and working with accordion and organ instead of all ukulele—very much throwing myself in the world of classical pop music, I guess you could say."

    According to the program notes given out during Beirut's performance at The Society for Ethical Culture in New York on September 24, 2007, each song on the album is intended to evoke a different French city (although Guaymas, Sonora is a Mexican city).

    The album's second track, Nantes, was sampled on the 2012 10 Day mixtape from American rapper Chance the Rapper.[13]

    Track listing

    All tracks are written by Zach Condon, except where noted

    No.TitleWriter(s)Length
    1."A Call to Arms" 0:18
    2."Nantes" 3:50
    3."A Sunday Smile" 3:35
    4."Guyamas Sonora" 3:31
    5."La Banlieue" 1:57
    6."Cliquot"
    		3:51
    7."The Penalty" 2:22
    8."Forks and Knives (La Fête)" 3:33
    9."In the Mausoleum" 3:10
    10."Un Dernier Verre (Pour la Route)"
    • Condon
    • Kendrick Strauch
    		2:51
    11."Cherbourg" 3:33
    12."St. Apollonia" 2:58
    13."The Flying Club Cup" 3:05
    Total length:38:35

    Artwork

    The cover photograph was taken in Brittany, France during the 1930s. It shows the Trestraou beach in the city of Perros-Guirec.

    Videos

    The whole album has been shot by La Blogothèque in Brooklyn. Each track filmed as a Take Away Show Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, available on the site of the album.

    Charts

    Certifications

    Region Certification Certified units/sales
    Belgium (BEA)[25] Gold 15,000*

    * Sales figures based on certification alone.

    Commercial performance

    It was awarded a gold certification from the

    Nielsen SoundScan.[27]

    Personnel

    The following people contributed to The Flying Club Cup:[28]

    Beirut
    Additional personnel

    References

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    2. ^ Brown, Marisa. "The Flying Club Cup – Beirut". AllMusic. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
    3. ^ Murray, Noel (October 9, 2007). "Beirut: The Flying Club Cup". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
    4. ^ Wolk, Douglas. "Beirut: The Flying Club Cup". Blender. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
    5. ^ Lynskey, Dorian (October 5, 2007). "Beirut, The Flying Club Cup". The Guardian. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
    6. ^ "Beirut: The Flying Club Cup". Mojo (168): 104. November 2007.
    7. ^ Suarez, Jessica (October 9, 2007). "Beirut: The Flying Club Cup". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
    8. ^ "Beirut: The Flying Club Cup". Q (256): 142. November 2007.
    9. ^ Christgau, Robert (October 18, 2007). "Beirut: The Flying Club Cup". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
    10. ^ Young, Jon (November 2007). "Beirut: The Flying Club Cup". Spin. 23 (11): 114. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
    11. ^ Dalton, Stephen (October 16, 2007). "Beirut – The Flying Club Cup". Uncut. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
    12. ^ "Pitchfork: Beirut's Condon Talks New LP, Obsession, Exhaustion". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
    13. ^ "Chance the Rapper's Long Time sample of Beirut's Nantes - WhoSampled". WhoSampled.
    14. ^ "Ultratop.be – Beirut – The Flying Club Cup" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
    15. ^ "Ultratop.be – Beirut – The Flying Club Cup" (in French). Hung Medien.
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    20. ^ "Beirut | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
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    24. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 2008". Ultratop. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
    25. ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2008". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
    26. ^ "Impala Press Release". Impala. October 9, 2008. Archived from the original on December 27, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
    27. ^ Ayers, Michael (February 2, 2009). "Indie rock band Beirut ventures south of the border". Reuters. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
    28. ^ The Flying Club Cup - credits. AllMusic. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
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