The Lost Album, by Elephant and Castle

The Lost Album

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1.	Near Love Experience (live) 05:35	lyrics	buy track
Near Love Experience (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger) You’ll be the thunder And I will be a chime I’ll be the creature You’ll be doctor Frankenstein You’ll be the silver moon And I will be a crime I’ll be the shiver that soon Will be running down your spine Love, leave your fears with the night I’ll be your thrill, be my light till the dawn You will be trenchant I’ll be a sacrifice I’ll be a chicken, babe You’ll cry like a crocodile You’ll be the serpent And I will be the vice I’m Alice Cooper, babe When you’re winding like a reptile Lilith, oh Lilith I don’t need an exorcism I’m in love So heat me up, Lilith, again You’ll be imprudent I’ll be a crazy driver You a young hitchhiker I promise you a fright. You’ll be a student And I will be a voyeur I’m Freddy Krueger When you asleep at night Love, leave your dreams with the night I’ll be your thrill, be my light Lilith, oh Lilith I don’t need an exorcism I’m in love So heat me up Lilith again You’ll be a Princess I’ll be the seven dwarves With seven big, fat, thick... hearts To love you seven times You’ll be the promess That I will never die I’ll cross the tunnel fearless Cause you will be the white light Love, leave your will with the night I’ll be your need, be my light Lilith, oh Lilith I don’t need an exorcism I’m in love So heat me up, Lilith, again again
2.	We're Riding Horses To Heaven 03:31	lyrics	buy track
We're Riding Horses To Heaven (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger) We're riding horses without reins But free we are to change this way Following the course To heaven The river's dry It's time to call for waves We call the echo Are we alone ? An eagle flies But stay still He needs the wind To keep the will to live without a motion Emotion We're not a fowl We'd need a hurricane We call the echo Are we alone ? Alone to live from imagination We call you We're not alone You're still there You'll be the wind you'll be the wave and I will be gliding the air A surfer And I will, and it will depend on you I will depend on your imagination We call the echo Are we alone ? We call the echo, echo, echo We're riding horses to heaven
3.	Banana Skin 02:54	lyrics	buy track
Banana Skin (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle) I don't know why I don't believe in Europe, I guess That's because of Bosnia and of ancient Yugoslavia I don't know what I fear I don't know why but fear I don't know what I don't know why Does it sounds just like a lie Maybe because of the crises Or just because of the cries I don't know how I feel I don't know why but I feel I don't know what It's a feeling in the air A banana skin on the stairs I don't know why You told me that you'd like a child But am I not a child ? You told me one day you could die for me It was an old teenager's lie I don't know why All that I can do is whine Maybe because now you're leaving Or just because of the wine I don't know How I feel I don't know why but I drink I don't know what It's a feeling in the air A banana skin on the stair I don't know why It's just a feeling in the stairs A banana skin on the air I don't know why You told me that you'd like a child but am I not a child You told me one day you could die for me But till today you're still alive You told me that you'd like a child But am I not a child I told you if you live I'll die Another old teenager's lie I don't know why I don't believe in Europe I bet that's because of Bosnia Or just because of the wine 'feel like a banana skin In Europe's bin I don't know why Guest vocals : Jane Henley (https://www.speegra.com/2012/11/jane-henley-2/)
4.	Play It Cool 04:36	lyrics	buy track
Play It Cool (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle) Is there a time for you and I to go ? Is there a season for you and I to grow ? Is there a star we’re supposed to follow ? Is there a reason to change the flow if we like the way it goes ? Cool, play it cool, we’ll be fine As long as you stay mine, we’ll be fine We’ll keep on surfing every sunny afternoon Is there a God, or any other kind of super creature ? Will there be a flood ? And than we’ll start again another better world for the future I heard a preacher, looking serious, he said “Apocalypse is right now !” So keep on surfing and training hard, awaiting for the great bellow Cool, drink it cool, a sea with ice And a coca cola spice, a pleasure without vice A present without past in a sunny afternoon Cool, play it cool in a trice The world could pay the price in a Ford Coppola style We’ll keep on surfing over the great bellow Over the last bellow If there’s a life before the death her billow This time is mine, I’ll it on bellows Who cares to live another life ?
5.	Perfect 04:49	lyrics	buy track
Perfect (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle) I’ve been working hard and late, till the night Then I kissed you and I switch off your light It’s true you did forget But nobody is perfect I pray for you son I’ve been waiting for your love You owe it to me And now I demand it Yeah now I claim it And I’ll be waiting for your love Cause I deserve it Cause I have earned it I was loving you and asking sometimes “Do you love me ?” you were saying : “Hoo, it’s time to sleep honey” It’s true you did forget But nobody is perfect I pray for you wife I’m praying for your soul I’ve been waiting for your love You owe it to me And now I demand it I’ll be waiting more and more And I’ll be praying And I’ll be praying Hoo, should I shout to be heard ? Should I cry just to move your heart ? Should I tear off your skirt ? I’ve been waiting for your love Now I demand it Yeah now I claim it I’m demanding all your love Cause I’ve been perfect Yeah I’ve been perfect ! Hoo, should I shout to be heard ? Should I strike just to get your heart ? Should I tear of your skirt ?
6.	Wysiwyg 04:48	lyrics	buy track
Wysiwig (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle) Look You see this house You see this woman Look at her legs When what you believe is in doubt Wysiwyg ! When all your life looks like a rout Wysiwyg ! Look You see this garden You see those children Forget your lawn When you are sinking in the grass Wysiwyg ! When all your being is a gas Wysiwyg ! I'd like to teach you To be yourself It will make you lighter I'll initiate you You need a church I can make you, make you Look You see this town You see those towers Open your arms Cause it's your world don't you forget ? Wysiwyg ! And What You See Is What You Get Wysiwyg ! I'd like to touch you Just with my fingers And then give, give you the power I would elate you You need a drug It will send you, fling you Higher You'll be over it You'll have a better view When you look at your life from a height Account for each thing Things you've got, things you've lost You lost love Have you lost all love ? Have you lost all your love ? If you got love If you got a few loves You've got to love again So it's your life, don't you forget ? Wysiwyg ! And What You See Is What You've got Wysiwyg ! I'd like to touch you Just with my fingers And then give, give you the power I would elate you You need a drug It will send you, fling you Higher You'll be over it You'll have a better view When you look at your life from a height Account for each thing Things you've got, things you've lost You lost love Have you lost all love ? Have you lost all your love ? If you got love If you got a few love You've got to love again So it's your life, don't you forget wysiwyg ! And What You See Is What You've got Wysiwyg ! I'd like to show your Material world I can make you richer. I'd like to show your, Material world, It can make you richer Let love be your church Sex be your drug It will make you lighter Just be wysiwyg So What You See Is What You Get We're riding horses to heaven
7.	Dry 04:13	lyrics	buy track
Dry (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle) The city is alight when tears cloud over our sight A bright liquid fire is deforming the night Is the night queasy ? The moon is pale Or did I just drink too much ale ? The city is alight, big moments arrive When lovers get ready to play live This night has lapsed, the moon is stale Or am I out of date ? Do I ail ? As you’re dressing up, cause you’re going out Make the most of tonight And as you undress, and as you caress Make the most of this night Cause we live so fast The city is a fight, last naives die Bright blue eyes turn red and cry Did you ever listen to what you’ve heard ? Did I ever really think what I said ? As you choose the clef, cause you sing the highs Make the most of the time Blind almost deaf, the victim of your lies Retains only the rhyme Cause you speak so fast The irrational anthem screams in the loudspeakers And a ton of flesh mates without fear An I peeled always jeered This scent of fade rose will soon turn sour at dawn I feel so stick but I am safe As I’m staying up, and you’re staying out Make the most of you’re crime Dry is your sweat, dry is your sap You’ll stay stuck for all life Cause you love so fast The city is alight when tears cloud over our sight A bright liquid fire is devouring the night I’m alone but alive
8.	Elephant And Castle (My No-Generation) 05:25	lyrics	buy track
Elephant and Castle (My No-Generation) (Edduard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant & Castle) We’re walking on the graves That lie between the waves We’re strong and we are ageless We’re mortal but we’re dateless As an Elephant or as a Castle We carry no message And even no pressage Just try to fully live your age Until the wind turns the page Ooh my no-generation We don’t know what we are We’re proud of what we’re not We don’t know who you are We know the fears you’ve got Ooh my no-generation Eighties, nineties, oldies All please clear the way Twentieth century’s baby Drinks his milky way We are the fallow lands The two millenium’s bend We’ll never touch the stars But why d’you care ? Ooh my no-generation Ooh why ?
9.	Awaiting Jesus II 03:02	lyrics	buy track
Awaiting Jesus II (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle) Yeah it’s true that world is cruel The songs remains the same Yeah it’s true life is a gamble And I play it for the fame Yeah the sins are in the Bible So the wrong is in the right Yeah it’s true that’s pretty feeble But I don’t care tonight Tonight, the love of my life Holds me tight Love renders me blind Lord, lord of the skies Allow me to sigh, tonight Yeah, I can eat a hamburger While a million children die And I’m drinking like a fish When some countries become dry No one can live on affliction Tears never make a river Awaiting Jesus II the return I got no reason to cry Tonight, the love of my life Holds me tight Love renders me blind Lord, lord of the skies Allow me to sigh, tonight Tonight, the love of my life Holds me tight Love renders me high Lord, lord of the skies Close your eyes Tonight, all night
10.	21st Century's Love Stories 04:33	lyrics	buy track
21st Century's Love Stories (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger) All the pains restrained 'til today 'Can feel it in my body But no complain today And no reproach All is fate, and all has been rated I've loved you and I'm sorry I feel so faint today I've got no remorse We'll echo each other No one's gonna die So echo with me all through the night love is immortal All's in vain, it runs through my veins when victims are all guilty There's no one to blame No one but love Love is safe and will stand to save The twenty first century's love stories that's a chance today To die from love We'll echo forever I don't wanna whine Fallen angel, it's too late for us to cry on the human kind Hey, we'll echo for ever no one's gonna die So echo with me all through the night love is immortal Guest vocals : Jane Henley (https://www.speegra.com/2012/11/jane-henley-2/)
11.	The Kind Voice (live) 05:52	lyrics	buy track
The Kind Voice (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle) Well I wake up every morning On the right side of the bed, alone Then I'm trotting to the bathroom And I'm turning on the radio "Oh, it's gonna be a bright and a shining day" Cool, what a nice life But since you've been gone There's a cloud in my soul Shall I call you tonight I need you I absolve you, alleluia If you love me I'll flight I'm still yours I forgive you, alleluia Well I wake up on the right side 'Cause the wrong side is against the wall And I'm trotting to the bathroom Cause the corridor's floor is so cold "Oh, it's gonna be a bright and a shining day" Cool, what a nice guy But since you've been gone all is drab and that's all Shall I call you tonight I need you I absolve you, alleluia If you love me I'll fight I'm still yours I forgive you, alleluia I call you, if you love me, alleluia I've been foolish I still love you, alle... Oh alleluia
12.	Wysiwyg (live) 05:52	lyrics	buy track
Wysiwyg (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle)
13.	Days Of Pearly Spencer (live) 04:57	lyrics	buy track
Days Of Pearly Spencer (David Mc Williams)
14.	Red And Cherrys 2 (Bandcamp bonus) 03:38	lyrics	buy track
Red And Cherrys 2 (Bandcamp bonus) (Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger - Elephant and Castle) Take my hand, I don’t fear the end When there’s a future to defend The world’s revolving, a page is turning No one knows where, but we went Press my hand, I don’t fear the tank I’m mad and rebel, I’m a crank I just wanna feel you when I fall I could not survive after all Leave my hand, I’ll fight for my land Don’t stare at me blankly, understand, For democracy, for liberty You’ll be dressed up and happy, if we stand Catch my hand, can you hear the tanks ? Some people are trembling, the other ranks I don’t wanna leave you, when they come What we are going to become ? Hey you’ll never go through So fight, never compromise Hey youth ! Never bow, for your rights On your land, in the street, rise ! Hang your hand, I don’t like this end Too fast almost easy, even strange A head is falling, another’s coming Red and cherrys interchanged Pinch my hand, am I dreaming or Do we have to do it again ? Raise your hand, I don’t like this blend This revolution needs a mend We just wanna live free, we’ll never bend Until the end, and... Hey you’ll never go through So fight, never compromise Hey youth ! Never bow, for your rights On your land, in the street, rise !

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THE LOST ALBUM
Recorded between 1993 and 1995
Released in 2021

In three years (1993 to 1995), Elephant & Castle increased the number of studio recording sessions. A dozen tracks were recorded. Thirty years later, they are gathered together in an album. The Lost Album reflects the band's evolution towards a more concise and heavy sound. Now a quartet after the departure of their keyboard player, Elephant & Castle focused on more minimal and subtle arrangements where the guitar either flew high or remained silent. The rhythm section took on weight. Elephant & Castle was looking for the sound they failed to get on The Green One: a sound that shakes the walls. The masters of all these recordings have not been found. An equalizer has been applied to make the whole thing consistent. Halfway between pop songs and epic tracks, The Lost Album is a mature piece. Backing vocalist Jane Henley (who worked with Boy George and was Stein’s vocal coach), shares the mic with him on 21st Century's Love Stories. In addition to the nine studio tracks, the album includes four songs recorded live in 1995 at Fête de la musique, two of which were unreleased so far. Among them, the opening track Near Love Experience which Edouard Poujaud and Stein consider their best song ever.

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released November 1, 2021

All songs composed, written, arranged and mixed by Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger, Alain Marquès and Jean-Jacques Nersessian - Elephant & Castle (except songs 1, 2 and 10: by Edouard Poujaud, Patrice Steinberger. Song 13: The Days of Pearly Spencer is a cover by David McWilliams).
Recorded by Tristan Bizzarri at Studio Concorde (Paris) between November 1992 and October 1995, except songs 1, 11, 12 and 13 : recorded and mixed at La Fête de la Musique (Paris) june 21st 1995 by Frederic Pierre.
EQed by Frédéric Pierre (thanks for your for his unwavering support) in February 2021.
All songs published By Speegra Ltd.
Produced by E&C RE&CORDS.

Vocals, Synthesizer : Steinberger
Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer : Edouard Poujaud
Drums, Percussions : Avedis
Bass Guitar : Don Marques
Special guest vocals on Banana Skin and 21st Century's Love Stories : Jane Henley (www.speegra.com/2012/11/jane-henley-2/)

Picture: Willyam Bradberry
Cover and booklet: Pascale Millan

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Elephant and Castle Paris, France

Born in London at the end of the 80s, the french band E&C had turned the established order of prog rock upside down. They invented an elaborate music, inflated with the energies of Led Zep, Queen or Alice Cooper. The band was compared to such icons as IQ, Rush and Saga. One album (The Green One 1991), one tour, and then it’s over? No way. Two albums (one studio, one live), are released in 2021 ... more

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