Books (EP)
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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Books
| Type = EP
| Artist = Belle & Sebastian
| Cover = Belle & Sebastian - Books.jpg
| Released = 21st June 2004
| Recorded = Sarm Hook End ("Wrapped Up in Books")
| Genre =
| Length = 16:46
| Label = [[Rough Trade Records]]
| Producer = [[Trevor Horn]] ("Wrapped Up in Books")<br />[[Tony Doogan]]/B&S ("Your Cover's Blown"/"Your Secrets")<br />[[Chris Geddes]] ("Cover (Version)")
| Reviews =
*[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:witxlfhescqi link]
*[[Pitchfork Media]] (8.3/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15374-step-into-my-office-baby-ep-im-a-cuckoo-ep-books-ep link]
| Last album = "[[I'm a Cuckoo]]"<br />(2003)
| This album = '''''Books'''''<br />(2004)
| Next album = "[[Funny Little Frog]]"<br />(2006)
}}
'''''Books''''' is an [[extended play|EP]] released by [[Belle & Sebastian]] in [[2004 in music|2004]] on [[Rough Trade Records]]. The EP features "Wrapped Up in Books" from ''[[Dear Catastrophe Waitress]]'', two new songs — "Your Cover's Blown" and "Your Secrets" — and "Cover (Version)", a remix of "Your Cover's Blown" by the band's keyboardist [[Chris Geddes]]. The front cover features Alexandra Klobouk. The EP reached #20 in the UK singles chart.
The Japanese release of the EP included a [[Japanese language|Japanese]] version of "[[I'm a Cuckoo]]" and a version of the [[Young Marble Giants]] song "Final Day" (slower than the version released on the [[2003 in music|2003]] [[Rough Trade Records|Rough Trade]] compilation ''Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before'') as the fifth and sixth tracks.
==Track listing==
===CD and DVD===
#"Your Cover's Blown" – 6:01
#"Wrapped Up in Books" – 3:34
#"Your Secrets" – 3:11
#"Cover (Version)" – 4:00
===7" vinyl===
#"Your Cover's Blown" – 6:01
#"Wrapped Up in Books" – 3:34
==Release details==
* CD (RTRADESCD180)
*7" vinyl (RTRADES180)
* DVD (RTRADEDV180)
==External links==
*[http://www.belleandsebastian.com/recordings.php?release=20 ''Books'' at belleandsebastian.com]
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