# Safari (EP)

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Safari
| type         = ep
| artist       = [the Breeders](/source/the_Breeders)
| cover        = Breeders - Safari (ep).jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = April 6, 1992
| recorded     = 
| venue        = 
| studio       = Looking Glass, [New York City](/source/New_York_City),<br /> First Protocol, [London](/source/London)<br /> and Nomis
| genre        = [Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock)
| length       = 12:08
| label        = 4AD/[Elektra](/source/Elektra_Records)
| producer     = Paul Berry, Dante DeSole, Guy Fixsen
| prev_title   = [Pod](/source/Pod_(The_Breeders_album))
| prev_year    = 1990
| year         = 1992
| next_title   = [Last Splash](/source/Last_Splash)
| next_year    = 1993
}}

{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score =  {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/safari-mw0000071941 |title=Safari - The Breeders &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2020-05-30}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine))''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Steve |last=Kandell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-mtlg-iLEtAC&q=%22Discography+Kim+Deal%22&pg=PA74 |title=Discography: Kim Deal |work=[Spin](/source/Spin_(magazine)) |date=April 1, 2008 |accessdate=May 1, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312214714/https://books.google.ca/books?id=-mtlg-iLEtAC&pg=PA74&dq=%22Discography%20Kim%20Deal%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mh84UffjD4__qQHG-4GYDw |archivedate=March 12, 2016 }}</ref>
| rev2 = [Robert Christgau](/source/Robert_Christgau)
| rev2score = A−<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=the+breeders |title=The Breeders: Consumer Guide Reviews: Safari [4AD/Elektra, 1992] |accessdate=5 September 2017 |work= [Robert Christgau](/source/Robert_Christgau) }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide](/source/The_New_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide)''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Wolk |first=Douglas |authorlink=Douglas Wolk |title=[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide) |publisher=[Simon & Schuster](/source/Simon_%26_Schuster) |location=New York |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |chapter=The Breeders |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/104 104] }}</ref>
}}
'''''Safari''''' is an [EP](/source/Extended_play) by [the Breeders](/source/the_Breeders), released in 1992 on [4AD](/source/4AD)/[Elektra Records](/source/Elektra_Records).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ufUBAAAQBAJ&q=Safari+%28EP%29+breeders+1992&pg=PA50|title=Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996|first=Andrew|last=Earles|date=September 15, 2014|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=9780760346488}}</ref>  By the time of its release, [Kim Deal](/source/Kim_Deal) had enlisted her twin sister [Kelley](/source/Kelley_Deal) to play guitar for the band.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2009/08/20/the-breeders/|title=Rock's Sibling Revelry: The Breeders|date=August 19, 2009|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> It is the only Breeders recording that features both [Kelley Deal](/source/Kelley_Deal) and [Tanya Donelly](/source/Tanya_Donelly).

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| title1        = Do You Love Me Now?
| writer1       = Kim Deal, Kelley Deal
| length1       = 2:40
| title2        = Don't Call Home
| writer2       = Kim Deal; additional lyrics: John Murphy
| length2       = 3:37
| title3        = Safari
| writer3       = Kim Deal
| length3       = 3:30
| title4        = [So Sad About Us](/source/So_Sad_About_Us)
| writer4       = [Pete Townshend](/source/Pete_Townshend)
| length4       = 2:21
}}

==Personnel==
;The Breeders
*[Kim Deal](/source/Kim_Deal) – vocals, guitar
*[Kelley Deal](/source/Kelley_Deal) – guitar
*[Tanya Donelly](/source/Tanya_Donelly) – vocals, guitar
*[Josephine Wiggs](/source/Josephine_Wiggs) – vocals, bass, cello
*[Britt Walford](/source/Britt_Walford) (billed as Mike Hunt) – Drums
*[Jon Mattock](/source/Jon_Mattock) – drums on "Safari"
;Technical
*Paul Berry, Dante DeSole, Guy Fixsen, Mark Freegard and Ben Darlow – engineers
*[Vaughan Oliver](/source/Vaughan_Oliver) – sleeve
*Shinro Ohtake - charcoal drawing "Nairobi Viii" (1983)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{The Breeders}}
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Category:The Breeders albums
Category:1992 debut EPs
Category:4AD EPs
Category:Elektra Records EPs

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