Night In France (2008)

Product Summary Label: ALMOST GOLD RECORDINGS/RED UPC: 00886973530320 Release Date: 9/9/2008 Buy.com Sku: 208812975 Item#: M4DRX9 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Mon Amant De St Jean - Patrick Bruel/Sanseverino ~ Various Artists 2. Les Champs-Elysees - Patrick Bruel/Joe Dassin ~ Various Artists 3. Les Jolies Colonies De Vacances - Pierre Perret/Joe Dassin ~ Various Artists 4. Y'a D'la Rumba Dands L'air - Alain Souchon/Jacques Dutronc ~ Various Artists 5. Le Diner - Benabar ~ Various Artists 6. Juste Quelqu'un De Bien - Dany Brillant/Enzo Enzo ~ Various Artists 7. Syracuse - Pipo Gertrude/Enzo Enzo/Henri Salvador ~ Various Artists 8. Il Est Cinq Heures, Paris S'eveille - Jacques Dutronc ~ Various Artists 9. Le Poil - Java/Pierre Perret ~ Various Artists 10. Marseille - Jacques Veneruso/Henri Salvador/Patrick Fiori ~ Various Artists 11. La Faveur De L'automne, A - Souchon/Tete ~ Various Artists 12. Si Mort a Mors - Tri Yann/Tete ~ Various Artists 13. Les Embouteillages - Laurent Voulzy/Sanseverino ~ Various Artists 14. L'agriculteur - Ridan/Patrick Fiori ~ Various Artists 15. La Belle Vie - Dany Brillant/Tri Yann ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Throughout the 20th century, French pop music has offered an intriguing blend of the na?ve, the sophisticated, and the sentimental. It has never been terribly innovative -- its most popular rock stars have tended to ape American and British pop music styles. But the French Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt almost singlehandedly gave the world a new style of jazz in the 1930s, and singers like Maurice Chevalier and (especially) Charles Trenet brought a distinctively French style of popular song to worldwide audiences during the middle of the same century. This collection brings together a nice assortment of popular French music both recent and old, and although the lack of any contributions from either Trenet or Chevalier is hard to understand, there are Joe Dassin's immortal "Les Champs-Elys?es" and a fun novelty tune called "Les Embouteillages" by Sans?v?rino, not to mention Alain Souchon's quiet and lovely "Y'a d'la Rumba dans l'Air." There is some inevitable goofiness: Pierre Perret's "Les Jolies Colonies de Vacances" is just plain silly, with its children's vocals and brass band, and "Syracuse," by Henri Salvador and Pipo Gertrude, is almost a parody of ethereal Gallic sentimentality. But Enzo Enzo's effortlessly jazzy "Juste Quelqu'un de Bien" is absolutely perfect, and the compilers also had the presence of mind to include a track from the legendarily weird Breton folk-rock group Tri Yann. As a convenient, warts-and-all introduction to the French music of the 20th century, this disc is quite effective. ~ Rick Anderson Producer: Anthony Gonzalez (Compilation)   Technical Info Release Date : 2008 Original Release Date : 2008 Catalog ID : 88697353032 Label : RED Distribution Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00886973530320    Related Videos 11:11: Rodrigo Y Gabriela