Comment Te Dire Adieu (Frn): Francoise Hardy: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Comment Te Dire Adieu?

2. Ou Va La Chance?

3. I' Anamour

4. Suzanne

5. Il N'y A Pas D 'Amour Heureux

6. La Mesange

7. Parlez-Moi De Lui

8. A Quoi Ca Sert?

9. Il Vaut Mieux Une Petite Maison Dans La Manin Qu'un Grand Chateau Dans Les Nuage

10. La Rue Des Coeurs Perdus

11. Etonnez-Moi, Benoit

12. La Mer, Les Etoiles Et Le Vent

Product Description

Album Description

Fench-pop superstar's 1968 album. Tracks include covers of,'Suzanne' (Leonard Cohen), 'Ou Va La Chance?' ('There But For Fortune') (Phil Ochs) and 'La Rue Des Coeurs Perdus' ('Lonesome Town') (Ricky Nelson). 1995 release. Limited edition digipak.

Album Details

Reissue of the French Chanteuse's Album that was Originally Released in 1966.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Greatest Female Vocalists of the 20th Century, Dec 1 1999

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This review is from: Comment Te Dire Adieu (Frn) (Audio CD)

I purchased this album, because I had heard Francoise Hardy's voice on the Air track "Jeanne" and fell in love with it. This CD does not disappoint at all. While I wasn't alive at the time it was recorded, one can get a good sense of how French pop sounded just from one listen of the title track. "Ou Va La Chance" is easily one of the best songs on the album, showcasing Hardy's brilliant voice. That song is worth the album price alone, and is one of the few songs that not only tell you a story, but make you feel it as well. This is an essential recording if you ever want to diverisfy yourself musically, and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves the female voice.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Comment te Dire Adieu - Review, Feb 19 2003

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This review is from: Comment Te Dire Adieu (Frn) (Audio CD)

This is an excellent album. Francoise Hardy specialises in the autumnal, and a couple of numbers apart (the jazzy 'Etonnez-Moi Benoit...' and the sublime camp-cool opener 'Comment te Dire Adieu') the mood is reflective and often melancholy - without lapsing into dullness. Fine examples of Hardy's own songwriting such as 'Les Etoiles et Le Mer' and 'A Quoi Ca sert?' (with proto-Nymanesque intrumental passage in the middle) keep fitting company with covers of Leonard Cohen's 'Suzanne', Gainsbourg's 'L'anamour' (better than his own version, I feel), subdued Brazilian piece 'Mesange' and a pleasant French version of 'Lonesome Town'.

Highlights for me are: the title track itself, in which Hardy's breathy detached voice drifts over a flamboyant orchestral tune and a latin beat; the wistful closing number 'Les Etoiles et Le mer'; and the gorgeous 'Ou Va La Chance?', a glorious weepy which has the sweetest, loneliest music and voice, without ever quite becoming sacharine.

Never less than good, this is record worth playing all the way through, and that makes it a rarity for me. It's a well structured, charming, and sometimes moving, artefact. Recommended for FH fans and also simply fans of good pop songs.

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4.0 out of 5 stars FRANCOISE, THE GIRL MOST GUY WOULD LIKE AS SISTER, Dec 2 2000

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FRANCOISE'S first VIRGIN album has survived rather well, even if it only goes 30 minutes.Two GAINSBOURG classics:the title track and L'ANAMOUR;ETONNEZ MOI BENOIT from the pen of writer PATRICK MODIANO;a BRASSENS song that was inspired by poet LOUIS ARAGON ,and a few other interestings songs.The importance here ,is that FRANCOISE is more willing to orchestrate her songs with different arrangers, and it works well.Actually, she had started doing it in the previous album MA JEUNESSE FOUT LE CAMP

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4.0 out of 5 stars The sweetest voice for a great repertoire
In this album Hardy's velvety voice ranges over a wide variety of styles. The album begins with a fun, danceable pop song in pure late sixties style, "Comment te dire... Read more

Published on July 12 2000 by Hugo

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, sensual, passionate, and timeless ...
I purchased this CD on the recomendation of a friend, and have deemed it one of my personal foreign favorites. Overall, the album is very strong. Read more

Published on Jan 10 1999