Renaud chante Brassens

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Renaud chante Brassens
Studio album by
Released1996
Recorded1996
GenreChanson
LabelVirgin Records
Renaud chronology
À la Belle de Mai
(1994)
Renaud chante Brassens
(1996)
Boucan d'enfer
(2002)

"Renaud chante Brassens" (released in March 1996) is an album by French singer Renaud featuring cover versions of the songs of Georges Brassens. The original songs date from between 1952 and 1961.[1] Public reaction to Renaud's reprises was generally positive even from Brassens fans.[2] It was to be the last Renaud album for some six years until his rehabilitation from a period of alcoholism and his massive renewed success with Manhattan-Kaboul.

The video for Je suis un voyou inserted a suitably dressed Renaud as a character into original black-and-white footage of Brassens singing the song.[3]

In 1997 Renaud chante Brassens was re-sold along with live album Tournée D'Enfer and best-of CD The Meilleur Of Renaud as three album discount re-packaging offer [4]

Track listing[edit]

  1. Je suis un voyou
  2. La marine
  3. Le gorille
  4. La chasse aux papillons
  5. Comme hier
  6. Les amoureux des bancs publics
  7. Brave Margot
  8. Hécatombe
  9. La mauvaise herbe
  10. Le mauvais sujet repenti
  11. La légende de la nonne
  12. Auprès de mon arbre
  13. Gastibelza
  14. Les croquants
  15. Philistins
  16. Le vieux Léon
  17. Le Père Nöel et la petite fille
  18. La femme d'Hector
  19. Le bistrot
  20. L'orage
  21. Jeanne
  22. La complainte des filles de joie
  23. Les illusions perdues

References[edit]

  1. ^ Amazon.fr Track listing and reviews
  2. ^ Canadian reviews
  3. ^ Video of Je suis un voyou (track 1)
  4. ^ "The Meilleur of Renaud - Chante Brassens - Tournée d'Enfer : Renaud, Georges Brassens: Amazon.fr: CD et Vinyles".