Chauffe à bloc
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Chauffe à bloc is an EP
by Canadian
blues-rock
band Big Sugar
, released in 1999.
In 1996, Big Sugar decided to record a French language
version of the single "Opem Up Baby", from the album Hemi-Vision
, for radio airplay in Quebec
. The experiment was successful, and following the released of 1998's Heated, the band recorded a French rendition of each single released from that album, as well as a French-only cover of Gilles Valiquette
's 1973 hit "Je suis cool".
Chauffe à bloc collects all five of the French songs. For their next album, 2001's Brothers and Sisters, Are You Ready?
, the band recorded the entire album in both English and French, and simultaneously released both versions as separate albums. The French recording was titled Brothers and Sisters, Êtes Vous Ready?
.
Translation assistance on the lyrics was provided by the Quebec rock band The Respectables
.
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
blues-rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Big Sugar
Big Sugar
Big Sugar is a Canadian blues-rock band, they were active from 1991 to 2004 and again since April 2010. The band has sold more than half a million albums in Canada.-History:...
, released in 1999.
In 1996, Big Sugar decided to record a French language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
version of the single "Opem Up Baby", from the album Hemi-Vision
Hemi-Vision
Hemi-Vision is an album by Canadian blues-rock band Big Sugar, released in 1996. The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 1997 Juno Awards.The primary singles from the album were "Diggin' a Hole", "If I Had My Way" and "Opem Up Baby"...
, for radio airplay in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. The experiment was successful, and following the released of 1998's Heated, the band recorded a French rendition of each single released from that album, as well as a French-only cover of Gilles Valiquette
Gilles Valiquette
Gilles Valiquette is a Canadian rock musician, stage actor and record producer.After studying music at Lionel-Groulx College and Cégep St-Laurent in Montreal, Valiquette first emerged with the rock group Someone, with whom he recorded two singles...
's 1973 hit "Je suis cool".
Chauffe à bloc collects all five of the French songs. For their next album, 2001's Brothers and Sisters, Are You Ready?
Brothers and Sisters, Are You Ready?
Brothers and Sisters, Are You Ready? is an album by Big Sugar, released in 2001. It was released concurrently with a separate album containing French language versions of the same songs, Brothers and Sisters, Êtes Vous Ready?. The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2002 Juno Awards...
, the band recorded the entire album in both English and French, and simultaneously released both versions as separate albums. The French recording was titled Brothers and Sisters, Êtes Vous Ready?
Brothers and Sisters, Êtes Vous Ready?
Brothers and Sisters, Êtes Vous Ready? is an album by Big Sugar, released in 2001. It contains French language versions of songs from their concurrently-released album Brothers and Sisters, Are You Ready?, along with 4 songs found only on the French release - "La Bombe", "Busté", "Harmonie" and "À...
.
Translation assistance on the lyrics was provided by the Quebec rock band The Respectables
The Respectables
Les Respectables are a French Canadian rock band founded in Montreal in the early 1990s.-History:Returning home after a long journey to the United States, guitarist and singer Sébastien Plante got back in touch with Pascal Dufour, his partner of a decade of the Moonlight Drive...
.
Track listing
- "(Pas) Envie d'allumer"
- "Je suis cool"
- "C'est moi qui règne"
- "Better Get Used to it (Version Française)"
- "Ouvres-toi bébé"