L'Absente
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Track listing
Music and lyrics written by Yann TiersenYann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen is a musician from France. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks with a distinctive sound that is always involved...
, except as noted.
- "À quai" - 4:22
- "La Parade" - 3:18 - (Sung by Lisa GermanoLisa GermanoLisa Germano is an American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has released seven albums featuring her often-hushed vocal style, confessional lyrics, and distinctive violin. Her 1994 album Geek the Girl received widespread critical acclaim, including being featured as a top album of...
) - "Bagatelle" (Dominique ADominique ADominique Ané , better known as "Dominique A," is a French songwriter and singer.-Early life:Born on the 6 October 1968 in Provins, France, Dominique Ané is the only child of a teacher and a homemaker. He was passionate about literature and music from a young age...
/Tiersen) - 4:40 - (Sung by Dominique A) - "L'Absente" - 3:18
- "Le Jour d'avant" (Têtes Raides/Tiersen) - 5:07
- "Les Jours tristes" (Neil HannonNeil HannonNeil Hannon is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter, best known as the creator and frontman of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy. The band's official website even goes so far as to say, "The Divine Comedy is Neil Hannon," and Hannon is quoted in an interview as saying, "The Divine Comedy...
/Tiersen) - 3:20 - (Sung by Neil Hannon) - "L'Échec" - 2:50 - (Sung by Natacha RégnierNatacha RégnierNatacha Régnier is a Belgian actress.Born in the Ixelles section of Brussels, she was attracted to theatre from early adolescence. Her first screen role was in The Motorcycle Girl , a short film by Stéphan Carpiaux...
and Yann Tiersen) - "La Lettre d'explication" (Têtes Raides/Tiersen) - 2:30
- "Qu'en reste-t-il?" - 3:40
- "Le Méridien" - 4:16 - (Sung by Lisa Germano)
- "Le Concert" (Tiersen/Christian Quermalet/Marc Sens/Anne-Gaëlle Bisquay/Gregoire Simon) - 2:49 - (Sung by Natacha Régnier and Yann Tiersen)
- "Le Retour" - 5:22
The vinyl
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
edition contains an additional track, "L'Autre lettre", written and recorded by Yann Tiersen and Les Têtes Raides.
Credits
- Yann TiersenYann TiersenYann Tiersen is a musician from France. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks with a distinctive sound that is always involved...
- Christine Ott - ondes MartenotOndes MartenotThe ondes Martenot , also known as the ondium Martenot, Martenot and ondes musicales, is an early electronic musical instrument invented in 1928 by Maurice Martenot. The original design was similar in sound to the theremin...
on "À quai", "La Parade", "Bagatelle", "Les Jours tristes", "L'Échec", and "Le Méridien" - Ensemble Orchestral Synaxis are featured on "À quai", "La Parade", "Bagatelle", and "Le Méridien"
- Lisa GermanoLisa GermanoLisa Germano is an American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has released seven albums featuring her often-hushed vocal style, confessional lyrics, and distinctive violin. Her 1994 album Geek the Girl received widespread critical acclaim, including being featured as a top album of...
- vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
on "La Parade" and "Le Méridien" - Anne-Gaëlle Bisquay - celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
on "La Parade", "L'Échec", and "Le Concert" - Bertrand Lambert - violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
on "La Parade" and "L'Échec" - Yann Bisquay - violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
on "La Parade" and "L'Échec" - Natacha RégnierNatacha RégnierNatacha Régnier is a Belgian actress.Born in the Ixelles section of Brussels, she was attracted to theatre from early adolescence. Her first screen role was in The Motorcycle Girl , a short film by Stéphan Carpiaux...
- vocals on "L'Échec" and "Le Concert" - Dominique ADominique ADominique Ané , better known as "Dominique A," is a French songwriter and singer.-Early life:Born on the 6 October 1968 in Provins, France, Dominique Ané is the only child of a teacher and a homemaker. He was passionate about literature and music from a young age...
- vocals on "Bagatelle" - Christian Quermalet - Rhodes pianoRhodes pianoThe Rhodes piano is an electro-mechanical piano, invented by Harold Rhodes during the fifties and later manufactured in a number of models, first in collaboration with Fender and after 1965 by CBS....
on "Bagatelle", drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s on "Les Jours tristes", and pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
on "Le Concert" - Les Têtes Raides are featured on "Le Jour d'avant" and "La Lettre d'explication"
- Neil HannonNeil HannonNeil Hannon is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter, best known as the creator and frontman of the chamber pop group The Divine Comedy. The band's official website even goes so far as to say, "The Divine Comedy is Neil Hannon," and Hannon is quoted in an interview as saying, "The Divine Comedy...
- vocals on "Les Jours tristes" - Dominique ADominique ADominique Ané , better known as "Dominique A," is a French songwriter and singer.-Early life:Born on the 6 October 1968 in Provins, France, Dominique Ané is the only child of a teacher and a homemaker. He was passionate about literature and music from a young age...
- guitar on "Le Méridien" - Marc Sens - guitar on "Le Concert"
- Sophie Naboulay - violin on "La Parade" and "L'Échec"
- Sacha Toorop - drums on "Bagatelle" and "Le Méridien"
- Grégoire Simon - saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
on "Le Concert"