Les Bourgeois
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Les Bourgeois is Jacques Brel
's sixth studio album. Also known as Jacques Brel, the album was released in April 1962 by Barclay Records
. The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Les Bourgeois as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons
by Barclay
(980 816-9).
Jacques Brel
Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
's sixth studio album. Also known as Jacques Brel, the album was released in April 1962 by Barclay Records
Barclay Records
Barclay Records is a French record label founded in the mid-1950s by Eddie Barclay under the alias, Edouard Ruault. Eddie Barclay also founded the Riviera label in the early-1950s....
. The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Les Bourgeois as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons
Boîte à Bonbons
Boîte à Bonbons is a 16-CD box set compilation of the recorded songs of Jacques Brel. Also known as Coffret intégral 2003 "Boîte à bonbons", this limited edition box set was released to mark the 25th anniversary of Jacques Brel's death. The box set includes 15 albums remastered from the original...
by Barclay
Barclay Records
Barclay Records is a French record label founded in the mid-1950s by Eddie Barclay under the alias, Edouard Ruault. Eddie Barclay also founded the Riviera label in the early-1950s....
(980 816-9).
Track listing
| Track | Title | Translation | Composer | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Les bourgeois" | The middle class | Jacques Brel, Jean Corti | 1962-03-09 |
| 2 | "Les paumés du petit matin" | The lost ones of the morning | Jacques Brel, François Rauber | 1962-03-09 |
| 3 | "Le Plat Pays Le Plat Pays Le plat pays or in Dutch Mijn vlakke land is a song by the Belgian singer Jacques Brel, who performed the song in both languages.... " |
The flat country | Jacques Brel | 1962-03-06 |
| 4 | "Zangra" | Zangra | Jacques Brel | 1962-03-06 |
| 5 | "Une île" | An island | Jacques Brel | 1962-03-14 |
| 6 | "Madeleine" | Madeleine | Jacques Brel, Jean Corti, Gérard Jouannest | 1962-03-09 |
| 7 | "Bruxelles" | Brussels | Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest | 1962-03-14 |
| 8 | "Chanson sans paroles" | Song without words | Jacques Brel, François Rauber | 1962-03-14 |
| 9 | "Les biches" | The does | Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest | 1962-03-07 |
| 10 | "Le caporal Casse-Pompon" | Corporal Casse-Pompon | Jacques Brel | 1962-03-06 |
| 11 | "La statue" | The statue | Jacques Brel, François Rauber | 1962-03-07 |
| 12 | "Rosa" | Rosa | Jacques Brel | 1962-03-07 |
| 13 | "Il neige sur Liège" | It snows on Liège | Jacques Brel | 1963-05-30 |
| 14 | "Pourquoi faut-il que les hommes s'ennuient" | Why are the men bored | Jacques Brel | 1963 |
- Recorded at Studio Barclay-Hoche in Paris.
- Tracks 1–12 constituted the original 1962 album.
- Tracks 13–14 were added to the album when it was reissued as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à BonbonsBoîte à BonbonsBoîte à Bonbons is a 16-CD box set compilation of the recorded songs of Jacques Brel. Also known as Coffret intégral 2003 "Boîte à bonbons", this limited edition box set was released to mark the 25th anniversary of Jacques Brel's death. The box set includes 15 albums remastered from the original...
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Credits
- Jacques BrelJacques BrelJacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
– composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, vocals - François RauberFrançois RauberFrançois Rauber was a French pianist, composer, arranger and conductor known for his works with chansonnier Jacques Brel...
– orchestra conductorConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble... - Jean-Marie Guérin – masteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...
- Herman Leonard – photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
- Jean-Pierre Leloir – photography