Chatterton is the ninth studio album by French rocker Alain Bashung, issued in 1994 on Barclay Records.
| Chatterton | ||||
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Recorded | ICP Studio, Brussels | |||
| Genre | French rock, Alternative country, Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Barclay, Universal Music Group | |||
| Producer | Phil Delire, Alain Bashung, Djoum, Marc Thonon | |||
| Alain Bashung chronology | ||||
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Production
editThe music melt the use of pedal steel guitar with synths, for instance on "J'passe pour une caravane" ("They mistake me for a caravan"), and the style was dubbed "country new age" by Bashung himself. The most well-known track on the album in France is "Ma petite entreprise" ("My little business") which was popularized when it was used as the theme song to the movie My Little Business by Pierre Jolivet in 1999.
Reception
editCritical reception
editIn 2010, the French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 40th greatest French rock album (out of 100).[1]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "À perte de vue" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung | 5:07 |
| 2. | "Que n'ai-je" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung | 3:55 |
| 3. | "Ma petite entreprise" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung | 4:11 |
| 4. | "Elvire" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung | 4:19 |
| 5. | "Un âne plane" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung | 3:56 |
| 6. | "Après d'âpres hostilités" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung | 4:24 |
| 7. | "J'avais un pense-bête" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung | 3:26 |
| 8. | "J'passe pour une caravane" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung | 3:42 |
| 9. | "Danse d'ici" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung | 4:05 |
| 10. | "À Ostende" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung | 4:02 |
| 11. | "L'Apiculteur" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung | 4:37 |
| 12. | "J'ai longtemps contemplé" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque | 3:56 |
Personnel
editMusicians
edit- Alain Bashung - vocals, guitars (11)
- Michael Brook - guitar (1 through 9, 11, 12), drums (5), percussions (5)
- Eddie Martinez - guitar (1, 3, 4, 7 through 10, 12)
- Pierre Van Dormael - guitar (1), acoustic guitar (5, 7, 11)
- Nicolas Fiszman - bass guitar (1 à 5, 7, 9 through 11), bass bow (1), acoustic guitar (2), guitar (3, 4)
- Stéphane Belmondo - trumpet (1, 7, 11, 12)
- Marc Ribot - guitar (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11)
- Link Wray - guitar (2, 6, 8, 9)
- Jean-Marc Lederman - keyboards (2, 4, 5, 6, 10), drums (2, 6), percussion (2, 6)
- Jean-Pierre Pilot - drums (2, 7, 11, 12), percussion (2, 7, 11, 12)
- Sonny Landreth - guitar (5), slide guitar (3, 8, 10)
- Dony Wynn - percussion (3, 4, 10), drums (4, 8, 9)
- Ally McErlaine - guitars (4, 7 through 10)
- Jean Fauque - drums (4, 11, 12), percussion (4, 11, 12), keyboards (4, 12)[2]
Production
edit- Alain Bashung: production
- Djoum: recording, mixing (4, 12), production
- Phil Delire: recording (1 à 11), mixing (1 à 3, 5 à 11), production
- Michel Diericks: recording (3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12)
- Marc Thonon: executive production
- Jean-Baptiste Mondino: photos
- Huart / Cholley: graphism[2]
References
edit- ^ Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN 1764-1071
- ^ a b Chatterton (album booklet). Alain Bashung. Barclay Records. 1994. 523 111-2.
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