Nouvelle Vague (album)

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Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague cover
Cover album by Nouvelle Vague
Released 9 August 2004 (UK)
2 November 2004 (France)
3 May 2005 (US)
Genre Bossa nova
Length 46:30
Label Peacefrog (UK / France)
PFG051 / PFG051CD
(standard edition, 8/04)
PFG062CD
(limited edition, 11/04)

Luaka Bop (US)
Professional reviews
Nouvelle Vague chronology
Nouvelle Vague
(2004)
Bande à Part
(2006)


Cover of US edition

Nouvelle Vague is the 2004 self-titled debut album by Nouvelle Vague. The album consists entirely of bossa nova versions of songs that were written and recorded during the post-punk/New Wave era. "Nouvelle Vague" means "new wave" in French.

UK music magazine DJ selected the album as the 4th best of 2004[1], and The Guardian included it in its list of the 10 "most beautiful sleeves of 2004"[2].

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(name of band covered listed to right of song)

  1. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Joy Division) – 3:18
  2. "Just Can't Get Enough" (Depeche Mode) – 3:07
  3. "In a Manner of Speaking" (Tuxedomoon) – 3:58
  4. "Guns of Brixton" (The Clash) – 4:06
  5. "This Is Not a Love Song" (Public Image Ltd.) – 3:47
  6. "Too Drunk to Fuck" (Dead Kennedys) – 2:16
  7. "Marian" (The Sisters of Mercy) – 3:53
  8. "Making Plans for Nigel" (XTC) – 3:32
  9. "A Forest" (The Cure) – 3:39
  10. "I Melt With You" (Modern English) – 4:00
  11. "Teenage Kicks" (The Undertones) – 2:13
  12. "Psyche" (Killing Joke) – 4:12
  13. "Friday Night Saturday Morning" (The Specials) – 4:22
  14. "Sorry for Laughing" (Josef K) (bonus track on limited edition and US edition) – 3:09
  15. "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" (A Flock of Seagulls) (bonus track on limited edition) – 2:42

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