Crouçie D'où Là

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Crouçie D'où Là
Studio album by Emilíana Torrini
Released	1995
Genre	Soul, Blues, Jazz
Label	JAPIS
Emilíana Torrini chronology
Crouçie D'où Là (1995) Merman (1996)

Crouçie d'où là is the first album released by Icelandic singer, Emilíana Torrini. It was released in 1995, followed by Merman in 1996, and her best selling albums, Love in the Time of Science in 1999, and Fisherman's Woman in 2005. The title of the record is a play on words. It is spelled as if it were a French word, but it is a homonym of the Icelandic word Krúsídúlla which means cutie pie. The songs include "Crazy Love" written by Van Morrison, "I" written by Japanese group Pizzicato Five, and "Miss Celie’s Blues" (from the movie The Color Purple).

The albums Merman and Crouçie D'où Là are not available any more. When Emilíana Torrini was asked by a French fansite in a 2008 interview, she responded:

"No I really don't want it too. I have a funny relationship with that record and I guess I have disowned it in someways. My mum proudly took it out of the shelves at christmas and played it to my boyfriend. I hadn't heard it since I recorded it. It was too painful... I didnt like it. She laughed. He blushed."

[edit] Track listing

1. "I'm a Bad Luck Woman" (Memphis Minnie)
2. "Crazy Love" (Van Morrison)
3. "The Man With the Golden Gun" (Don Black, John Barry)
4. "Today I Sing the Blues" (Aretha Franklin)
5. "I" (Pizzicato Five, Yasuharu Konishi)
6. "The Dirty Dozen" (Speckled Red)
7. "Tomorrow" (Paul Williams)
8. "Find It"
9. "Miss Celie's Blues" (Jones, Temperton, Richie)
10. "Aaaa..."