Les Retrouvailles

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Les Retrouvailles
Studio album by Yann Tiersen
Released	June 14, 2005
Length	43:39
Label	Ici d’Ailleurs
Producer	Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen chronology
Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright (2004) Les Retrouvailles (2005) On Tour (2006)

Les Retrouvailles is an album by French musician Yann Tiersen. Released in 2005, it features a number of high-profile guest vocalists, both French and Anglophone alike: Christophe Miossec, Dominique A, Elizabeth Fraser (of the Cocteau Twins), Jane Birkin, and Stuart Staples (of the Tindersticks). As is customary with his albums, Tiersen showcases his multi-instrumental skills, which on the album encompasses the accordion, piano, mandolin, and harpsichord, among others.

Les Retrouvailles also includes a DVD short film entitled La Traversée, directed by Aurelie du Boys, which documents the making of the album and incorporates an animated video for the non-album track, "Le Train," and also live versions of a handful of songs.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Western" – 2:24
2. "Kala" (featuring Elizabeth Fraser) – 4:09
3. "Loin Des Villes" – 3:20
4. "La Veillée" – 3:12
5. "Plus D'hiver" (featuring Jane Birkin) – 2:23
6. "A Ceux Qui Sont Malades Par Mer Calme" – 3:30
7. "A Secret Place" (featuring Stuart A. Staples) – 3:26
8. "Le Matin" – 1:58
9. "Les Enfants" – 2:01
10. "Le Jour De L'ouverture" (featuring Miossec and Dominique A) – 3:38
11. "La Boulange" – 2:47
12. "La Plage" – 1:58
13. "Mary" (featuring Elizabeth Fraser) – 3:38
14. "7:PM" – 2:41
15. "Les Retrouvailles" – 1:30
16. "La Jetée" – 3:35

Note: The Virgin Records version of the CD has a defect on the beginning of “Kala”.^{[citation needed]}