L'Absente
L'Absente is the fifth studio album by French composer and musician Yann Tiersen.
Track listing
Music and lyrics written by Yann Tiersen, except as noted.
- "À quai" - 4:22
- "La Parade" - 3:18 - (Sung by Lisa Germano)
- "Bagatelle" (Dominique A/Tiersen) - 4:40 - (Sung by Dominique A)
- "L'Absente" - 3:18
- "Le Jour d'avant" (Têtes Raides/Tiersen) - 5:07
- "Les Jours tristes" (Neil Hannon/Tiersen) - 3:20 - (Sung by Neil Hannon)
- "L'Échec" - 2:50 - (Sung by Natacha Régnier and Yann Tiersen)
- "La Lettre d'explication" (Têtes Raides/Tiersen) - 2:30
- "Qu'en reste-t-il?" - 3:40
- "Le Méridien" - 4:16 - (Sung by Lisa Germano)
- "Le Concert" (Tiersen/Christian Quermalet/Marc Sens/Anne-Gaëlle Bisquay/Gregoire Simon) - 2:49 - (Sung by Natacha Régnier and Yann Tiersen)
- "Le Retour" - 5:22
The vinyl edition contains an additional track, "L'Autre lettre", written and recorded by Yann Tiersen and Les Têtes Raides.
Credits
- Yann Tiersen
- Christine Ott - ondes Martenot on "À quai", "La Parade", "Bagatelle", "Les Jours tristes", "L'Échec", and "Le Méridien"
- Ensemble Orchestral Synaxis are featured on "À quai", "La Parade", "Bagatelle", and "Le Méridien"
- Lisa Germano - vocals on "La Parade" and "Le Méridien"
- Anne-Gaëlle Bisquay - cello on "La Parade", "L'Échec", and "Le Concert"
- Bertrand Lambert - viola on "La Parade" and "L'Échec"
- Yann Bisquay - violin on "La Parade" and "L'Échec"
- Natacha Régnier - vocals on "L'Échec" and "Le Concert"
- Dominique A - vocals on "Bagatelle"
- Christian Quermalet - Rhodes piano on "Bagatelle", drums on "Les Jours tristes", and piano on "Le Concert"
- Les Têtes Raides are featured on "Le Jour d'avant" and "La Lettre d'explication"
- Neil Hannon - vocals on "Les Jours tristes"
- Dominique A - guitar on "Le Méridien"
- Marc Sens - guitar on "Le Concert"
- Sophie Naboulay - violin on "La Parade" and "L'Échec"
- Sacha Toorop - drums on "Bagatelle" and "Le Méridien"
- Grégoire Simon - saxophone on "Le Concert"