Ne Me Quitte Pas (album)

Ne Me Quitte Pas
Studio album by Jacques Brel
Released 1972
Recorded 12–27 June 1972
Genre Chanson
Length 38 minutes
Label Barclay/Universal
Jacques Brel chronology
L'Homme de la Mancha
(1968)		 Ne Me Quitte Pas
(1972)		 Les Marquises
(1977)

Ne Me Quitte Pas (English: Don't leave me) is Jacques Brel's twelfth studio album. Released in 1972 by Barclay (80145), the album features re-recordings of many of Brel's best-known songs. The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Ne Me Quitte Pas as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons by Barclay (980 817-6). The title song "Ne me quitte pas" has been translated into numerous languages, and has been widely covered by French and English-speaking artists, including Isabelle Aubret (2001), Shirley Bassey (1972), Sam Cooke (1960), Céline Dion (1994), Olivia Newton-John (1972), Nina Simone (1965), and Dionne Warwick (1972). [1][2][3]

Track listing

Track Title Translation Composer Recorded
1 "Ne me quitte pas" Don't leave me Jacques Brel 1972-06-20
2 "Marieke" Marieke Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1972-06-12
3 "On n'oublie rien" One forgets nothing Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1972-06-12
4 "Les Flamandes" The Flemish Jacques Brel 1972-06-12
5 "Les prénoms de Paris" The names of Paris Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1972-06-12
6 "Quand on a que l'amour" When you only have love Jacques Brel 1972-06-27
7 "Les biches" The does Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1972-06-23
8 "Le prochain amour" The next love Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1972-06-23
9 "Le Moribond" The dying man Jacques Brel 1972-06-20
10 "La valse à mille temps" The waltz a thousand times as fast Jacques Brel 1972-06-27
11 "Je ne sais pas" I don't know Jacques Brel 1972-06-12[4]

Credits

References

  1. ^ Discogs "Ne Me Quitte Pas". http://www.discogs.com/Jacques-Brel-Ne-Me-Quitte-Pas/release/1886709 Discogs. Retrieved 5 September 2011. 
  2. ^ Editions Jacques Brel "Discography". http://www.jacquesbrel.be/index2.cfm?lg=EN&pg=disco&part=cd Editions Jacques Brel. Retrieved 5 September 2011. 
  3. ^ List of Jacques Brel cover versions
  4. ^ Editions Jacques Brel "Discography". http://www.jacquesbrel.be/index2.cfm?lg=EN&pg=disco&part=cd Editions Jacques Brel. Retrieved 5 September 2011. 
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