Nouvelle Vague | ||||
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Studio album by Nouvelle Vague | ||||
Released | 9 August 2004 (UK) 2 November 2004 (France) 3 May 2005 (US) |
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Genre | Easy Listening Lounge Bossa Nova |
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Length | 46:30 | |||
Label | Peacefrog (UK / France) PFG051 / PFG051CD (standard edition, 8/04) PFG062CD (limited edition, 11/04) Luaka Bop (US) |
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Nouvelle Vague chronology | ||||
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American release cover | ||||
Nouvelle Vague is the 2004 self-titled debut album by Nouvelle Vague. The album consists entirely of easy listening and bossa nova versions of songs that were written and recorded during the post-punk/New Wave era. "Nouvelle Vague" means "New Wave" in French, so the name of the band is a play on the words.
The Guardian newspaper included it in its list of the 10 "most beautiful sleeves of 2004".[1]
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
DJ | [3] |
E! | (B)[4] |
The Independent | [5] |
Mojo | [6] |
Pitchfork | (7.0/10) [7] |
Q | [8] |
Rolling Stone | [9] |
The Telegraph | (favourable)[10] |
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Song | Original Artist | Dur. | |
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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 |
‡ | "Sorry for Laughing" | Josef K | 3:09 |
† | "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" | A Flock of Seagulls | 2:42 |
† bonus track on limited edition
‡ bonus track on limited edition and US edition
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