Fantaisie militaire
| Fantaisie militaire | ||||
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| Studio album by Alain Bashung | ||||
| Released | 6 January 1998 | |||
| Recorded |
Studio Miraval Studio Davout (strings) Studio Pierce Entertainment (mixing)[1] | |||
| Genre | French rock, Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 50:38 | |||
| Label | Barclay Records, Universal Music Group | |||
| Producer | Anne Lamy | |||
| Alain Bashung chronology | ||||
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Fantaisie militaire (Military fantasy) is the tenth studio album by French rocker Alain Bashung, issued in January 1998 on Barclay Records.
Production
For this album, Bashung worked with artists such as the Valentins, Rodolphe Burger, Joseph Racaille or Adrian Utley of Portishead. Most of the songs were written by Jean Fauque.
The song "Samuel Hall" is a drum'n'bass reworking of the folk song "Sam Hall".
Reception
Commercial performance
The album hit #1 on the French charts. It was one of the artist's greatest success, helped by the successful single "La nuit je mens".
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
This album marked a turn in Bashung's career. It was awarded three Victoires de la musique awards in 1999, the Male artist of the year award, the Best album of the year award and the Video of the year award for the single "La nuit je mens". Furthermore, it received an additional award in 2005 for Best album of the past 20 years.[3] In 2010, the French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 9th greatest French rock album (out of 100).[4] The album is included in the book La Discothèque parfaite de l'odyssée du rock by Gilles Verlant, who called the album a "chef d'œuvre" or the "shining diamond of the winter of 1998". He added that the album showed "Bashung mix the sounds and his inspiration with a perfect mastery of studio incidents" and that "its precision is that of a goldsmith, a jeweler, a maniac watchmaker".[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
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| 1. | "Malaxe" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque – Alain Bashung / Les Valentins | 4:33 | |
| 2. | "La nuit je mens" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque – Alain Bashung / Les Valentins | 4:25 | |
| 3. | "Fantaisie militaire" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque – Alain Bashung | 4:48 | |
| 4. | "2043" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque – Alain Bashung | 3:45 | |
| 5. | "Mes prisons" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque – Alain Bashung | 4:07 | |
| 6. | "Ode à la vie" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque – Alain Bashung / Jean-Marc Lederman | 4:16 | |
| 7. | "Dehors" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque – Alain Bashung / Les Valentins | 3:29 | |
| 8. | "Samuel Hall" | Olivier Cadiot / Rodolphe Burger | 5:05 | |
| 9. | "Aucun express" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque – Alain Bashung | 4:05 | |
| 10. | "Au pavillon des lauriers" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque – Alain Bashung | 4:43 | |
| 11. | "Sommes-nous" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque – Alain Bashung | 3:56 | |
| 12. | "Angora" | Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque – Alain Bashung | 2:07 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Alain Bashung: vocals
- Édith Fambuena: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar (8), programmations
- Jean-Louis Pierot:synthesizers, Hammond organ, harpsichord, Leslie piano, vibraphone, piano, programmations
- Martyn Barker: drums, Turc and African percussions
- Simon Edwards: electric bass, sentir, percussions, harpsichord
- Adrian Utley: electric guitars
- Rodolphe Burger: guitars (8), programmations (8)
- Joseph Racaille: string arrangements
- String ensemble « Alhambra »
- Virginie Michaud: musical direction[1]
Production
- Anne Lamy: executive production
- Pascale Jaupard: management
- Ian Caple: sound engineer
- Jean Lamoot: assistant sound engineer, assistant Protools, realisation preproduction, programmation, recording[1]
Charts
| Chart | Top position |
Number of weeks in the Top 50 |
Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| France[5] | 1 | 36 | Platinum |
| Belgium[6] | 15 | 15 | |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fantaisie militaire (album booklet). Barclay Records. 1998. 539 488-2.
- ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Fantaisie militaire". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Verlant, Gilles (2006). La discothèque parfaite de l'odyssée du rock (in French). Hors Collection. ISBN 978-2-258-08007-2.
- ↑ Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN 1764-107L
- ↑ Fantaisie militaire sur chartsinfrance.net
- ↑ Fantaisie militaire sur www.ultratop.be
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