Grand Jacques
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| Grand Jacques | ||||
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| Studio album by Jacques Brel | ||||
| Released | March 1954 | |||
| Recorded |
15 February 1954 (original album) | |||
| Genre | Chanson | |||
| Length |
19:29 (LP) 37:12 (CD) | |||
| Label | Philips | |||
| Jacques Brel chronology | ||||
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Grand Jacques (English: Great Jacques) is Jacques Brel's debut album. The original album, titled Jacques Brel et ses Chansons, was released in March 1954 as a nine-song 10-inch LP by Philips Records (N 76.027 R). The original nine tracks were recorded on 15 February 1954 at Théâtre de l'Apollo in Paris. A later reissue of the album under the title Jacques Brel 1 was released by Barclay and included additional tracks from 1953, 1955, 1956, and 1961. The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Grand Jacques as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons by Barclay (980 816-3).[1][2]
Track listing
| Track | Title | Translation | Composer | Recorded |
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| 1 | La haine | Hate | Jacques Brel | 1954-02-15 |
| 2 | Grand Jacques (C'est trop facile) | Great Jacques (It's too easy) | Jacques Brel | 1954-02-15 |
| 3 | Il pleut (Les carreaux) | It's raining (The windowpanes) | Jacques Brel | 1954-02-15 |
| 4 | Le diable (Ça va) | The devil (All's well) | Jacques Brel | 1954-02-15 |
| 5 | Il peut pleuvoir | Let it rain | Jacques Brel, Glen Powell | 1954-02-15 |
| 6 | Il nous faut regarder | We need to look | Jacques Brel | 1954-02-15 |
| 7 | Le fou du roi | The jester | Jacques Brel | 1954-02-15 |
| 8 | C'est comme ça | That's the way it is | Jacques Brel | 1954-02-15 |
| 9 | Sur la place | In the square | Jacques Brel | 1954-02-15 |
| 10 | S'il te faut | If you have to | Jacques Brel | 1955-03-11 |
| 11 | La Bastille | The Bastille | Jacques Brel | 1955-10-25 |
| 12 | Prière païenne | Pagan prayer | Jacques Brel | 1956-09-18 |
| 13 | Il y a | There is | Jacques Brel | 1953-02-17 |
| 14 | La foire | The fair | Jacques Brel | 1953-02-17 |
| 15 | Sur la place | In the square | Jacques Brel | 1961-11-10[3] |
- Tracks 1–9 constituted the original 1954 album.
- Tracks 10–15 were added to the album when it was reissued as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons.
- The French 1988 edition Intégrale Grand Jacques (by Barclay Records, ASIN B000006UMW) has 23 tracks.
Credits
- Jacques Brel – composer, vocals
- André Grassi – arrangements (tracks 1–9)
- Glen Powell – arrangements (tracks 13–14)
- Michel Legrand – orchestra conductor (track 10)
- André Popp – orchestra conductor (tracks 11–12)
- François Rauber – orchestra conductor (track 15)
- Jean-Marie Guérin – mastering
- Henri Guilbaud – photography
References
- ↑ Discogs "Grand Jacques". Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ Editions Jacques Brel "Discography". Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ Editions Jacques Brel "Discography". Retrieved 3 September 2011.
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