Les Bonbons

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Les Bonbons

Studio album by Jacques Brel

Released

1966

Recorded

2 April 1963 – 9 January 1964

Genre

Chanson

Length

47 minutes

Label

Barclay/Universal

Jacques Brel chronology

Les Bourgeois
(1962)

Les Bonbons
(1966)

Ces Gens-Là
(1966)

Les Bonbons (English: The candies) is Jacques Brel's seventh studio album. Also known as Les Vieux, Jacques Brel Accompagné par François Rauber et Son Orchestre, and Encore, the album was released in 1966 by Barclay. The original 1966 album was itself a composite of two earlier releases, one from 1963 and one from 1964. The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Les Bonbons as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons by Barclay (980 817-0).^[1]^[2]

Track listing

Track	Title	Translation	Composer	Recorded
1	"Les bonbons"	The candies	Jacques Brel	1964-01-07
2	"Les vieux"	Old people	Jacques Brel, Jean Corti, Gérard Jouannest	1963-04-10
3	"La parlote"	Chatter	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1963-04-02
4	"Le dernier repas"	The last meal	Jacques Brel	1964-01-08
5	"Titine"	Titine	Jacques Brel	1964-03-07
6	"Au suivant"	Next	Jacques Brel	1964-01-09
7	"Les toros"	The bulls	Jacques Brel, Jean Corti, Gérard Jouannest	1963-04-03
8	"La Fanette"	Fanette	Jacques Brel	1963-04-03
9	"J'aimais"	I loved	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1963-04-10
10	"Les filles et les chiens"	The girls and the dogs	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1963-04-03
11	"Les bigotes"	The bigots	Jacques Brel	1963-04-10
12	"Les fenêtres"	The windows	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1963-04-02
13	"Quand maman reviendra"	When mother returns	Jacques Brel	1963-04-02
14	"Les amants de cœur"	The lovers of the heart	Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen	1964-03-07^[3]

Tracks 1–12 constituted the original 1966 album.
Tracks 13–14 were added to the album when it was reissued as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons.

Credits

Jacques Brel – composer, vocals
François Rauber – orchestra conductor
Gerhardt Lehner – recording engineer & audio mixing (uncredited)
Jean-Marie Guérin – mastering
Gérard Jouannest – composer
Hubert Grooteclaes – photography
Pierre Fournier – photography

References

↑ Discogs "Les Bonbons". Retrieved 5 September 2011.
↑ Editions Jacques Brel "Discography". Retrieved 5 September 2011.
↑ Editions Jacques Brel "Discography". Retrieved 5 September 2011.

v t e Jacques Brel

Studio albums	Grand Jacques Quand on n'a que l'amour Au Printemps La Valse à Mille Temps Marieke Les Bourgeois Les Bonbons Ces Gens-Là Jacques Brel 67 J'arrive L'Homme de la Mancha Ne Me Quitte Pas Les Marquises

Live albums	Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1961 Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964

Compilation albums	Infiniment

Rarities	Chansons ou Versions Inédites de Jeunesse

Box sets	Boîte à Bonbons

Songs	"Ne me quitte pas" ("If You Go Away") "Marieke" "Le Moribond" ("Seasons in the Sun") "Le Plat Pays" "Ces Gens-Là" "Amsterdam" "La Quête" "Un enfant" "Jacky"

Related articles	Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (musical) Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (film) Man of La Mancha Covers and Tributes François Rauber Barclay Records

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