| Osez Joséphine |
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| Studio album by Alain Bashung |
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| Released |
1991 |
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| Recorded |
July 1991 (Memphis, Paris), August–September 1991 (Brussels)
At Ardent Studios, Memphis (1 through 5, 7, 9); At Studios Plus XXX, Paris (3, 5, 7, 10); At Studio ICP, Brussels (1 through 11)
Mixed at Studio ICP, Brussels[1] |
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| Genre |
French rock, Roots Rock, Americana, Alternative rock |
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| Label |
Barclay Records, Universal Music Group |
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| Producer |
Éric Clermontet, Marc Antoine |
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Osez Joséphine (Dare Joséphine) is the eighth studio album by French rocker Alain Bashung, issued in 1991 on Barclay Records.
Reception
Commercial performance
The singles "Osez Joséphine", "Volutes" and "Madame rêve" ("Madame dreams") were successful, as was the album which peaked at 14th on the French charts. With this album, Bashung broke into the mainstream. The album reached the 300 000 albums sold mark in a short time for a French album at the time.[2]
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In 2010, the French edition of Rolling Stone magazine gave this album the top spot of their list of the greatest French rock albums (out of 100).[4] The album is included in the book La discothèque parfaite de l'odyssée du rock by Gilles Verlant, who calls Madame rêve, Osez Joséphine and Volutes "new classics from his repertoire" and the guitar riff by Sonny Landreth on Osez Joséphine "historical".[2]
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
- Alain Bashung: vocals, harmonica (5, 6, 9)
- Sonny Landreth: electric guitar (1, 4, 5, 7, 9), slide guitar (2, 5, 7, 9), acoustic guitar (2, 3, 4, 7), lapsteel & wind (3)
- Bernie Leadon: electric guitar (1, 5, 7), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 9), mandoline (7)
- Roland Vancampenhout: electric guitar (1, 5, 8), harmonica (5)
- Ron Levy: Hammond organ (1, 2, 3, 7, 9)
- Ken Blevins: drums (1, 2, 4, 7, 9), chimes (3)
- David Ranson: bass guitar (1, 2, 3, 4, 9), bass & strings (4)
- Philippe Decock: keyboards (3, 10), piano (8)[1]
Production
- Tom Harding: sound engineer (Memphis)
- Sophie Masson: sound engineer (Paris)
- Phil Delire: sound engineer (Bruxelles), mixing, realisation
- Éric Clermontet: realisation, executive production
- Alain Bashung: realisation
- Marc Antoine: realisation, executive production
- Jean-Baptiste Mondino: photos
- Huart / Cholley: graphism[1]
References
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| | Studio albums | |
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| | Studio albums with Chloé Mons | |
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| | Live albums | |
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| | Singles | |
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