Ça Va

Ça Va
Studio album by Slapp Happy
Released	28 April 1998 (1998-04-28)
Recorded	June–August 1997, London
Genre	Avant-rock avant-pop
Length	47:07
Label	V2 (UK)
Producer	Laurie Latham
Slapp Happy chronology
Acnalbasac Noom (1980) Ça Va (1998) Live in Japan (2001)

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Ça Va (French for "okay", literally "that goes"; pronunciation: /sɑː/ /vɑː/) is an album by German/British avant-pop group Slapp Happy, recorded in London in 1997. Slapp Happy had reunited to make this album and (unlike all their previous albums) they played all the instruments themselves. They also used a digital studio to produce a layered sound on many of the tracks.

The V2 Records release of the album in Japan included a bonus track.

Track listing

1. "Scarred for Life" (Blegvad) – 3:19
2. "Moon Lovers" (Krause/Latham) – 3:00
3. "Child Then" (Blegvad/Partridge) – 4:18
4. "Is it You?" (Krause/Moore) – 5:06
5. "King of Straw" (Blegvad/Gregson) – 3:14
6. "Powerful Stuff" (Blegvad/Moore) – 4:14
7. "A Different Lie" (Moore) – 4:06
8. "Coralie" (Moore) – 3:53
9. "Silent the Voice" (Krause/Moore) – 4:05
10. "Working at the Ministry" (Moore) – 4:54
11. "The Unborn Byron" (Blegvad/Moore) – 3:17
12. "Let's Travel Light" (Blegvad) – 3:41

Bonus track on 1998 V2 Japan release

13. "Hello Dagi" (Blegvad/Moore) – 4:51

Personnel

• Anthony Moore – keyboards, programming, guitars, saz, toy theremin, percussion, melodica, vocals (lead on "Coralie")
• Peter Blegvad – guitars, bass, percussion, vocals (lead on "Powerful Stuff")
• Dagmar Krause – vocals, piano ("Is it You?")

Sound and art work

• Laurie Latham – producer
• Peter Blegvad – cover art work

References

External links

• Peter Blegvad Discography
• Slapp Happy: Ça Va (archived 2009-10-26)