Merci (Magma album)

Merci
Studio album by Magma
Released	1984
Genre	Zeuhl
Length	40:24
Label	Jaro Records
Producer	Christian Vander
Magma chronology
Retrospektïẁ (Part III) (1981) Merci (1984) Mekanïk Kommandöh (1989)

Merci is a studio album by French progressive rock group Magma. It was released in 1984. It is usually regarded by fans as one of Magma's less successful releases.

Track listing

All songs written by Christian Vander, except where noted.

Side One

1. "Call from the Dark (Ooh Ooh Baby)" - 7:20 (Christian Vander / Julie & Ricky Dassin)
2. "Otis" - 5:20
3. "Do the Music" - 4:25
4. "Otis (Ending)" - 1:32

Side two

1. "I Must Return" - 6:32 (Christian Vander / Julie & Ricky Dassin)
2. "Eliphas Levi" - 11:15 (René Garber)
3. "The Night We Died" - 3:40

Musicians

• Christian Vander – vocals, piano, Celeste, keyboards, percussion
• Stella Vander – vocals
• Guy Khalifa – vocals
• Liza Deluxe – backing vocals
• Benoit Widemann – synthesizer
• Simon Goubert – synthesizer (1, 3)
• Jean Pierre Fouquey – Fender Rhodes piano on (2)
• Phillipe Slominski – trumpet on (1, 3, 4)
• Christian Martinez – trumpet on (1, 4)
• Michel Goldberg – saxophone on (1, 3)
• Michel Gaucher – saxophone on (2)
• Freddy Opsepian – trumpet on (2)
• Christian Guizen – trombone on (2)
• Alex Ferrand – vocals on (3)
• Jean-Luc Chevalier – guitar on (3)
• Patrick Gauthier – synthesizer on (3)
• Paul Bayle – saxophone on (3)
• Denis LeLoup – trombone on (3, 4)
• Arrigo Lorenz – soprano sax on (3)
• Maria Popkiewicz – backing vocals on (4)
• Jerome Naulay – trombone on (4)
• Zaka – percussion on (4)
• Michel Graillier – Fender Rhodes piano on (5)
• Marc Eliard – bass
• Francois Laizeau – drums, drum programming

External links

• Merci at www.progarchives.com
• Merci at www.allmusic.com