Osez Joséphine

Osez Joséphine
Studio album by Alain Bashung
Released 1991
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]
Genre French rock, Roots Rock, Americana, Alternative rock
Length 38:33
Label Barclay Records, Universal Music Group
Producer Éric Clermontet, Marc Antoine
Alain Bashung chronology

Novice
(1989)		 Osez Joséphine
(1991)		 Tour Novice
(1992)

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 sold 300,000 albums rather quickly for a French album at the time.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]

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

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "J'écume"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 3:44
2. "Volutes"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 3:25
3. "Happe"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 3:06
4. "Well All Right"  Buddy Holly / Norman Petty / Jerry Allison / Joe Mauldin 2:09
5. "Les Grands Voyageurs"  Laurent Petitgand / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 4:46
6. "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"  Fred Rose 2:13
7. "Osez Joséphine"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 2:58
8. "Kalabougie"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 3:23
9. "She Belongs to Me"  Bob Dylan 4:09
10. "Madame rêve"  Pierre Grillet - Alain Bashung 4:50
11. "Nights in White Satin"  Justin Hayward 4:50

Personnel

Musicians

Production

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Osez Joséphine (album booklet). Alain Bashung. Barclay Records. 1991. 511 485-2. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Verlant, Gilles (2006). La discothèque parfaite de l'odyssée du rock (in French). Hors Collection. ISBN 978-2-258-08007-2.
  3. ↑ Jurek, Thom. "Osez Joséphine". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  4. ↑ Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN 1764-107L