Sympathique

Sympathique
Studio album by Pink Martini
Released November 11, 1997
Recorded December 1996 – April 1997
Genre Alternative pop, World, Latin, Jazz
Length 47:40
Label Heinz Records
Pink Martini chronology

Sympathique
(1997)		 Hang on Little Tomato
(2004)
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Allmusic [1]

Sympathique is the first full-length album from the band Pink Martini. It was released on November 11, 1997 by Pink Martini's own record label, Heinz Records. It was certified gold in Greece.[2] It sold 650,000 copies.[3]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Amado Mio"  Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts 4:51
2. "No Hay Problema"  Jacques Marray 6:14
3. "Sympathique"  China Forbes, Thomas Lauderdale 2:50
4. "Qué Sera Sera"  Jay Livingston, Ray Evans 4:12
5. "La Soledad"  Pepe Raphael, Lauderdale, Frédéric Chopin 5:41
6. "¿Dónde Estás, Yolanda?"  Manuel Jiménez 3:25
7. "Andalucia"  Ernesto Lecuona 3:41
8. "Song of the Black Lizard" (From the film Black Lizard)Akihiro Miwa 4:12
9. "Bolero" (removed from newer distributions of the album)Maurice Ravel 4:10
10. "Never on Sunday" (From the film Never on Sunday)Manos Hadjidakis, Billy Towne 4:58
11. "Brazil"  Ary Barroso 5:24
12. "Lullaby"  Forbes, Lauderdale 2:12

Lyrics

The lyrics of Sympathique freely draw on Guillaume Apollinaire's poem "Hôtel" from Le guetteur mélancolique. The French composer Francis Poulenc used the exact sentences from the poem as lyrics for his 1940 composition Banalités, FP 107 : II. Hôtel

Personnel

In popular culture

"Sympathique" was used in an advert for the Citroën Xsara Picasso car.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. Sympathique at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Greek certifications" (in Greek). IFPI Greece.
  3. ↑ Byrne, Ciar (23 November 2005). "Artists whose tracks are used in television adverts often find instant fame and riches after years of obscurity, while having to face accusations of selling out.". How to get ahead in music: Make an ad! (London: The Guardian). Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Byrne, Ciar (23 November 2005). "Artists whose tracks are used in television adverts often find instant fame and riches after years of obscurity, while having to face accusations of selling out.". How to get ahead in music: Make an ad! (London: The Guardian). Retrieved 10 August 2013.

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