Chatterton (album)

For other uses, see Chatterton (disambiguation).
Chatterton
Studio album by Alain Bashung
Released 1994
Recorded ICP Studio, Brussels
Genre French rock, Alternative country, Alternative rock
Label Barclay Records, Universal Music Group
Producer Phil Delire, Alain Bashung, Djoum, Marc Thonon
Alain Bashung chronology
Réservé aux indiens
(1993)
Chatterton
(1994)
Confessions publiques
(1995)

Chatterton is the ninth studio album by French rocker Alain Bashung, issued in 1994 on Barclay Records.

Production

The music melt the use of pedal steel guitar with synths, for instance on "J'passe pour une caravane" ("They mistake me for a caravan"), and the style was dubbed "country new age" by Bashung himself. The most well-known track on the album in France is "Ma petite entreprise" ("My little business") which was popularized when it was used as the theme song to the movie My Little Business by Pierre Jolivet in 1999.

Reception

Critical reception

In 2010, the French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 40th greatest French rock album (out of 100).[1]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "À perte de vue"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 5:07
2. "Que n'ai-je"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 3:55
3. "Ma petite entreprise"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 4:11
4. "Elvire"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 4:19
5. "Un âne plane"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 3:56
6. "Après d'âpres hostilités"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 4:24
7. "J'avais un pense-bête"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 3:26
8. "J'passe pour une caravane"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 3:42
9. "Danse d'ici"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 4:05
10. "À Ostende"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 4:02
11. "L'Apiculteur"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung 4:37
12. "J'ai longtemps contemplé"  Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque 3:56

Personnel

Musicians

Production

References

  1. Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN 1764-1071
  2. 1 2 Chatterton (album booklet). Alain Bashung. Barclay Records. 1994. 523 111-2.
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