Françoise Hardy (1962 album)

Françoise Hardy
Studio album by Françoise Hardy
Released November 1962 (France)
Recorded Studio Vogue, Villetaneuse, France
Genre Yé-yé
Length 28:55
Language French
Label Disques Vogue
Producer Jacques Wolfsohn
Françoise Hardy chronology
Françoise Hardy
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Alternative cover
American cover (1965)

Françoise Hardy (known as The "Yeh-Yeh" Girl from Paris! in USA) is the debut studio album by the French pop singer Françoise Hardy. It was released in November 1962 in France, on LP, Disques Vogue (LD 600-30). This album was published with no title, except for her name on the cover. The album has therefore colloquially become known by the title of its most successful song, "Tous les garçons et les filles" ("All the Boys and Girls").

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Exclaim!(10/10)[2]
Pitchfork(8.6/10)[3]

Allmusic critic Stewart Mason stated that "Hardy's music is catchy and stripped down to its barest essentials -- and Hardy herself sings her lyrics in an attractive but chilly drop-dead monotone that's far removed from the perkiness of almost every other female singer (minus Nico and Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las) of the '60s." Mason also wrote: "The "Yeh-Yeh" Girl from Paris is an outstanding record, but it's the '60s pop equivalent of Shaker furniture: free of ornamentation and exquisitely simple."[1]

Tracklist

All lyrics written by Françoise Hardy, all music composed by Françoise Hardy and Roger Samyn, except where noted.

No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Tous les garçons et les filles"     3:08
2. "Ça a raté"     2:02
3. "La fille avec toi"     2:40
4. "Oh oh chéri" (original title "Uh Oh")Bobby Lee Trammell, ad. by Jil and Jan.[4]  2:22
5. "Le temps de l’amour"  Lucien Morisse, André SalvetJacques Dutronc[5] 2:27
6. "Il est tout pour moi"     1:58
7. "On se plaît"     2:09
8. "Ton meilleur ami"     2:10
9. "J’ai jeté mon cœur"     2:33
10. "Il est parti un jour"     1:49
11. "J’suis d’accord"     2:05
12. "C’est à l’amour auquel je pense"     3:10
Total length:
 28:55

Personnel

Editions

LP records: first editions in anglosphere

Some reissues on CD

References

  1. 1 2 Mason, Stewart. Françoise Hardy at Allmusic. Retrieved October 14, 2012. Note: This review is of the American release entitled The "Yeh-Yeh" Girl from Paris!
  2. ↑ Schulz, Cosette (October 15, 2015). "Françoise Hardy - Tous les garçons et les filles / Le premier bonheur du jour / Mon amie la rose / L'Amitié / La maison où j'ai grandi". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ Cills, Hazel. "Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. ↑ Pseudonyms of Gilbert Guenet and Jean Setti, cousins of Jacques Wolfsohn; they wrote some successful songs for Johnny Hallyday.
  5. ↑ SP Vogue (EPL 7966) : "Barbara", "Par le bout du Nez", Ray Charles, "Le Temps de l'amour" ("Fort Chabrol").
  6. ↑ Songs "La Fille avec toi" and "Il est parti un jour" don’t exist on this record.
  7. ↑ With cover replica published in 1965 in the US.
  8. ↑ An compilation containing 12 tracks of the album with cover replica published in 1965 in UK, with 10 tracks of the album Françoise Hardy canta per voi in italiano.
  9. ↑ With cover replica published in 1962 in France.

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