L'Espoir (album)
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L'Espoir (English: Hope) is an album by Léo Ferré released in 1974 by Barclay Records.
Track listing
All songs written, composed, arranged and directed by Léo Ferré, except Marie, whose text is written by Guillaume Apollinaire.
- Original LP
1. |
"L'Espoir" (Hope) |
6:22 |
2. |
"La Damnation" (Damnation) |
5:00 |
3. |
"Les Oiseaux du malheur" (Birds of Misfortune) |
3:01 |
4. |
"Je t'aimais bien, tu sais..." (I Liked You, you know...) |
5:09 |
5. |
"Les Amants tristes" (Sad Lovers) |
10:25 |
6. |
"Les Étrangers" (Strangers) |
6:14 |
7. |
"Les Souvenirs" (Memories) |
4:44 |
Since 2003, CD reissues add song Marie as a bonus track to the original album. This song was originally B-side of 12-inch single Je t'aimais bien, tu sais, released in 1973.
8. |
"Marie" |
4:25 |
Total length: |
45:15 |
Personnel
- Janine de Waleyne: vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8)
- Ivry Gitlis: violin (track 6)
- The orchestra consists of session musicians hired for the recording.
Production
- Arranger & conductor: Léo Ferré
- Engineering: ?
- Executive producer: Richard Marsan
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| 2000s |
- Métamec
- Le Temps des roses rouges
- Les Chansons interdites… et autres
- De sac et de cordes
- Maudits soient-ils !
- La Mauvaise Graine
- Les Fleurs du mal (suite et fin)
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| Live albums |
- Récital Léo Ferré à l'Olympia
- Léo Ferré à Bobino
- Récital à l'Alhambra
- Récital en public à Bobino 1969
- Seul en scène
- Léo Ferré au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
- Léo Ferré au Théâtre libertaire de Paris (1986, 1988, 1990)
- Sur la scène...
- Un chien à Montreux
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| Tribute albums |
- Philippe Léotard chante Léo Ferré (1993, Philippe Léotard)
- On a marché sur l'amour (1994, Renée Claude)
- Avec Léo (2003, collective album with 13 artists)
- Ferré, l'amore e la rivolta (2003, Têtes de bois)
- Hurletout... Léo Ferré (2003, Bell Œil)
- Charles et Léo (2007, Jean-Louis Murat)
- Poète, vos papiers ! (2007, Yves Rousseau, Jeanne Added et Claudia Solal)
- F. à Léo (2007, Roberto Cipelli & Paolo Fresu)
- Léo Ferré, l'âge d'or (2010, Annick Cisaruk)
- Love and Anarchy: the songs of Léo Ferré (2013, Peter Hawkins)
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| Writings |
- Poète... vos papiers ! (1956)
- La Nuit (1956)
- Benoît Misère (1970)
- Testament phonographe (1980)
- Les Chants de la fureur (2013)
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