Les Bourgeois

Studio album by Jacques Brel

Released

April 1962

Recorded

6–14 March 1962

Genre

Chanson

Length

46 minutes

Label

Barclay/Universal

Jacques Brel chronology

Marieke
(1961)

Les Bourgeois
(1962)

Les Bonbons
(1966)

Les Bourgeois (English: The middle class) is the sixth studio album by Jacques Brel. Also known as Jacques Brel, the album was released on Barclay Records on 15 March 1962. Later, on 4 April, a 10" maxi-single containing of 8 of the album's tracks was released. The same year saw the release of a limited, special edition release of the album that consisted of the original LP with "Jacques Brel" written diagonally across its white cover. This edition was numbered on the front and hand signed on the back.

It was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Les Bourgeois as part of the 16 CD box set Boîte à Bonbons by Barclay (980 816-9).^[1]^[2]

Track listing

Track	Title	Translation	Composer	Recorded
1	"Les bourgeois"	The middle class	Jacques Brel, Jean Corti	1962-03-09
2	"Les paumés du petit matin"	The lost ones of the morning	Jacques Brel, François Rauber	1962-03-09
3	"Le Plat Pays"	The flat country	Jacques Brel	1962-03-06
4	"Zangra"	Zangra	Jacques Brel	1962-03-06
5	"Une île"	An island	Jacques Brel	1962-03-14
6	"Madeleine"	Madeleine	Jacques Brel, Jean Corti, Gérard Jouannest	1962-03-09
7	"Bruxelles"	Brussels	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1962-03-14
8	"Chanson sans paroles"	Song without words	Jacques Brel, François Rauber	1962-03-14
9	"Les biches"	The does	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1962-03-07
10	"Le caporal Casse-Pompon"	Corporal Casse-Pompon	Jacques Brel	1962-03-06
11	"La statue"	The statue	Jacques Brel, François Rauber	1962-03-07
12	"Rosa"	Rosa	Jacques Brel	1962-03-07
13	"Il neige sur Liège"	It snows on Liège	Jacques Brel	1963-05-30^[2]
14	"Pourquoi faut-il que les hommes s'ennuient"	Why are the men bored	Jacques Brel	1963

Recorded at Studio Barclay-Hoche in Paris.
Tracks 1–12 constituted the original 1962 album.
Tracks 13–14 were added to the album when it was reissued as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons.

Credits

Jacques Brel – composer, vocals
François Rauber – orchestra conductor
Gerhardt Lehner – recording engineer & audio mixing (uncredited)
Jean-Marie Guérin – mastering
Herman Leonard – photography
Jean-Pierre Leloir – photography

References

↑ "Les Bourgeois". Discogs. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
1 2 "Discography". Editions Jacques Brel. Retrieved 5 September 2011.

Jacques Brel

Studio albums	Grand Jacques Quand on n'a que l'amour Au Printemps La Valse à Mille Temps Marieke Les Bourgeois Les Bonbons Ces Gens-Là Jacques Brel 67 J'arrive L'Homme de la Mancha Ne Me Quitte Pas Les Marquises

Live albums	Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1961 Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964

Compilation albums	Infiniment

Rarities	Chansons ou Versions Inédites de Jeunesse

Box sets	Boîte à Bonbons

Songs	"Ne me quitte pas" ("If You Go Away") "Marieke" "Seasons in the Sun" "Le Plat Pays" "Ces Gens-Là" "Amsterdam" "The Impossible Dream" "Un enfant" "Jacky"

Related articles	Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (musical) Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (film) Man of La Mancha List of cover versions François Rauber

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