One of her weaker efforts, frequently characterized by a happy-go-lucky, pedestrian country-blues flavor.
It's nice to know that she was keeping her ears open to outside influences.
Yet we Yankees who love Francoise listen to her, at least in part, because of her oh-so-very French qualities.
If you want to hear lame L.A.-style early '70s mellow rock, there are plenty of alternatives to turn to before you head for the import bins.
It would be nice to lay the blame with some wrongheaded producer, but actually Hardy wrote almost all of the material herself.
Yet it's not entirely dismissable.
The most pop-oriented productions--"Carfard," the title track, and the gorgeous "Bowm Bowm Bowm"--are delicately tuneful and sensitively performed, even if they're incongruous with the rest of the album.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L' ÉclairageFrançoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy | Play | 02:41 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | PardonFrançoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy | Play | 02:38 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | La BerlueFrançoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy | Play | 01:46 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Bruit de FondFrançoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy | Play | 02:42 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Le SoirFrançoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy | Play | 02:27 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | CafardJacques Dutronc, Françoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy | Play | 02:45 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Où Est-Il?Françoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | PrisonsFrançoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy | Play | 02:39 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Quand Mon Amour Va Prendre l'AirFrançoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy | Play | 02:27 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | Ma Vie IntérieureFrançoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy | Play | 02:22 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Et Si Je M'En Vais Avant ToiFrançoise Hardy | Françoise Hardy | Play | 02:56 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Bown Bown Bown | Françoise Hardy | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 32 mins | 75 MB | |||||
| 0 mins | 0 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | René Ameline | Engineer |
| 2 | Tony Cox | Direction, Orchestration, Piano |
| 3 | Barry DeSouza | Drums, Percussion |
| 4 | Jerry Donahue | Guitar |
| 5 | Jacques Dutronc | Composer |
| 6 | Françoise Hardy | Composer, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 7 | Michel Jonasz | Composer |
| 8 | Micky Jones | Direction, Orchestration |
| 9 | Dave Peacock | Bass (Electric) |
| 10 | Jean-Marie Périer | Photography |
| 11 | Phil Pickett | Guitar, Harmonica, Piano |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |