Jaune (album)

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Jaune is an album by Jean-Pierre Ferland, released in 1970. Considered an enduring classic of Canadian and Quebec music, the album was named the 71st greatest Canadian album of all time in Bob Mersereau's 2007 book The Top 100 Canadian Albums. It was the only francophone album from Quebec named to the list besides the three studio albums by Harmonium.

In 2005 Ferland released a 35th anniversary box set version of the album, which included the original album, new recordings of the album's songs by Ferland himself, an audio DVD including a surround sound remastering of the album, and a disc including covers of the album's songs by musicians such as Ariane Moffatt, Champion, Montag, Sixtoo, Kid Loco and Carl Bastien. "Le Chat du café des artistes" was covered by Charlotte Gainsbourg on her 2010 album IRM.

American musician Tony Levin played bass on this album.

Track listing

1. "Prologue"
2. "Le Petit roi"
3. "Quand on aime on a toujours 20 ans"
4. "Sing Sing"
5. "God Is an American"
6. "Le Chat du café des artistes"
7. "..."
8. "Y'a des jours"
9. "Ce qu'on dit quand on tient une femme dans ses bras"
10. "Épilogue"
11. "It Ain't Fair"

Personnel

Jean-Pierre Ferland ; vocals

Michel Robidoux ; keyboards, synthesizers, arrangements

David Spinozza ; guitars

Tony Levin ; bass

Jim Young ; drums

Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal ; chorus

Josianne Roy ; strings ( violin )

Guido Basso ; brass

References

Jean Pierre Ferland' career at The Canadian Encyclopedia