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Novice (album)

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Novice is the seventh studio album by French rocker Alain Bashung, issued in 1989 on Barclay Records.

Production

The songwriting is split between Boris Bergman, marking is last collaboration with Bashung, and Jean Fauque who would go on to write his four subsequent albums. Bashung said about the album that it was a sequel of sort to his experiments on Play blessures. The album has a dark sound, and did not sell very well. One of the song, "By Proxy", is one of the very few original written entirely in English by Bashung.

The song "Alcaline" is a pun on French pop singer Christophe's song "Aline". In 2011, Christophe covered the song for the tribute album Tels Alain Bashung.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pyromanes"Boris Bergman - Alain Bashung3:58
2."Résidences"Boris Bergman - Alain Bashung3:34
3."Légère éclaircie"Boris Bergman - Alain Bashung4:20
4."Alcaline"Boris Bergman - Alain Bashung5:00
5."Tu m'as jeté"Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:31
6."Elle fait l'avion"Boris Bergman - Alain Bashung4:47
7."Bombez !"Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:02
8."Intrépide malgré la fièvre"Boris Bergman - Alain Bashung4:01
9."Étrange été"Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:33
10."Outrage (instrumental)"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque0:36
11."By Proxy"Boris Bergman / P. Ives - Alain Bashung3:49

Bonus Track (1993 CD reissue)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Bombez ! (Version 1992)"Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:04
13."Climax 4 (instrumental)"Alain Bashung / André Georget4:24

Personnel

Musicians

Production

  • Realisation: Nick Patrick
  • Mixing: Jean Trenchant and Nick Patrick
  • Remix 1992 (12-13): Djoum
  • Photographs: T.Rajic
  • Graphism: Antonietti, Pascault & Associés
  • Graphism: Huart/Cholley
  • Editions: 1,2,3,4,6,8,11 & 12 Polygram Music/Pitchi-Poï; 5,7,9 & 10 Polygram Music