Acoustic Clubbing [Import]

Les Negresses Vertes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 15, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Virgin France
• ASIN: B00005MAZN
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #231,608 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. C'Est Pas La Mer A Boire

2. Voila L'Ete

3. Easy Girls Acoustic Clubbing

4. Leila Acoustic Clubbing

5. Hey Maria

6. Les Megots

7. Face A La Mer

8. Ce Pays

9. Car C'Est Un Blouze

10. Abuela

11. Acoustic Clubbing

12. Les Rablablas Les Roubliblis

13. Spank

14. Hasta Llegar

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Négresses Vertes forèveure !, January 10, 2002

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melodius (Brussels Belgium) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Acoustic Clubbing (Audio CD)

First, I have to confess that I have always been a Négresses Vertes fan. I have all their records. I went to their concerts. I once disgraced myself singing "Zobi la mouche" in the metro ("elle a de jolies fesses, etc.") without realising that I was actually singing aloud (I noticed when people started staring at me). I was angry at Helno for weeks when he OD'd (who did he think he was, Jimi Hendrix ?) So, I have no pretence of objectivity.

One of the most enduring qualities of this band, at least in my eyes, is that they have their own "sound" and that at the same time, each album is totally different from the others. For instance, LNV dabbled in electronic music for "Trabendo", and successfully at that, however strange it may sound (for a comparison, imagine the Pogues doing a trip hop album). This album, their latest, is in a sense a continuation of that idea, but ... with acoustic instruments (why make it simple when it can be complicated ?) That's why the album is called "Acoustic Clubbing" (why make it complicated when it can be simple ?)

There are only three new songs on this album, including a cover (their first ever on record, if I'm not mistaken) of the disco classic "Spank", but the new versions of old favorites such as "c'est pas la mer à boire" and "les mégots" are so different from the original versions that you don't feel cheated: it's a real rediscovery.

A final word for our English-speaking friends: don't worry if you don't understand the songs, the Négresses' trademark are silly, almost nonsensical lyrics with lots of hilariously bad puns.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Way better than that chocolate croissant you're eating, February 5, 2004

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pma - See all my reviews

This review is from: Acoustic Clubbing (Audio CD)

As a NV fan, I concur with earlier reviews that each of their CDs goes in a completely different direction. I really enjoy Acoustic Clubbing - it's cool, calm, and collected. I wish I was at a small hip cafe in Paris listening to them play live. From the opening track til "Hasta Llegar", they give a great spin on all their former tracks plus giving us some new ones to enjoy. Definitely a great CD to put on with my Sunday coffee.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars at last - something worth 5 stars, October 5, 2006

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Jonathan Schaefer (los angeles, ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Acoustic Clubbing (Audio CD)

I really love LVN and their earlier works and I was hesitant about Acoustic Clubbing but geez, they're definitely better with less. This cd is quickly becoming one of my favorites and they're all neck to neck for different reasons but this one sticks out a mile. Can't wait to hit the sheets with this in the background, a little candle light, some rain might be nice.