Customer Reviews

All The Best From France: 40 French Favorites [2-CD SET]

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I bought this CD a couple of years ago and it's still one of my favorites. There's a great variety of singers and styles of songs to listen to over and over again without getting tired of them. I played it for my hosts on the student exchange program I was on in France and they were surprised I found such a great CD and they all sung along to the classic songs that fill this CD compilation. I highly recommend it for anyone wanting to get samples of Edith Piaf and other greats!

I purchased several CDs to use as ambient music for a French play. This was, by far, the biggest disappointment. Non-descript performances, dull arrangements, this is like Parisien elevator music. There are the obligatory accordian instrumentals, some of which are poorly performed. The vocals, all uncredited, try to approximate the feel of the originals, but come up short every time. No Edith Piaf here! If you're looking for excellent performances and good recordings, I recommend "Cafe De Paris" and "Stars of French Music from the 30s and 40s", both double CD sets with songs performed by talents like Chevalier, Piaf, Yves Montand, and Josephine Baker. There, you're getting the real thing, and not badly arranged, badly executed Musak.

I bought this cd after listening to the samples on Amazon and found that that they are not the same recordings and was disappointed and will be contacting the manufactor of these cds

This CD is Just the worst I ever had. Nothing original. Nothing "The Best". What a dissapoiment.What a waist.