Anthologie 4 [Original recording remastered, Import]

Petula Clark | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 22, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: Fgl France
• ASIN: B00002ZZXG
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #514,064 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Dans le Temps (Downtown)

2. Puisque Tu Pars

3. Partir, Il Nous Faut (Nobody I Know)

4. Il N'Y a Qu'une Femme

5. Sally

6. Il A (They Call My Guy a Tiger)

7. Viens Avec Moi (I Know a Place)

8. Reqardez-Les

9. Que Fais-Tu Lá, Petula?

10. Le Coeur Qui Bat

11. Donne-Moi des Fleurs (Gotta Tell the World)

12. Jack and John [Version Francaise]

13. Un Enfant

14. Il Faut Revenir (You'd Better Come Home)

15. Danse Avec Moi (Dance With Me)

16. Un Jeune Homme Bien (A Well Respected Man)

17. Las Vegas

18. Va Toujours Plus Loin (Round Every Corner)

19. Les Incorrupitbles

20. Un Mal Pour un Bien (You're the One for Me)

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Import exclusive compilation highlights the British pop superstar's French material released in 1964 & 1965.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Petula's French mid-sixties recordings, October 26, 2002

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Anthologie 4 (Audio CD)

This wonderful collection covers Petula's recordings of late 1964 (the first six) and 1965, the period when she revived her career in Britain and achieved fame in America.

So, you will find version of her hits Downtown (Dans le temps), I know a place (Viens avec moi), You'd better come home (Il faut revenoir) and Round every corner (Va toujour plus loin). Dans le temps is not a translation of Downtown, but a completely different song set to the same tune. The words are melancholy, but unless you know French, you wouldn't realise it from listening to it. I found the English translation of the French lyrics on Petula's official website.

Jack and John is an obscure song that Petula has recorded an English version for. Better known is Regardez-les, the English version of which is Just say goodbye. The version of Hello Dolly included here is half-English half-French. Petula had a French hit with a totally French version (available on Anthologie 3) but never recorded a totally English version. Petula ulso sings brilliant French versions of A well respected man (Kinks) and Nobody I know (written by the Beatles for Peter and Gordon).

Among the French songs here, La gadoue was a top ten hit for Petula in France, and there are plenty of other wonderful songs here to enjoy.