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just french poetry, September 15, 2002
This review is from: Au-Dela Du Delire (Audio CD)
ANGE is a very pecular group.progressive rock,cool, violence sometime but with words only. not commercial: many french people don't know Ange very well, but the clever and poets love Ange..
Voices are pecular,strange, not very good voices, but it's ok for the sentences, music is very good.
every cd is a concept album. you can love one and hate an other.
good cds: from the begining to 1992, after, as you want. live albums are always good.
my best ANGE album is"emile jacotey"(1975) very slow,cool,like pink floyd,but with sentences, it's a fairy tale. but emile jacotey really exists, he's an old french highlander who told them many old stories.
"Au dela du délire" it's really crazy fairytales, anti clerical,middle-ages stories.
an other cd,"a propos de", it's many good reprises of famous french writers,composer and singers like jacques brel,georges brassens,charles aznavour,jacques dutronc,michel polnareff
Jacques Brel was very happy for the version of" a jeun"
but i don't like every ange album(like "vu d'un chien(1980)""la gare de troye(1983)""moteur(1981)""ange "(1990) and after 1992.
my best choice, best albums:
-Emile Jacotey(1975)
-A propos de(1982)
-Au delà du delire(1974)
-Caricatures(1972, remaster 1998)
-compilation"Ange" 1999, blue paper cover, ref:546315-2 universal, (songs from 1972 to 1976)
and the long format 3cd album with little book and pictures:
"Ad libitum" (1999) ...indispensable gift, like christmas elvis album!
also some live albums just for fan clubs(one every christmas).
you can find some very rare VHS SECAM live videos, but rare even in france.
Le reve est a rever...(...) ...tenand philippe Paris.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Wonderful Atmospheres, March 12, 2003
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This is an excellent piece of music that effectively juxtaposes acoustic pastoral sections with more avante garde and aggressive passages. While there are superficial similarities to early Nursery Cryme period Genesis, the intricate ensemble work that can be found in Genesis is absent in Au Dela du Delire. Rather, Ange creates wonderful atmospheres through the use of the mellotron, organ, and heavy bass playing. While the vocalist certainly has a distinctive voice, it works perfectly within this framework. Highly recommended.
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On the wings of an angel, February 26, 2010
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Ange- Au Dela du Delire. I once heard there was a French prog band who made an album called "The Gates of Delirium" just before Relayer came out. Looking around on the Internet, I figured it must have been this band and this album. I promptly splurged something like $35 to buy the imported version from some ripoff CD dealer, but man am I glad I did. This album just creates an alternate universe distinct from all the British groups, but of course bearing quite a few similarities. But what sets Ange apart is singer Christian Decamps and the most unreal organ sound of all time. Such passion in the vocals here, and although I don't understand a word of it (ok, maybe a couple here or there, and I know "Fils de Lumiere" means "Son of Light"), it still affects me. Maybe it's good that I don't understand what the hell he's talking about since it would probably ruin the emotive aspect. It's so amazing to see this on Amazon for $5 so many years later....
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