Bye Bye Beaute

Coralie Clement | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 15, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nettwerk Records
• ASIN: B00079Z9ZK
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,663 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Indicise

2. Gloria

3. L'enfer

4. Avec ou Sans Moi

5. Un Beau Jour pour Mourir

6. Beau Fixe

7. Kids (Jeu du Foulard)

8. L'impasse

9. Et Pourtant

10. Ta Rivirence

11. Bye Bye Beauti

12. Epilogue

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Coralie's black-turtleneck record, February 25, 2005

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jqr "Know what free advice is worth" (Brooklyn) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bye Bye Beaute (Audio CD)

Coralie Clement has left the filmy French pop behind on this record. Bye Bye Beaute rocks out, with catchy tunes like "Beau jour pour mourir" and "Kids." Compared to Salle des Pas Perdus, it's as if she took off the groovy white trenchcoat from that disc's cover and revealed a black turtleneck with clunky boots.

I'm a big fan of this new direction. The songs, some of which she wrote, seem better suited to her voice, and she seems to be pushing harder and shaping the syllables more with her singing. The ringing guitars sound like her brother and producer Benjamin Biolay's own records, always a good thing. Some of the slower songs (Beau Fixe, Epilogue) are nice, downtempo, drone-y music, which goes well with her whispery voice.

This is all in all probably a better record than Salle des Pas Perdus; the songs are more varied and overall, there's less cotton candy. The tunes feel more grounded and Coralie seems more emotionally connected to them.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A different Coralie Clement, February 18, 2005

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Chichun Fang - See all my reviews
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Compared to her previous, Salle Des Pas Perdue, Coralie Clement demonstrates various music styles and a more skillful singing art in Bye Bye Beaute. Her voice is still as soft and clear as before, and this new album, showing more maturity, may bring her audiences a whole different image about her voice because of the way she interprets songs. However, to some extent I am disappointed about such change in her style. I am not saying Bye Bye Beaute is worse than her previous album, but it was the softness and simplicity in Coralie Clement's voice that commanded my attention two years ago, and the lost of simplicity in Bye Bye Beaute indeed leaves some emptiness in my heart.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hello Beauty, April 18, 2005

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John W. Warren (Santa Monica, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Highly recommended if you want to hear what's going on in today's French music scene, where a "renaissance" is well underway. Benjamin Biolay, Keren Ann, and Coralie Clément are on the vanguard of this new movement in France, channeling the spirit of `60s-style chansons like Serge Gainsbourg, Françoise Hardy, and Jane Birkin. Coralie Clément does not write her own music, but most of the writing and arranging are graciously handled by her (must-be-a) genius brother, Biolay, who has also worked previously with Keren Ann. "L`enfer," "Kids (jeu du foulard)," and "L`impasse" are standout tracks on this album, but the entire work is both compelling and accessible.