Comment Te Dire Adieu [Import]

Francoise Hardy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 6, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Virgin France
• ASIN: B0000070Q7
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,840 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #69 in Music > Pop > Oldies > Girl Groups

Editorial Reviews

Fench-pop superstar's 1968 album. Tracks include covers of,'Suzanne' (Leonard Cohen), 'Ou Va La Chance?' ('There But For Fortune') (Phil Ochs) and 'La Rue Des Coeurs Perdus' ('Lonesome Town') (Ricky Nelson). 1995 release. Limited edition digipak. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comment te Dire Adieu - Review, February 19, 2003

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"robstanfield" (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Comment Te Dire Adieu (Audio CD)

This is an excellent album. Francoise Hardy specialises in the autumnal, and a couple of numbers apart (the jazzy 'Etonnez-Moi Benoit...' and the sublime camp-cool opener 'Comment te Dire Adieu') the mood is reflective and often melancholy - without lapsing into dullness. Fine examples of Hardy's own songwriting such as 'Les Etoiles et Le Mer' and 'A Quoi Ca sert?' (with proto-Nymanesque intrumental passage in the middle) keep fitting company with covers of Leonard Cohen's 'Suzanne', Gainsbourg's 'L'anamour' (better than his own version, I feel), subdued Brazilian piece 'Mesange' and a pleasant French version of 'Lonesome Town'.

Highlights for me are: the title track itself, in which Hardy's breathy detached voice drifts over a flamboyant orchestral tune and a latin beat; the wistful closing number 'Les Etoiles et Le mer'; and the gorgeous 'Ou Va La Chance?', a glorious weepy which has the sweetest, loneliest music and voice, without ever quite becoming sacharine.

Never less than good, this is record worth playing all the way through, and that makes it a rarity for me. It's a well structured, charming, and sometimes moving, artefact. Recommended for FH fans and also simply fans of good pop songs.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The sweetest voice for a great repertoire, July 12, 2000

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Hugo (Barcelona, Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Comment Te Dire Adieu (Audio CD)

In this album Hardy's velvety voice ranges over a wide variety of styles. The album begins with a fun, danceable pop song in pure late sixties style, "Comment te dire adieu". Afterwards, Hardy veers to slower songs, making beautiful renditions of Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne", Georges Brassens' classic "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" (A mas-ter-piece, with incredible piano arrangements) and Jobim's bossa nova "Sabiá" (in French "Le mésange"), as well as singing a couple of very sweet own compositions, "A quoi ça sert?" and "La mer, les étoiles et le vent", which demonstrate her talent as a songwriter. Towards the end of the album she includes a lively French jazz tune, "Etonnez-moi, Benoît", which stands as an oddity, but is quite fun. Recommended for all lovers of sixties stuff.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb and timeless, August 6, 2004

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Marie Bellu (Haddonfield, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Comment Te Dire Adieu (Audio CD)

I still cannot believe how amazing this CD is - I heard Francoise Hardy's voice several years ago after a friend made a tape, and I decided to try some of her music on my own. I'm glad I picked this CD because it is just one of the most beautiful, romantic, and sublime collections of music I have ever heard. Her voice is melancholy, but not cloying, the music (outside of the lighthearted "e'ttonez-moi,benoit...! and playful, but not vapid, "comment te deire adieu?") is incredibly compelling and moving on every track. "ou' va la chance?" actually gives me the chills at certain points. Her cover of Leonard Cohen's impossibly lovely "Suzanne" is very effective. Most Americans don't know Francoise Hardy, but I'm glad I do. After hearing this CD, I know I want more.