France Gall [Import]

France Gall | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 15, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Wea
• ASIN: B000006YWL
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #952,142 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Comment Lui Dire

2. Ce Soir Je Ne Dors Pas

3. La Chanson D'une Terrienne (Partout Je Suis Chez Moi)

4. La Déclaration D'amour

5. Comment T'en Apercevoir

6. Samba Mambo

7. Big Fat Mamma

8. Je Saurai Être Ton Amie

9. Chanson Pour Consoler

10. Je L'aimais

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much to discover in this, August 26, 2007

By 

R. M. Kmack (Atlanta, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long Box 3 CD : France Gall [Best of] (Audio CD)

*This is a complete 3-disc chronological collection of Gall's 60's work. For some reason, the track listing above is for one of her albums from the 70's and should be ignored.

If you haven't heard anything of hers from the Ye-Ye period before - or only a handful of songs - you might want to get a smaller compilation first.
France Gall is only a decent singer - ok by pop standards, I guess - at this point in her career, but had some excellent material penned for her, mostly by her father and Serge Gainsbourg. The songs are catchy and mostly of a jazz or vaudeville sound. I especially like the fact that understanding French is really not really necessary for enjoyment.

If you do know some French though, all the better. Oddly, part of the appeal is that her writers had her singing with a contrived depth and wisdom about life not quite fitting of a teenager. Enter Gainsbourg, whose tongue-in-cheek lyrics often have her unwittingly making fun of herself as a pop idol with little idea of what she is talking about.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THE BEGINNING OF HER MUSICAL ADVENTURE WITH HER HUSBAND, October 17, 2000

By 

ALAIN ROBERT (ST-HUBERT,QUEBEC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: France Gall (Audio CD)

FRANCE's second career started with this wonderful record in which she displayed her considerable charm singing the songs of her husband MICHEL BERGER.Along with TOUT POUR LA MUSIQUE, it remains her best.You will notice that all the songs deal with the building of a love relationship.Gone was the teenager who sang her father's songs and also GAINSBOURG's melodic delights.If you want only one original from that singer this is the one.For a compilation,go to LES ANNEES MUSIQUE available in one or two cd,the double being of course more substantial

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Gall to make this album!, November 24, 2002

By 

Ken Rose (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: France Gall (Audio CD)

While a vast improvement over her days as a "variey" singer 68-71, this album falls short of her fun, carefree pop as a "yé-yé" girl. New hubby tries to give Mlle. Gall her first dose of credibility with more personal, introspective songs. But, for the most part, they sound like standard fare early 70's pop which, by today's standards, is less interesting than her standard fare 60's songs.

Nonetheless, this album somehow managed to bring Mlle. Gall back into the French psyche, giving her the undeserved immortality of the likes of Johnny Holliday (who still gets front page mention in the MATCH to this day, despite the fact he's never had any talent whatsoever).

Independent of comparisons to her previous or later work, this album, at best, sounds like ABBA B-sides. Pleasant but unsubstantial. "Comment lui dire" starts the album off strongly but the rest of the album seems to trail off.

France's limited ability to hold a pitch was endearing in her sweet adolescent days, but with her new "grown-up" sound leaves alot to be desired.

Indeed, it was the wild, experimental choice of everything from Beatles to Jazz to psychedelica that made the early period Fance Gall records so appealing. This record may have seemed mature and well produced for the time, but now it seems too "safe."

Nowhere in the league of "Baby Pop" or "1968."