Louise Attaque [Import]

Louise Attaque | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 14, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Msi
• ASIN: B000026U7V
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,600 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Amours

2. J' T' Emmene Au Vent

3. Ton Invitation

4. Brune

5. Les Nuits Parisiennes

6. L'imposture

7. Savoir

8. Arrache Moi

9. Lea

10. Fatigante

11. Tes Yeux Se Moquent

12. Vous Avez L'heure

13. Toute Cette Histoire

14. Cracher Nos Souhaits

Editorial Reviews

Phenomenal Success for the Debut Album of this French Indie Rock Band. Over Two Millions Copies Sold in France!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing Discovery, March 19, 2000

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Darren Smith (Grenoble, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Louise Attaque (Audio CD)

accoustic + Violins.....Levellers-ish....even if you don't understand french, you'll enjoy the tempo and use of melody with a different approach to song. I would recommend this as a present to a dear friend. Something new and refreshing.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Relentless Punk Fiddle & Lyrical Romantic Ennui, September 14, 2006

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Charles Curtis (Jackman, Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Louise Attaque (Audio CD)

An extraordinarily good album. Un peu trop cher at the prices they're selling it at here, but definitely still well worth running down- might be found cheaper thru Amazon's French or Canadian site. I bought my copy in Quebec a few years back, and I gotta say that it's been a great companion.

These guys have a wonderfully distinctive sound- Arnaud Samuel's manic buzz saw folk-punk fiddle drives everything, and Gaëtan Roussel's voice has that sharp languorously jaded quality to that is reminiscent of all the best punk singers, but is finally unlike anyone else's.

The album hasn't a bad song on it, but my two favorites are the first song "Amours" - a nice sardonic poem on love, set to music - and a later song "Fatigante," which I think may be one of my top twenty fav songs of all time (though admittedly there are a lot of songs crowding that list..)

It's a great little love song, one that reminds of several girls of my acquaintance, and so's always good for a grin. It goes like this (imagine a rollicking, fraying fiddle accompanying these lyrics):

Quand elle danse, belle, franche une reine, elle est pour moi, tout ça pour moi, un ange qui tourne autour de moi, et pourtant elle dit toujours bonjour comme ça, elle dit toujours au revoir comme ça, elle dit toujours j'veux ça ça ça, elle est fatigante, fatigante, intelligente, négligente, excitante, désespérante, attirante, pas très galante, souriante.. etc. etc. etc. [a long staccato litany of adjectives follows..]

As I say, fun stuff, good road tune, cheer you up on a grey day tune, remember your favorite girlfriend tune, you're a French teacher stuck for a good adjunct to a lesson on adjectives tune.. you know, just an all round great tune. Check it out.

Final word: this band is great, the only negative thing I can say about them is that there's not a lot of variety between their songs- they tend to meld a bit together. I don't consider this to be fatal, though, because I love their sound so much.

Samuel & Roussel have recently formed another group called Tarmac, whose music has yet to find it's way into my collection. A deficiency soon to be rectified.

In sum, a worthy purchase, one you will not likely regret.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Give it a chance and you won't believe your ears!, August 12, 2006

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M. ADAMON "Louky Louk" (Paris, FRANCE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Louise Attaque (Audio CD)

Arguably one of the best and most creative debut albums...ever created.

Louise Attaque happens when you blend classic French music with post-punk rock (trading the guitarist with...well, let's say a "guitaresque" violonist!).

The result is a dazzingly mature effort. The success, too, was fenomenal in France. My way of seeing it is that the music is simply everything we had been wanting to hear for years but were afraid to ask...

I won't tell any more. The album speaks for itself; it is a masterpiece, I LOVE it!