Psychedelices (CD+DVD) [Import]

Alizee | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• ASIN: B001NY1IH6
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,539 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The wait is over!, December 19, 2007

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S. Martinez - See all my reviews

This review is from: Psychedelices (Dlx) (Audio CD)

After a 4-year break, Alizée returns with new sounds and fans have not been let down! Let me be honest and say that the first time I heard the album, in its entirety, there were a couple of songs that I was indifferent towards, most notably Décollage. Most likely because I was not expecting such hip-hop sounds. Then the more and more I listen to this album, the more I've come appreciate each song for what they are and how they each hold that je ne sais quoi quality about them that makes each a welcome. You'll enjoy the hit single Mademoiselle Juliette, and Fifty Sixty to the ballads that I love most, Par Les Paupières and Idéaliser, and the lovely L'effet - a young mother's awe over her daughter. But one can go on and on. I would bet that after a while you too will be singing, or humming, to these songs even if you don't know French!

Those who are debating a purchase should Google Alizée's Wikipedia article and follow the external links to her official site and read her biography to get insights towards the inspirations and the motivations behind this new album and the individual songs, as well as hear samples of the songs (which in my opinion is still not as good as hearing them in full but at least gives you something to nibble on). One should also realize that any comparisons between this new album and the prior two are absurd. The two priors were produced by Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat, from which Alizée has learned so much. This new album is a product of the collaboration with other talents in the French music industry: Jean Fauque, Bertrand Burgalat, Oxmo Puccino, Lore, Daniel Darc, Fred Lo and Jérémy Chatelain. It is with the help of these folks that Alizée spreads her wings. To quote from her biography, "All Lolitas grow up in the end. Now at 23, Alizée's art more closely reflects the woman she has become today. "

Note: This Limited Edition contains the same 11 songs as the non-LE version, as well as a PAL formatted "Spsychédélices" DVD narrated by Jean Fauque, and 1 poster.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars half good, November 23, 2009

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G. Hunter (Ashburn, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Psychedelices (CD+DVD) (Audio CD)

The music CD sounds good but I only a few of the songs on this album are really great. Her other albums are better, in my opinion.
The DVD that came with it was created in Mexico (ordered used through Amazon Marketplace from kaboomidea). For some reason the video playback jumps like crazy (jittery). I have a very powerful and modern system so I know it's not my computer, just an amazingly bad video encoding. Also, there are only 2 different songs on the DVD. Don't order this for the DVD.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Emerging Trend, December 23, 2007

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Walking through life - See all my reviews

This review is from: Psychedelices (Dlx) (Audio CD)

Alizée, now aged 23 and no longer under the guidance of her former mentors Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat, undeniably demonstrates her ability to produce music that is on par with if not, at some times, better than what Mylène and Laurent scripted for her in earlier days. Citing a desire to explore new musical possibilities as the reason for her split with Mylène and Laurent, Alizée has clearly succeeded in this regard; her newest album "Psychédélices" reads (or listens, rather) like a journey through varying musical landscapes, each being mastered by Alizée's dazzling voice and the poetic verses of Jean Fauque that are expertly crafted to feature endless double meanings (a quality which Alizée has wisely chosen to preserve from her days with Mylène).

Some of the album's best pieces include the California-rock inspired "Fifty-Sixty" and "Lilly Town," the ever seductive "Mon Taxi Driver," and the delightful Nelly Furtado-esque "Par les Paupières." The album concludes with Alizée's charming love ballad to her daughter in "L'effet."