Customer Reviews

Rever Mieux

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Il n'y a pas vraiment de mots pour décrire l'album. Il faut absolument l'écouter, ne serait-ce qu'une seule chanson, pour voir tout le talent de cet artiste. C'est un plaisir, sans cesse renouveler, à écouter. Ma chaine stéréo ne dérougit pas de faire jouer cet album merveilleux. Je ne croyais pas que la musique québecoise pouvait m'emporter autant que ça. C'est une musique qui transporte littéralement dans un autre monde, sans pour autant nous dépaysager complètement et sans plonger dans le n'importe quoi! Une composition musical enivrante et des textes songés et vrai! Chapeau!!

I first heard this c.d. while eating breakfast in a funky hostel in the south of Spain. Daniel's incredible vocals and beautifully-crafted music magnetically drew me in. I immediatley asked the barista to write down the title for me. Months later, I finally found the scrap of paper and ordered the c.d. Aaaaahhh, turn it way up and slip away into a dreamy bliss! "Chante Encore" and "Te Quitter" are my favorite tracks and those two ALONE make the c.d. worthwhile. Beauty and mystique just effervesce from these eloquent and romanticly-versed French lyrics. Oooh..La-La!!!

I heard this album last week when I was in Quebec and had to purchase it before leaving. Difficult to catagorize, but definately some permutation of downtempo. Poor french skills allow me to decipher only a fraction of the lyrics, but that allows them to form part of the sound instead of taking center stage or overpowering the music. A very relaxing and melodic vibe permeates the album while incoporating lyrics, acoustic instruments and the usual suspects of downtempo sound. Not exactly sure why the other reviewers mention trip hop as none of those beats or rhythm arrangements are present, but it is a trippy combination for sure. Definately worth picking up, but a shame there are no downloadable tracks available at present in order to sample this unique Quebecois flavor.

Daniel Belanger's (2001) release, Rever Mieux, is the kind of album that'll transport you into a peaceful place, where trip-hop & other landscaping electronic sounds guide you through a "no-worry, nothing's going to ... me off" kind-of-journey. If you haven't yet bought or listened to Rever Mieux, my suggestion is to give it a try. Download a few samples or something or go to your local cd-store to see what this album is all about.

Daniel Bélanger seems to be one of those artists who is determined to push the envelope - find some new direction with every new album. While there are hints in his earlier work of what's to come in Rêver Mieux, nothing he has done before or since has put the pieces together quite as nicely or as uniquely.

Being familiar with (= having listened to hundreds of times) both of his previous albums prior to picking up Rêver Mieux, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it upon first listen. I wasn't sure I liked the new direction at first, but after listening to it (without realizing it) 10 or 15 times, I realized that it had insinuated itself into my brain. There's a wonderful, dreamlike quality to some of the music on this album that fits the name perfectly ("rêver" = to dream), especially on the tracks "Dans un Spoutnik" and "Intouchable Et Immortel", both of which are almost hypnotic. "Dis Tout Sans Rien Dire" is a sparse, beautiful little tune without a whole lot of accompaniment (it doesn't need any), while "Une Femme Un Train..." recalls the film noir of yesteryear. There really isn't a bad tune on this album.

If you're not familiar with Daniel Bélanger, buy this album. You're in for a treat.

Someone wrote that this CD wasn't as good as Bélanger's previous works. I completely disagree. This is definitely his best work. I've listened to it probably 100 times already and never get tired of it. The music and texts are well-crafted.

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Quelqu'un à écrit que ce disque n'était pas aussi bon que les autres disques de Bélanger. Je suis en désaccord complet. Il s'agit de sa meilleur oeuvre. Je l'ai écouté probablement plus de 100 fois et je ne m'en lasse jamais. La musique et les textes sont remarquables.

Quand j'ai entendu le chanson "Dans un Spoutnik" pour le premier fois a la chaine Musique Plus, je voulais acheter l'album a l'instant! Il est semblant a la disque "Moon Safari" de la bande "Air" de Paris; les sons électronique sont présent dans tous les chansons. Félicitations, Daniel Bélanger!

This album is unique in its kind. It sounds really intimate, with a touch of trip-hop and techno music, but when you remove it, there is only a man with his guitar singing great poetry. Even if you don't understand french, this album needs to be discovered. Also, it's the prove that Quebec musicians does better music than Celine Dion...

Wow... si vous aimer un petit quelque chose de st-germain la poésie. Cet album a un style très Groove, molo, je fond lorsque j'écoute Daniel Bélanger.

Daniel Belanger, the "STING" of Quebec, with his pure tenor voicals presents to his loyal public yet another collection of low-key introspective songs. Unfortunately, they do not mesure up to the amazing quality of his previous work. This CD is good compared to others on the market, however, should you want a solid francophone CD, then I suggest you select another title from Daniel Belanger's impressive catalogue of work such as "QUATRE SAISONS".