Ses Plus Belle Chansons: Best Of [Import, Original recording remastered]

Petula Clark | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 19, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Wagram Records
• ASIN: B00004YWCO
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,973 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Gadoue

2. Dans le Temps [Downtown Club Mix]

3. Chariot [I Will Follow Him]

4. Viens Avec Moi [I Know a Place]

5. Il Faut Revenir [You'd Better Come Home]

6. Va Toujours Plus Loin [Round Every Corner]

7. Mon Amour [My Love]

8. Si Tu Prenais le Temps [A Sign of the Times]

9. C'Est Ma Chanson [This Is My Song]

10. Romeo

11. Ya Ya Twist

12. Les Incorruptibles

13. Petite Fleur

14. Longtemps [In un Fiore]

15. Tu Perds Ton Temps [Please Please Me]

16. La Nuit N'En Finit Plus [Needles and Pins]

17. Partir, Il Nous Faut [Nobody I Know]

18. Un Jeune Homme Bien [A Well Respected Man]

19. J'Ai Pas le Temps [No Go Showboat]

20. Entre Nous il Est Fou [She's a Fool]

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent compilation of Petula's French recordings, March 3, 2001

By 

Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
(TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Ses Plus Belle Chansons: Best Of (Audio CD)

This compilation does not contain all Petula's big French hits, but it is the strongest available single-CD collection of its kind. The important tracks not included here can be found on another great compilation, C'est Ma Chanson. Only eight tracks appear on both.

Although Petula recorded many French songs, most of the tracks here are translated versions of British or American songs, so you don't have to understand French to enjoy the music. I don't know any French at all. The songs include Downtown, I know a place, You'd better come home, Round every corner, My love, A sign of the times, This is my song, Romeo, Please please me, Needles and pins, Nobody I know, Well respected man, No go showboat, She's a fool, Can't get over the bossa nova, along with some French songs. Ya ya twist, one of Petula's French number ones, is adapted from a Lee Dorsey song.

Two French songs worth a special mention are Chariot and O O Sheriff.

Chariot began life as an instrumental written by Paul Mauriat. With lyrics added, it became a million-selling French number one single for the young and beautiful Petula. Versions in German and Italian were big hits in those countries. I do not know if they were translated from the French or not. English lyrics were written, but they were definitely not translated from the French. A completely different song set to the same tune resulted, called I will follow him. It was a number one hit for Petula in Singapore, but failed to chart for her in Britain and America. Remember, this was a year or two before Downtown. Little Peggy March covered the song and had an American number one.

O O Sheriff is a salacious song, the like of which Petula has never recorded in English. A translation of this and some other French songs can be found on Petula's official website, but briefly the song is about a sheriff who doesn't seem sure what to do with a woman but by the end of the song he's obviously learned what is required.

To sum up, this collection contains a few obvious translations and some intersting French songs, but it is also contains some songs of British or American origin recorded by Petula only in French, like Please please me. This is a truly brilliant compilation which you can use to convince your friends that songs don't have to be sung in English to be enjoyed.

5.0 out of 5 stars BELLES CHANSONS THE BEST OF PETULA CLARK, August 29, 2008

By 

Pablo Rodriguez Jr. "PAUL RODRIGUEZ" (U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Ses Plus Belle Chansons: Best Of (Audio CD)

Ses Plus Belles Chansons: Best of Petula Clark
This is a very enjoyable cd by the legendary PETULA CLARK.
They are her greatest hit's all sung in french.Some of the songs
are downtown,don't sleep in the subway,my love,her version of the
beatles please,please,me,The searchers needles,and pins,plus
many other favorites.A must for collectors.
PAUL.