Socialisme Ou Barbarie

Monade | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drag City
• ASIN: B00008V62F
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,094 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Enfin Seule

2. Cache Cache

3. Vent du Sud

4. Un Secret Sans Importance

5. Witch Hazel

6. Un Express

7. Sunrise Telling

8. Vol de Jour

9. La Carotte de l'Humanité

10. Graine de Beauté

11. Ode to a Keyring

12. The Swimm

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A different side of Laetitia, May 28, 2004

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Peter Arnold (Cupertino, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Socialisme Ou Barbarie (Audio CD)

I liked this CD and am gald these songs are not on a Stereolab album where they might have been asked to carry a bit more weight or fit into a concept, mood or sound; here the songs are like little clockwork animations that are wound up and allowed to run around on the tabletop in their own safe place. The sound palette is similar to Stereolab's earlier albums but lighter on drums and guitars. There is an intimate feel to the vocals and the production has preserved the bedroom 4-track feel to great effect. It's like being invited to tea at Laetitia's house for tea rather than going to a concert.

My favorite tracks are Cache Cache, Witch Hazel and Vol de Jour (which tells the story of a versatile cardboard box).

5.0 out of 5 stars Very very cool, February 2, 2006

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K. R. Jones - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Socialisme Ou Barbarie (Audio CD)

The album is made up of songs that Laetitia was doing on the side from 1996 to 2002 and you can sense the degree of nurturing that has gone into each 'cos they just grow on you more and more in the most gorgeously subtle way. It's a lot more chilled than Stereolab and there's more French vox but it's just as full of weird sounds, hooky melodies and avant garde atmospheres - buy it now, you won't regret it!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars so beautiful..., October 20, 2003

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Natacia (Brighton, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Socialisme Ou Barbarie (Audio CD)

I love this cd and here's why -- you don't really NEED to know French to enjoy it. The vocals are so haunting and heartbreaking in some tracks and so uplifting in others that the language is practically universal. Je l'aime! I also love how low key and experimental it is. I have never really listened to French pop, but if all of it is this superb, I want to kick myself for listening to all the other crap that's been polluting my ears. Good job, Monade... I hope you come out with more music soon!