Une Enfant Du Siecle [Import]

Alizee | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Jive / Sbme Europe
• ASIN: B00383YC2S
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,010 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Eden, Eden

2. Grand Central

3. Limelight

4. La Candida

5. Les Collines (Never Leave You)

6. 14 Décembre

7. A Coeur Fendre

8. Factory Girl

9. Une Fille Difficile

10. Mes Fantômes

Editorial Reviews

2010 album from the French vocalist produced by the cream of producers in the French Electro scene. 10 tracks. Jive.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Love Alizee but she needs to ditch her producer, June 27, 2010

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Christopher Conner (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Une Enfant Du Siecle (Audio CD)

I don't know that she necessarily has to go back to Mylene Farmer but she needs to find someone that can help her put together some better material to show off her talents. This album can only be labeled "electronic" because every track is backed by poorly produced and written music performed on a Casio keyboard. While the lyrics are decent and singing is good, the production makes me almost wish she'd do more covers of top 40 hits. Please understand that I'm fine with simple musical accompaniment as long as it's good. La Roux? Annie? Matt & Kim? Despite the lazy production, Alizee has a beautiful delivery and presence as always on this album. I especially liked the atmosphere of Mes fantomes.

The best I think I can hope for is that because Alizee's voice is so prominent over the music in the album perhaps some inspired electronic musicians will remix some of the tracks. I'll probably always buy her albums but this one probably won't last long in the stereo rotation unless a remix version comes out.

I wish I could give 2.5 stars. As a fan of her music I'll be kind and give her 3/5.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Eclectic, Different, Mature Album, April 13, 2010

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JaradQuatre-Vingt7 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Une Enfant Du Siecle (Audio CD)

Ok, so as one of Alizée's fans since the beginning - I'm not going to go in the technicalities of it all - I'm just going to get straight into rating of the album. In comparison to Alizée's previous 3 albums, this one is far more electronic and 'techno' in sound. It's very eclectic and a more mature depiction of her. It's certainly different from her previous 3 releases. And it's a good improvement over her last album released in 2007 `Psychédélices'. The album is certainly worth buying.

So here's my rating:

1 = First-class/Good Track... ½ = Not too Bad/Ok... 0 = Not working

1. Eden, Eden = 1

2. Grand Central = 1

3. Limelight = ½

4. La Candida = 1

5. Les Collines (Never Leave You) = 1

6. 14 Décembre = 1

7. À Coeur Fendre = 1

8. Factory Girl = ½

9. Une Fille Difficile = ½

10. Mes Fantômes = 1

Total = 8½ / 10.

* However, I am going to subtract a ½ because I think the sound at times on some tracks could have been a bit more sophisticated in their production. Further, as a devoted Alizée fan, I expected the Album Photography to be much better - she's so beautiful, and I think they let that go to waste throughout the whole album in this regard. Sometimes Artists do well when they break away, but I strongly believe Alizée should get Mylène Farmer and Laurent Boutonnat back in terms of her music; as well as her new image.

Thus I'm rating this album as 8/10 (or) 4/5.

Laslty, here's my comparative rating of this album to her previous releases:

* Gourmandises (2000) = 9 / 10

* Mes courants électriques (2003) = 9 / 10

* Psychédélices (2007) = 6½ / 10

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars some real gems, April 7, 2010

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Roman "everything's cool and froody" (Rancho Cordova, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Une Enfant Du Siecle (Audio CD)

Forget what you know about Alizée! That is the first thing. I really liked her previous albums and that may have actually been a hindrance to enjoying this one at first because the music and even her singing style is very different. I'm more a fan of regular instrumental music. Once I got into it though, I found a real appreciation for some of the songs. This album is VERY catchy and will get into your mind and stick there. You decide if that's good. :)

This album, it turns out, has some real gems, such as my favorite, Factory Girl, which starts off with an epic style movement and Alizée just carries it right throughout the song, or the first track which will instantly transport you as soon as Alizée starts singing it, Eden, Eden. In spite of light and poppy electronica music, there is a profundity or seriousness to this album that didn't exist on her previous albums (albeit perhaps a few songs on Psychédélices), though she still has some really sweet sounds. Parts of À Caeur Fendre even sound a lot like Adélaïde to me at least as she sang it (as I recall the latter). At first I didn't like Limelight all that much, but now I understand the "epic flavor" they were trying to give it (in the full album version). It really helps the album once you "get it". I think she is trying to push the boundaries of what "Alizée sounds like". It very much reflects her 25 years of age I think. How can anyone who gives her a chance not fall in love at least a little bit with her voice? :)

Except for maybe one track, this album really puts her voice forward, on top of the music and that gives a weight to it that I think plays really well (especially for those who love Alizée). :P For example, if not for the way Alizée sings Mes Fantômes, it would just be a really simple song with not much to comment, but because of how she sings it, and actually the excellent way it was mixed, you may find yourself really falling into it. This song is another that will instantly surprise you as soon as you hear her voice.

I thought the music video for Les Collines was very good. It was edited very well for the song, establishes well the image of the album, her image as it is being portrayed for this album, and speaks to the theme of the album: Edie Sedgwick, The Factory Girl--muse of Andy Warhol. Moreover, it was a great choice for the first single because the music really gets "hyped up" at parts. Good energy.

In spite of a couple really deep songs and quite likable others, for continued listening, I do wish the album was a bit more dynamic. Musically it does not cover a lot of ground. Some say this is a good thing because it has a consistency to it that really makes it play well as a whole, but it gets old quicker for me because in general it's a bit "slow". Maybe I have little patience! I think the songs hang together better in the context of the album, but at the same time I find it easier to fall into and appreciate them individually.

It seems to me that music for this album has great potential to be really amped up and played around with a lot for a concert without ruining the essence of the song. They could just go crazy with some guitar or synthetic music and make the music really explode with instrumental interludes and so forth! That could be really awesome for a fan! That thought alone really makes me want to go to a concert.