Customer Reviews

Very Best of Francis Lai - A Man & A Woman

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I would like to warn anyone considering the purchase of this CD that it contains no original soundtrack recordings and is largely made up of sythesised re-recordings of unbearable banality. Lai is a glorious composer certainly in the top three french movie composers but this CD is not representative of his genius and is best avoided. Go for the original recording and save yourself the disappointment.

I rushed in and bought this CD because I thought it contained the sound-track music and songs. Well, it did say Francis Lai. Instead I got the very worst elevator music. Its indescribably bad. Don't be fooled. Find the real one and pay more.

This is marketed to appear as if it is the original soundtrack of the movie "A Man and a Woman", but actually it is a re-recording of some of the movie's music, in English rather than the original French, with some extra music thrown in. The original soundtrack, with the wonderful, romantic music that helped this movie win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, is available under the title "Un Homme et une Femme". Don't be fooled.

I am another person who bought this cd thinking it had the music from the movie. (Which it says it does.) The only recognizable song was the theme song, and although it was recognizable, it was painful to recognize it on this cd. The music is synthesized, and it is absolutely horrible.

I really don't know what to do with this cd. Undoubtedly it will end up at the used bookstore, where they will possibly give me a dollar for it.

This cd is overpriced, misrepresented, and truly appalling.

I hope you can benefit from the mistakes of buyers before you.

Spend a few extra dollars and get the original soundtrack!

Horrid, horrible and cheesy...makes you want to smash the CD. The track after Blue Rose is quite possibly the worst song recorded in history. Worst than fingernails screeching across a chalkboard. Kinda reminds me of background music for one of the corny high-kick-and-twirl dance routines on Solid Gold (headband and all). I bought it because of Francis Lai...big, big mistake.

It's one of the CDs that I like and listen most since I bought it last year. All the songs are re-arranged, and bring new experience when listening to them. Highly recommended for fans of Francis Lai.

I FIRST HEARD THIS RECORD WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL GROWING UP IN PA.MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD PLAY IT ALL THE TIME AND SHE WAS SO EXOTIC,VERY BEAUTIFUL REDHEADED IRISH WOMAN WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BLUE EYES AND THE BEST PAIR OF LEGS YOUVE EVER SEEN.I ADMIRED HER AND THOUGHT HER A BIT OF A MYSTEROUS CHARACHTER.I INHERRIETED THE RECORD AND SOME HOW LOST IT OVER THE YEARS.I'M SO INCREDIABLY EXCITED IT'S STILL AROUND AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! IT'S IS TRULY A CLASSIC AND VERY ROMANTIC.IT'S A MUST!

I FIRST HEARD THIS RECORD WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL GROWING UP IN PA.MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD PLAY IT ALL THE TIME AND SHE WAS SO EXOTIC,VERY BEAUTIFUL REDHEADED IRISH WOMAN WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BLUE EYES AND THE BEST PAIR OF LEGS YOUVE EVER SEEN.I ADMIRED HER AND THOUGHT HER A BIT OF A MYSTEROUS CHARACHTER.I INHERRIETED THE RECORD AND SOME HOW LOST IT OVER THE YEARS.I'M SO INCREDABLY EXCITED IT'S STILL AROUND AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!I CAN HARDLY WAIT TO HEAR IT AGAIN AND BRING BACK THE MEMORY OF HER AND HER UNDYING LOVE AND BEAUTY.IT'S TRULY A CLASSIC AND ROMANTIC ALBUM.A MUST!