Francky Vincent

Francky Vincent

Track Listings

1. Positif

2. Jalousie Tropicale

3. Vidéo Prono

4. Vive la Fesse

5. Jeu des Cinq

6. Ma Chére Voisine

7. N'Importe Quoi

8. Transport en Commun

Tracks:

Alice Glisse
Ma Canne Sucre
Zigounette
Leve Makrel
Manze Zaza
Mini Epi Cocob
Donne Moi Ta Friandise
Mon Petit Ouassou
F Francky
Bois Band
Fruit de la Passion
Poche La
Pour la Frime
Ma Copin's
Minimum Respect
Destruction

Album Details

Greatest Party Tunes from the Number One Star of Zouk Music.

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15 Ans Deja ... [RARE]
Francky Vincent
Manufacturer: Melodie
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000P1C47Q

Product Description

1. Bien Bande 2. Le Lolo 3. Braguette D'Or 4. Pique Moi (La vie en Rose) 5. A Ka Marcel 6. Alle Ko 7. Sans Chapeau 8. Te Fais Pas De Bile

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Les Meilleurs Succes de Francky Vincent
Franky Vincent
Manufacturer: Celluloid Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music

Zouk | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00008EWOH
Release Date: 1997-03-25

Tracks:

Aka Marcel
Alle Ko
Le Lolo
Deconstipation
Pina Colada
Grainage
Aka Manman
O Law Kalle
Souvenir Souvenir

Average customer rating:

good cd

Best of Francky Vincent
Francky Vincent
Manufacturer: Sonodisc (Fra)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000005T10
Release Date: 1997-03-07

Customer Reviews:

good cd.......1999-03-09

this CD of Carabeens is the bes

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Unbelievable songs, back-up singers, overall production

Francky Vincent
Francky Vincent
Manufacturer: Blue Silver (Fra)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music

Zouk | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000005N46
Release Date: 1998-01-09

Tracks:

Positif
Jalousie Tropicale
VidProno
Vive la Fesse
Jeu des Cinq
Ma Ch Voisine
N'Importe Quoi
Transport en Commun

Customer Reviews:

Unbelievable songs, back-up singers, overall production.......2003-02-04

Francky Vincent is the epitome of juked up, flamboyant hiphop-influenced Zouk music. For those who don't know, Zouk is the party music of the southeastern French Caribbean, specifically the islands Guadeloupe and Martinique, as well as the enclave of folks who immigrated from there to Paris. The main exponent of Zouk for a number of years was the studio project known as Kassav' and its offshoots, working mostly out of Paris.

What you have here are great beats, a duo of extremely sexy sounding, smooth female back-up singers who can almost make think they are both dancing with you inside your body/soul, as well as wonderfully played blaring, glaring synthesizer/horn leads and riffs, and great funk guitar displays. All this blends into a marvelous pastiche of sound and meaning that rocks your socks and all your loosened body parts. You're really going to love this album, especially if you're already somewhat used to the sound of Zouk.

Francky's singing and toasting is exemplary, sometimes exceedingly happy and flamboyant ("Positif"), at times liltingly intense ("Jalousie Tropicale"), at certain junctures so darkly passionate you'd think he was a male version of Donna Summer. He isn't afraid of keeping an entire song in the minor mode, and driving himself and his listeners into a near frenzy in the process. There's a bit of subtle macho posturing apparent in much of his vocalizing, but he executes it all very, very smoothly. He outdoes Prince at being Prince, and in French, yet.

Mr. Vincent wrote all the music and lyrics for cuts 2-6 and 8; he co-wrote #1, and adapted #7.

Check out the original title cut "Positif" [4 stars], during which one of the sultry backup singers intones "*Francky . . . je t'aime!" [in English: "Frankie, I love you!"] over and over, each time inflected differently and with greater passion. The faint of heart had better have their cardiologist in attendance when auditioning this one. This was his international hit, and contains only rapping, no singing. There's very little MC'ing on the remainder of the cuts, but many of the melodies derive their quick-hitting, syncopated rhythms from high stakes hip-hop toastmastering.

Then there are a few of the songs where he's putting a goof on, and does it ever come off well!

All in all, this is very slick writing, performing, and production. Yet there's nothing shallow about it because of the intensity he brings to each moment, and to each type of emotional expression represented. Ditto for his fun loving and/or intensely revealing/reveling back-up singers. Listen to how his and their hearts seem to beat as one. The guy's just not to be outdone, which may mean that there are some people who will dislike it - because he and his singers/musicians are so unbridled - the music will fly right in the face of their inhibitions.

Below are comments on the other individual songs. My ratings are based mostly on sound and feel, as the printed lyrics aren't included in the CD package (I don't possess the knowledge or skill to translate a dialect of Creole French on the fly). The song titles are my loose translations into English.

#2: "Tropical Jealousy": A medium tempo song with stirring intro and choruses from the back-up singers. All in all a light touch, with great brass, rhythmic keyboards (Yamaha DX7), etc. [5 stars]

#3: "Porno Video": I guess I'm almost glad I don't 'hear' French all that well, considering the title (Amazon.com's listing got a couple of letters switched on the first word). This one's fast with a kind of fun-loving, funkified reggae-soca feel, though of course with the trademark zouk beat. It possesses terrific melodies, harmonies and counter-melodies. The brass riffs are beautiful and stirring. The form is quite complex, with many sections evolving one out of the other. A light, coquettish touch rules, but full-bodied passion seethes just beneath the surface. [5 stars]

#4: "Long Live Her Buttocks": Kind of a quick hitting, 'jokey', frolicsome song. As on much of the album, there's great digital delay on the duo of back-up singers, panned hard right and hard left. [3½ stars]

#5: "Play of the Five [fingers?]" One of the better songs I have ever heard, especially of the erotic type. Melodically superb and harmonically enticing, the song moves in and out of the major and minor modes, and all points in between, drenched with emotion and darkly lit sexual passion. Here Francky gives a sonic lesson in male sexual staying power - if his breath sounds don't ignite you - I'd say you have both feet in an early grave. [5 stars]

#6: "My Nearest & Dearest": This one is very, very quick and intense, but still remains playful. Another song that oscillates between major and minor, and possessing a complex formal development which goes far beyond what's found in most of pop. Francky tries his hand at some gassed-up yodeling at the end of this one; it's not bad. [5 stars]

#7: "No Matter": Another total romp, this one full of a happy abandonment. [4 stars]

#8: "Rapture in Common" or (?) "Communal Transport": Another jaunt, possessing almost another kind of soca feel. It's a little tricky translating this one's title, as the French "transport" can mean either transport as in a car, or state of being transported in rapture. The singers taunt "Chauffeur, la voiture ne marche pas", literally "driver, the car doesn't work!" But the fact that it's clearly a taunt feeds into my dictionary's first meaning of the French "chauffeur", which is "one who stokes the fires". Sounds like a situation for Viagra Man to solve, though I'm not sure the drug was yet available in 1993, when this CD was copyrighted. Mais, c'est très amusant, n'est-ce pas? Oui? Oui! [4½ stars]

A La Jolie
Average customer rating:
A La Jolie
Francky Vincent
Manufacturer: Wagram
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
General | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00002ZZXO
Release Date: 1999-10-12

Tracks:

A La Folie
J'adore Les Animaux
Tes Chiant (E)
Chez Maman
Tu Pues Du Cul
C'est Francky
Belle
Le Soleil Donne
Chanteur De Zouk Love
Telephonez-Moi
Accras-Boudin
Zizi Phobie
Partner Ou Rester
Ma Garcconniere
Pur Sang
Emma Globine

Album Details

New Album from Zouk Star Francky Vincent. Includes the Hit 'belle' from the Musical Notre Dame De Paris.

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TRACK LISTINGS

Fruit De La Passion

Manufacturer: Sonolux / Arcade
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000CHEJN0

Customer Reviews:

TRACK LISTINGS.......2005-11-25

1. Te fais pas de bile
2. Fruit de la passion Sun
3. Au top dans le ghetto
4. Le tournement d'amour
5. Il court il court
6. Sans chapeau
7. Pique-moi
8. Faut pas divorcer
9. Ton confort
10. Pour la frime
11. Viens dans mon duplex
12. Nigivir
13. Fruit de la passion (funkmix)
14. Alice ça glisse
15. Manze lola
16. Le lolo
17. Ma canne a sucre

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