Acoustic Clubbing [Import]

Product Description
2001 album for the critically acclaimed world music stars. 14 tracks, including 'Face A La Mer', 'Voila L'ete' & 'Leila'.

Tracks:

C'Est Pas La Mer A Boire
Voila L'Ete
Easy Girls Acoustic Clubbing
Leila Acoustic Clubbing
Hey Maria
Les Megots
Face A La Mer
Ce Pays
Car C'Est Un Blouze
Abuela
Acoustic Clubbing
Les Rablablas Les Roubliblis
Spank
Hasta Llegar

Album Description

2001 album for the critically acclaimed world music stars. 14 tracks, including 'Face A La Mer', 'Voila L'ete' & 'Leila'.

Album Details

Acoustic Performances of Classic Negresses Vertes Catalog Make for a Most Interesting Rediscovery by Old Fans and New Fans Alike. Among the 14 Tracks is a Cover of Le Pamplemousse's 'le Spank'. Not Lost in the New Translations Are their Penchant for Punning, Double Entendre and General Silliness....all In the Name of Fun Fun Fun!

Customer Reviews:

at last - something worth 5 stars.......2006-10-06

I really love LVN and their earlier works and I was hesitant about Acoustic Clubbing but geez, they're definitely better with less. This cd is quickly becoming one of my favorites and they're all neck to neck for different reasons but this one sticks out a mile. Can't wait to hit the sheets with this in the background, a little candle light, some rain might be nice.

Way better than that chocolate croissant you're eating.......2004-02-06

As a NV fan, I concur with earlier reviews that each of their CDs goes in a completely different direction. I really enjoy Acoustic Clubbing - it's cool, calm, and collected. I wish I was at a small hip cafe in Paris listening to them play live. From the opening track til "Hasta Llegar", they give a great spin on all their former tracks plus giving us some new ones to enjoy. Definitely a great CD to put on with my Sunday coffee.

always a pleasure.......2002-02-13

once again - a successful voyage into somewhat new terrain. LNV are always fun,
and continue to showcase their talent in a way that even those of us who aren't fluent in french can readily enjoy.

Négresses Vertes forèveure !.......2002-01-11

First, I have to confess that I have always been a Négresses Vertes fan. I have all their records. I went to their concerts. I once disgraced myself singing "Zobi la mouche" in the metro ("elle a de jolies fesses, etc.") without realising that I was actually singing aloud (I noticed when people started staring at me). I was angry at Helno for weeks when he OD'd (who did he think he was, Jimi Hendrix ?) So, I have no pretence of objectivity.

One of the most enduring qualities of this band, at least in my eyes, is that they have their own "sound" and that at the same time, each album is totally different from the others. For instance, LNV dabbled in electronic music for "Trabendo", and successfully at that, however strange it may sound (for a comparison, imagine the Pogues doing a trip hop album). This album, their latest, is in a sense a continuation of that idea, but ... with acoustic instruments (why make it simple when it can be complicated ?) That's why the album is called "Acoustic Clubbing" (why make it complicated when it can be simple ?)

There are only three new songs on this album, including a cover (their first ever on record, if I'm not mistaken) of the disco classic "Spank", but the new versions of old favorites such as "c'est pas la mer à boire" and "les mégots" are so different from the original versions that you don't feel cheated: it's a real rediscovery.