Vancouver
Recorded January 1976 at Trident, and released in February.
Produced by Bernard Saint-Paul.
Reached Gold Disc status (Véro's first) on 26 October 1976 (100,000)


 

Vancouver:   This is one of Véronique Sanson's best ever compositions. One of her most popular tracks played live.  Her 1994 duet with Nina Morato on Taratata produced an excellent rendition.

When we're together:  One of a number of English tracks, written for Stephen Stills.   A quiet number; not bad, but relatively uninspiring.

Redoutable:   In a similar vein to "When we're together"... simply quite pleasant.

Donne-toi:   Vancouver picks up again from here.  Véro sings with some life and some motion, and some daring lyrics! "Ose le faire, ose le dire, ose aimer"!

Une Maison après la mienne:  It takes a couple of listens before you  really get the feel of the direction this melody is taking.  However, once you "understand" it, it's quite sophisticated and capturizing stuff! Written with her sister Violaine.

Étrange Comédie: An easily recognisable song from the album.  Plenty of sparkle in the tune, and lyrically what many expatriates can  relate to, or just if you are in a strange place!  One to play if you are  away from home!

Sad Limousine:  A lovely song but with a sad story.  It's a song about splitting up (Stills again!).  However, I really love this track.  It's one to give you strength when you feel alone.

Tu sais que je t'aime bien:  This song is really cool!  In fact it nearly pips Vancouver in being the best track.  A brilliant piano riff, and it makes   this song different... and the chorus captures you!

Full tilt frog:  Another super track... another one in English.  This is the closest Véronique has come to rock 'n' roll this far in her career.  It comes over perfectly in concert - you must hear the version at the end of the Olympia '89 live album!

 

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Revised: July 01, 2002.