2bis
Florent Pagny
French Music - Released August 31, 2023 | Universal Music Division Capitol Music France
Mauvais Ordre
Lomepal
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released September 16, 2022 | Pinéale
Cheese
Stromae
French Music - Released January 1, 2010 | Universal Music Distributed Labels
As dance floor fodder goes, Cheese is definitely above average, adding a doze of elegance to the prerequisite "shake-yer-booty" simplistic sound. The music is built around staccato beats that are appropriately primitive, but not mindless, and keyboard lines that are just as sparse, but never lose the otherworldly quality expected of good techno, and come off more earnest than they were probably meant to be. Paul van Haver's vocals may seem to be contrasting the music -- his drawn-out, quiet and clearly enunciated half-whispers in places come close to a somewhat pompous sermon, but mostly sound like a dispassionate news report on some pretty hot things, though you won't know it from the anchor's tone. He is also pretty wordy, which gives the record a French rap vibe at times (though there is no actual rapping), but overall, his vocals help to ground in reality what otherwise would have been pretty abstract music. The whole affair is really quite plain songwriting-wise and doesn't sport any big hooks, but creates an authentic nighttime vibe, and while the music fades into background after a while, it remains fun every time you pay attention -- or catch yourself toe-tapping. The record's main hit, "Alors on danse," may even stir expectations of the album being something above a plain old dance record, but it does not really live up to those -- not because the rest of the music is not up to par, but because it sounds exactly like that one song, which, repeated eleven times over, tends to impress less than it does at three minutes. So, plain old dance record it is, but nobody said it's a bad thing.© Alexey Eremenko /TiVo
La vie de rêve
Bigflo & Oli
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released November 23, 2018 | Universal Music Division Label Panthéon
rentrer chez moi
Christine and the Queens
French Music - Released April 26, 2024 | Because Music
Le Grand Orchestre Du Splendid Chante Boris Vian
Le Grand Orchestre Du Splendid
French Music - Released January 1, 2002 | Sterne
Première consultation
Doc Gynéco
Pop - Released April 11, 1996 | Parlophone (France)
Influenced by both the Jamaican dancehall scene and the G-funk sounds of Dr. Dre, Premiere Consultation is the inventive debut album from Guadeloupean-born French MC Doc Gyneco. Produced by Ken Kessie, the 1996 release includes the controversial suicide-themes track "Nirvana," the football song "Pas sement de Jambes," a duet with French Congolese rapper Passi ("Est-Ce Que Ca le Fait"), and a cover of Motown classic "Papa Was a Rolling Stone," alongside the singles "Viens Voir le Docteur," "Dans Ma Rue," and "Ne Ici."© Jon O'Brien /TiVo
Crache ton venin
Téléphone
Rock - Released April 2, 1979 | Parlophone (France)
Michel Delpech
Michel Delpech
French Music - Released April 15, 2022 | Alpha Center Digital
Live à montréal
Daran
French Music - Released September 22, 2017 | Pineapple French Pop
Carte postale
Francis Cabrel
French Music - Released October 7, 1981 | Columbia
The Meilleur Of Renaud
Renaud
French Music - Released January 1, 1995 | Universal Music Division Label Panthéon
Tragédie d'une trajectoire
Casey
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released November 27, 2006 | A Parté
Le Clash (B.O.S.S. vs. IV My People)
Suprême NTM
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released March 1, 2001 | Jive Epic
My Gentleman Friend
Blossom Dearie
Jazz - Released September 12, 2022 | Verve
Un jour, une vie
Serge Lama
French Music - Released April 15, 2003 | Warner (France)
Rendez-vous à Paris
Michel Legrand
Classical - Released October 20, 2022 | Universal Music Division Decca Records France
Un Coup de dés
Dan Levy
Film Soundtracks - Released January 24, 2024 | Curiosa Films
Chez Les Autres
Starshooter
Pop - Released January 1, 1980 | Parlophone (France)