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To the few people who are aware of him outside of France, Hugues Aufray has something of a left-of-center reputation for having released an entire album of Bob Dylan covers (in French) in 1965. Released only a year or two later, however, Horizon sounds pretty much like typical French pop, albeit with some leanings toward sentimental folk-pop. Aufray sounds like he was trying to cover a bunch of bases here, whether the bouncy singalong "Le Lion et la Gazelle," the slightly mod-psychedelic-influenced arrangement on the ballad "La Blanche Caravelle," the "Mack the Knife"-ish "La Soupe a Ma Grand'Mere," "Le Serpent" (the only track here that approaches anything like a mid-'60s Dylan mood), what sounds like a French pub singalong tune ("Y'Avait Fanny Qui Chantait"), some orchestrated melancholia, or the spare and emotional "San Miguel" (perhaps the record's highlight). It's a versatile record, undoubtedly, but not very original or moving, seeming a bit like the effort of a folksinger trying to establish himself as an all-around entertainer.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Hugues Aufray, Author, MainArtist - PIERRE DELANOE, Author - Roger Davy, Composer
℗ 1966 Fontana
Hugues Aufray, Interprète Vocal, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - PIERRE DELANOE, Author
℗ 1966 Fontana
Guy Magenta, Composer - Christian Chevallier, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Hugues Aufray, Author, MainArtist - PIERRE DELANOE, Author
℗ 1966 Fontana
Hugues Aufray, Translator, MainArtist - PIERRE DELANOE, Translator - Bert Kaempfert, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Fontana
Hugues Aufray, MainArtist - Leo Ferre, Translator, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Rutebeuf, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Fontana
Christian Chevallier, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Hugues Aufray, Author, MainArtist - Mort Shuman, Composer - Michel Bernholc, Arranger, Work Arranger - Vline Buggy, Author
℗ 1966 Fontana
Hugues Aufray, Author, MainArtist - PIERRE DELANOE, Author - Michel Fugain, Composer
℗ 1966 Fontana
Hugues Aufray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - PIERRE DELANOE, Author
℗ 1966 Fontana
Hugues Aufray, Author, MainArtist - PIERRE DELANOE, Author - Michel Fugain, Composer
℗ 1966 Fontana
Christian Chevallier, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Hugues Aufray, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - PIERRE DELANOE, ComposerLyricist - Jacques Revaux, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 Fontana
Christian Chevallier, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Hugues Aufray, Interprète Vocal, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jane G.R. Bowers, Composer, Author - Michel Jacques Pierre Vaucaire, Translator
℗ 1966 Fontana
Hugues Aufray, MainArtist - Jean Bouchety, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Claude Edith Delecluse, Composer, Author - Michelle Fricault, Author
℗ 1966 Fontana
Album review
To the few people who are aware of him outside of France, Hugues Aufray has something of a left-of-center reputation for having released an entire album of Bob Dylan covers (in French) in 1965. Released only a year or two later, however, Horizon sounds pretty much like typical French pop, albeit with some leanings toward sentimental folk-pop. Aufray sounds like he was trying to cover a bunch of bases here, whether the bouncy singalong "Le Lion et la Gazelle," the slightly mod-psychedelic-influenced arrangement on the ballad "La Blanche Caravelle," the "Mack the Knife"-ish "La Soupe a Ma Grand'Mere," "Le Serpent" (the only track here that approaches anything like a mid-'60s Dylan mood), what sounds like a French pub singalong tune ("Y'Avait Fanny Qui Chantait"), some orchestrated melancholia, or the spare and emotional "San Miguel" (perhaps the record's highlight). It's a versatile record, undoubtedly, but not very original or moving, seeming a bit like the effort of a folksinger trying to establish himself as an all-around entertainer.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:42
- Main artists: Hugues Aufray
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Fontana
- Genre: World Europe French Music
© 2011 Fontana ℗ 2011 Fontana
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