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Bernard Lavilliers' discography is littered with partial "greatest hits" collections and half-hearted CD reissues. This "best of" stands two full heads above anything else as the definitive introduction to the man's socially conscious songs. The only flaw of Histoires ("Stories") is the fact that it includes not a single track from the singer's first three albums -- but Barclay/Polygram doesn't own them. Most key cuts from 1976's Les Barbares up to 1997's Clair Obscur have been included. Lavilliers rarely sticks to a single style for the course of an album. Instead he builds contrasts between pop beat and world music, political themes and acrid love ballads. The decision to present the songs in chronological order could be seen as ill-advised but in fact pieces together a very accurate picture of both the persona and his music. Key tracks include the scorching "15e Round" (Lavilliers never expressed better the dichotomy between virility and feelings), the new wave song "Idées Noires," the worldbeat hits "Stand the Ghetto," "Kingston," and "Melody Tempo Harmony" (featuring Jimmy Cliff). The French market version is a three-disc affair, while the international version is limited to two discs in order to keep it at an introductory price. Careful remastering and the inclusion of all lyrics make Histoires the perfect point of entry into Lavilliers' irresistible songwriting.
© François Couture /TiVo
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Bernard Lavilliers, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 Barclay
Francois Bréant, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Dominique Mahut, Tumbadoras, AssociatedPerformer - Pascal Arroyo, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Lavilliers, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Yvan Jullien, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Patrice Tison, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Létourneau, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Francis Miannay, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1977 Barclay
Bernard Lavilliers, Interprète Vocal, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 Barclay
Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist - Marcelo Mello, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Barclay
Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist
℗ 1976 Barclay
Francois Bréant, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Hector, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - YVONNE JONES, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominique Mahut, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Pascal Arroyo, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Lavilliers, Author, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicoletta, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Paul Drand, Composer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Philippe Leroux, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carol Rowley, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Popkiewyicz, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1983 Barclay
Bernard Lavilliers, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jean Paul Drand, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 Barclay
Francois Bréant, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ivan Jullien, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Dominique Mahut, Tumbadoras, AssociatedPerformer - Pascal Arroyo, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Lavilliers, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Patrice Tison, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Létourneau, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Francis Miannay, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1977 Barclay
Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist - Jean Paul Drand, Composer
℗ 1984 Barclay
Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist
℗ 1976 Barclay
Francois Bréant, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Dominique Mahut, Tumbadoras, AssociatedPerformer - Pascal Arroyo, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrice Tison, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Létourneau, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Francis Miannay, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1977 Barclay
Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist - F Breant, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Barclay
Pascal Arroyo, Composer - Marcia Maria, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Lavilliers, Author, MainArtist - Nazare Pereira, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mônica Passos, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1983 Barclay
Francois Bréant, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Pascal Arroyo, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Paul Drand, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1981 Barclay
Francois Bréant, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Dominique Mahut, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Pascal Arroyo, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist - Jean Paul Drand, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Emmanuel Lacordaire, Drum, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Luc Lemerre, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1980 Barclay
Bernard Lavilliers, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - F Breant, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 Barclay
Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist - Georges Baux, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Barclay
DISC 2
Francois Bréant, Composer, Keyboards, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Elliot, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Lavilliers, Author, MainArtist
℗ 1981 Barclay
Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist
℗ 1987 Barclay
Salvador Cuevas, Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Ray Barretto, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Louie Ramirez, Piano, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mario Salvati, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist - Ismael Quintana, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - Jose Madera, Bongos, AssociatedPerformer - Irv Greenbaum, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mike Collazo, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Barclay
Loïc Pontieux, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Cliff, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dominique Mahut, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Pascal Arroyo, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Giausserand, Horn, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Lavilliers, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Arnaud Dunoyer De Segonzac, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Georges Baux, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Pierre Mimran, Horn, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1995 Barclay
Bernard Lavilliers, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - E. Dufaure, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 Barclay
Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist
℗ 1980 Barclay
Pascal Arroyo, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bernard Lavilliers, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1986 Barclay
Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist
℗ 1986 Barclay
Jannick Top, Musical Director, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist - Didier Makaga, Musical Director, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1986 Barclay
Bernard Lavilliers, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Sébastian Santa Maria, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Barclay
Francois Bréant, Composer - Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist
℗ 1981 Barclay
Serge Perathoner, Composer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jannick Top, Composer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Lavilliers, Author, MainArtist
℗ 1991 Barclay
Jocelyne Beroard, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - YVONNE JONES, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist - Vic Pitts, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Carol Rowley, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Michel Billès, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1983 Barclay
Boris Gardiner, Bass, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Sharon Forrester, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Willie Lindo, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Wayne Armond, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Johnson, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist - Robert Lyn, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Richards, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Alvin Haughton, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Junior Douglas, Percussion, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1980 Barclay
Bernard Lavilliers, Composer, Author, MainArtist
℗ 1980 Barclay
Leo Ferre, Composer - Louis Aragon, Author - Bernard Lavilliers, MainArtist
℗ 1980 Barclay
Album review
Bernard Lavilliers' discography is littered with partial "greatest hits" collections and half-hearted CD reissues. This "best of" stands two full heads above anything else as the definitive introduction to the man's socially conscious songs. The only flaw of Histoires ("Stories") is the fact that it includes not a single track from the singer's first three albums -- but Barclay/Polygram doesn't own them. Most key cuts from 1976's Les Barbares up to 1997's Clair Obscur have been included. Lavilliers rarely sticks to a single style for the course of an album. Instead he builds contrasts between pop beat and world music, political themes and acrid love ballads. The decision to present the songs in chronological order could be seen as ill-advised but in fact pieces together a very accurate picture of both the persona and his music. Key tracks include the scorching "15e Round" (Lavilliers never expressed better the dichotomy between virility and feelings), the new wave song "Idées Noires," the worldbeat hits "Stand the Ghetto," "Kingston," and "Melody Tempo Harmony" (featuring Jimmy Cliff). The French market version is a three-disc affair, while the international version is limited to two discs in order to keep it at an introductory price. Careful remastering and the inclusion of all lyrics make Histoires the perfect point of entry into Lavilliers' irresistible songwriting.
© François Couture /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 33 track(s)
- Total length: 02:30:56
- Main artists: Bernard Lavilliers
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music Division Barclay
- Genre: World Europe French Music
© 1998 Barclay ℗ 1998 Barclay
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