La superbe

by Benjamin Biolay

La superbe cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 19 October 2009
  • Label: Na茂ve
  • Country: France
  • Community rating: 3.82/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The French singer-songwriter and producer delivers a sprawling, critically acclaimed double album that revitalized his career. Masterfully blending classic orchestral chanson with modern electronic beats, hip-hop phrasing, and jazz inflections, the ambitious record is deeply cinematic and nocturnal. It stands as a definitive, melancholic statement in the landscape of contemporary French pop.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, french, orchestral, piano, strings, French language, ballad, sophisticated, vocal

Tracklist

  1. La Superbe
  2. 15 Ao没t
  3. Padam
  4. Miss Catastrophe
  5. Ton H茅ritage
  6. Si Tu Suis Mon Regard
  7. Night Shop
  8. Tu Es Mon Amour
  9. Sans Viser Personne
  10. La Toxicomanie
  11. Brandt Rhapsodie
  12. L'Espoir Fait Vivre
  13. Prenons Le Large
  14. Tout 脟a Me Tourmente
  15. Assez Parl茅 De Moi
  16. Buenos Aires
  17. Rat茅
  18. Lyon Presqu'脦le
  19. M茅lancolique
  20. Reviens Mon Amour
  21. Jaloux De Tout
  22. 15 Septembre

Credits

  • Umberto Tozzi - primary artist, written-by
  • Franco Monaldi - arranged by, directed by
  • Leonardo Da Vinci - painting [uncredited; "mona lisa"]
  • Guido Guglielminetti - written-by
  • Benjamin Biolay - Primary Artist

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