Rose Kennedy

by Benjamin Biolay

Rose Kennedy cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 May 2001
  • Label: Virgin
  • Country: France
  • Length: 47:02
  • Community rating: 3.82/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Framed loosely as a conceptual biography of the Kennedy matriarch, this debut firmly established Biolay as a leading voice in modern French chanson. The album is incredibly lush and cinematic, pairing his deeply romantic, whispered baritone with soaring orchestral chamber-pop arrangements and subtle electronic rhythms.

Genres

Descriptors: lounge, orchestral, French language, crooning, sophisticated, folk, acoustic, male-vocals, storytelling, chamber

Tracklist

  1. Novembre toute l'ann茅e (3:16)
  2. Les roses et les promesses (3:07)
  3. Les cerfs-volants (4:48)
  4. La m茅lodie du bonheur (2:46)
  5. L'observatoire (3:31)
  6. La monotonie (3:06)
  7. Soixante douze trombones avant la grande parade (2:52)
  8. Los Angeles (4:17)
  9. La palmeraie (3:13)
  10. Rose Kennedy (4:52)
  11. Sous le soleil du mois d'ao没t (2:57)
  12. Les joggers sur la plage (4:22)
  13. Un 茅t茅 sur la c么te (3:50)

Credits

  • Damien Neotti - artwork
  • Laurent Vernerey - double bass, Bass
  • David Maurin - drums
  • Denis Benarrosh - drums, percussion
  • Yannic Fonderie - programmed by, programmed by, keyboards, mellotron, programmed by, keyboards [wurlitzer]
  • Christophe Morin - strings
  • Dahlia Adamopoulos - strings
  • Ghislaine Benabdallah - strings
  • Benjamin Biolay - Primary Artist, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Conductor [Strings], Written-By, Piano, Programmed By, Guitar, Horns, Chamberlin, Bass, Keyboards, Music By, Mellotron, Synthesizer
  • Isabelle Sajot - Strings
  • Jean-Paul Minali-Bella - Strings
  • Karen Brunon - Strings, Backing Vocals
  • Maud Ayats - Strings
  • Sylvain Gilles - Strings
  • Eric Sauviat - Guitar
  • Erwin Autrique - Programmed By
  • Keren Ann Zeidel - Written-By
  • Henri Salvador - Guitar
  • Elsa Benabdallah - Violin
  • Ga毛lle S茅verine Mac茅 - Flute
  • Cristina Constantinescu - Strings
  • Hans Vandaele - Strings
  • Herwig Coryn - Strings
  • Liesbeth De Lombaert - Strings
  • Marc Tooten - Strings
  • Mark Steylaerts - Strings
  • Peter Despiegelaere - Strings
  • V茅ronique Gilis - Strings
  • Lionel Gaillardin - Programmed By, Guitar
  • Laurent Manganas - Piano
  • Florent Bremond - Violin [Alto]

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