Chansons possibles et impossibles

by Boris Vian

Chansons possibles et impossibles cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1956
  • Label: Philips
  • Country: France
  • Length: 29:29
  • Community rating: 3.59/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Renowned primarily as a surrealist novelist and jazz critic, the iconic French provocateur delivers a highly satirical, deeply cynical collection of cabaret songs. Most famously featuring the controversial anti-war anthem 'Le D茅serteur', the tracks disguise razor-sharp, politically subversive poetry behind bouncy, dixieland-inflected pop arrangements. The fiercely independent release firmly established a template for the literary, socially conscious chanson movement in Europe.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, french, witty, satirical, parody

Tracklist

  1. Les joyeux bouchers (2:17)
  2. Bourr茅e de complexes (2:17)
  3. Java des bombes atomiques (2:44)
  4. On est pas l脿 pour se faire engueuler (3:05)
  5. Je bois (3:37)
  6. Je suis snob (2:56)
  7. Le d茅serteur (3:38)
  8. Complainte du progr猫s, les arts m茅nagers (2:52)
  9. Cin茅matographe (2:46)
  10. Le petit commerce (3:11)

Credits

  • Nu Colours - primary artist

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