Françoise [La maison où j'ai grandi]

by Françoise Hardy

Françoise [La maison où j'ai grandi] cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1966
  • Label: Vogue
  • Country: France
  • Length: 29:43
  • Community rating: 3.53/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Demonstrating a significant maturation from her early yé-yé beginnings, 'Françoise' bathes Françoise Hardy's ethereal vocals in lush, string-heavy baroque pop arrangements. Recording extensively in London, she integrated contemporary British production techniques with melancholic French songwriting sensibilities. The record cemented her status as a sophisticated, international fashion and musical icon of the mid-1960s.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, female-vocals, ballad, french, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Je changerais d'avis (2:53)
  2. Si c'est ça (2:09)
  3. Rendez-vous d'automne (2:40)
  4. Je serai là pour toi (2:24)
  5. Peut-être que je t'aime (2:11)
  6. Il est des choses (2:31)
  7. Comme (1:53)
  8. Mes jours s'en vont (2:26)
  9. Qu'ils sont heureux (2:21)
  10. Surtout ne vous retournez pas (2:19)
  11. Tu es un peu à moi (2:14)
  12. La maison où j'ai grandi (3:38)

Credits

  • Françoise Hardy - primary artist, written-by
  • Charles Blackwell Orchestra - accompanied by [accompagnée par]
  • Johnny Harris Orchestra - accompanied by [accompagnée par]
  • Ennio Morricone - written-by
  • Ghigo De Chiara - written-by
  • Jacques Lanzmann - written-by
  • Maurizio Costanzo - written-by
  • Gérard Bourgeois - written-by

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