Georges Brassens [Fernande]

by Georges Brassens

Georges Brassens [Fernande] cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1972
  • Label: Philips
  • Country: France
  • Length: 46:14
  • Community rating: 3.96/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Remaining fiercely loyal to his minimalist aesthetic, the legendary French poet and songwriter delivered his eleventh studio album featuring just his voice, an acoustic guitar, and subtle double bass accompaniment. The lyrics are characteristically brilliant, weaving cynical, highly literate humor with themes of sexuality, mortality, and anti-authoritarianism. It stands as a masterclass in the enduring power of pure, unadorned chanson.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, storytelling, satirical, narrative, French language

Tracklist

  1. Fernande (3:41)
  2. Stances 脿 un cambrioleur (4:12)
  3. La ballade des gens qui sont n茅s quelque part (3:26)
  4. La princesse et le croque-notes (4:18)
  5. Sauf le respect que je vous dois (3:07)
  6. Le blason (5:13)
  7. Mourir pour des id茅es (4:42)
  8. Quatre-vingt-quinze pour cent (4:34)
  9. Les passantes (4:12)
  10. Le roi (3:54)
  11. A l'ombre des maris (4:49)

Credits

  • David Allan Coe - primary artist, written-by
  • Jimmy Rabbitt - written-by

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