Quand on n'a que l'amour

by Jacques Brel

Quand on n'a que l'amour cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1957
  • Label: Philips
  • Country: Belgium
  • Length: 25:53
  • Community rating: 3.36/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Driven by its immensely successful, emotionally soaring title track, this sophomore release established the Belgian singer-songwriter as a major commercial force in Francophone music. The lush, dynamic orchestrations perfectly support his intensely theatrical, deeply impassioned vocal delivery, moving seamlessly from tender romanticism to biting social satire. The project solidified his transition from a marginalized cabaret act into a profound, iconic voice of European pop.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, French language, theatrical, literary, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Quand on n'a que l'amour (2:25)
  2. Qu'avons-nous fait bonnes gens ? (1:47)
  3. Les pieds dans le ruisseau (2:52)
  4. Pardons (2:18)
  5. La bourr茅e du c茅libataire (2:24)
  6. L'air de la b锚tise (4:23)
  7. Saint-Pierre (2:17)
  8. J'en appelle (2:43)
  9. Heureux (2:50)
  10. Les bl茅s (1:49)

Credits

  • Jacques Brel - primary artist, written-by
  • A. V茅n茅roni - artwork
  • Fran莽ois Rauber - piano [uncredited], organ [uncredited]
  • Michel Legrand - piano [uncredited]
  • J. Vigouroux - J. Brel - written by
  • Jacques Vigouroux - written-by

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