Jaune

by Jean-Pierre Ferland

Jaune cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1970
  • Label: Barclay
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 34:34
  • Community rating: 3.79/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded meticulously over several months in Montreal, this monumental concept album fundamentally revolutionized Quebecois pop music. Enlisting top-tier American session musicians such as Tony Levin and David Spinozza, the artist crafted a deeply cinematic, progressively structured masterpiece full of sweeping orchestration and synthesizer innovations. It is universally revered as a landmark cultural achievement in francophone music.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, death, conceptual, theatrical, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Prologue (1:02)
  2. Le Petit Roi (4:10)
  3. Quand On Aime On A Toujours Vingt Ans (3:00)
  4. Sing Sing (4:52)
  5. God Is An American (5:12)
  6. Le Chat Du Caf茅 Des Artistes (4:42)
  7. ... (0:41)
  8. Y'a Des Jours (3:47)
  9. Ce Qu'on Dit Quand On Tient Une Femme Dans Ses Bras (3:48)
  10. 脡pilogue (1:17)
  11. It Ain't Fair (2:03)

Credits

  • Jean-Pierre Ferland - primary artist, music by, lyrics by, vocals
  • Tony Levin - bass
  • Guido Basso - brass
  • Jimmy Young - drums
  • David Spinozza - guitar
  • Alain DeRoque - lacquer cut by
  • Michel Robidoux - music consultant
  • Andr茅 Perry - realization, directed by, concept by

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