Il est cinq heures Paris s'茅veille

by Jacques Dutronc

Il est cinq heures Paris s'茅veille cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: March 1968
  • Label: Disques Vogue
  • Country: France
  • Length: 32:48
  • Community rating: 4.15/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An atmospheric, poetic homage to the early morning awakening of the French capital, distinguished by its haunting, improvised flute solo. The melancholic chord progression and evocative lyricism captured the shifting, tense cultural mood of Paris just before the historic riots of May 1968.

Genres

Descriptors: French language, melodic, witty, storytelling, accessible

Tracklist

  1. Comment elles dorment (3:14)
  2. Fais pas ci, fais pas 莽a (1:43)
  3. La m茅taphore (3:20)
  4. La publicit茅 (2:26)
  5. L'augmentation (2:36)
  6. Hippie Hippie Hourrah (3:13)
  7. Il est cinq heures, Paris s'茅veille (2:55)
  8. Les m茅tamorphoses (2:27)
  9. Ca prend, 莽a n'prend pas (3:24)
  10. Les rois de la r茅forme (2:29)
  11. Le courrier du coeur (2:11)
  12. Le plus difficile (2:44)

Credits

  • Jacques Dutronc - primary artist, written-by
  • Anne Segalen - written-by
  • Jacques Lanzmann - written-by

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