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Album Savings: £16.11 compared to buying all songs
- Original Release Date: 7 Oct 2003
- Format - Music: MP3
- Compatible with MP3 Players (including with iPod®), iTunes, Windows Media Player
- Also available in CD Format
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| Play | 1. La Quête | 2:36 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 2. La Cathédrale | 4:46 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 3. L'Amour Est Mort | 4:02 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 4. Mai 40 | 3:38 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 5. Avec Elégance | 2:57 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 6. Sans Exigences | 3:07 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 7. Les Marquises | 3:52 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 8. Orly | 4:19 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 9. La Ville S'Endormait | 4:37 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 10. Jojo | 3:13 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 11. J'Arrive | 4:44 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 12. Quand On N'A Que L'Amour | 2:32 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 13. Le Plat Pays | 2:41 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 14. Mon Enfance | 5:37 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 15. Les Vieux | 4:04 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 16. La Chanson De Jacky | 3:23 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 17. La Valse A Mille Temps | 3:49 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 18. Le Prochain Amour | 4:24 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 19. La Chanson Des Vieux Amants | 4:27 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 20. Ne Me Quitte Pas | 4:10 | £0.69 | ||
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| Play | 1. Amsterdam | 3:18 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 2. La Bière | 3:11 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 3. Bruxelles | 2:58 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 4. Le Diable "Ca Va" | 2:25 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 5. Il Nous Faut Regarder | 2:22 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 6. L'Enfance | 2:52 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 7. Ces Gens-Là | 4:39 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 8. Les Bonbons | 3:30 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 9. Les Flamandes | 2:35 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 10. Les Bourgeois | 2:52 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 11. Jef | 3:35 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 12. Mathilde | 2:35 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 13. Marieke | 2:43 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 14. Madeleine | 2:39 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 15. Les Bigotes | 2:41 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 16. Vesoul | 3:06 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 17. Le Moribond | 3:05 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 18. Au Suivant | 3:05 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 19. Le Dernier Repas | 3:26 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 20. Je Suis Un Soir D'Eté | 4:08 | £0.69 | ||
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118 of 119 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Ok, this is another collection of Brel's music, on double-CD there are 40 tracks and most of them are very clear choices: 'Ne me quitte pas', 'Jacky', 'Les bonbons' 'Chanson des vieux amants', 'Amsterdam', 'Les bourgeois' and so on. But everything has been remastered for a clearer sound and obviously there is an attempt to cover the whole career, with early songs like 'Le diable' to the last album - and with five songs that were intended "for the next album" as Brel decided - and died before being able to make it. Of these 'L'amour est mort' is the most impressive one, with extremely cold piano sounds and Brel's passionate, coarse voice. The leaflet contains the words for these five songs, others have been published earlier in other collections. Or if you want all the lyrics, try to find 'Tout Brel', everything he wrote in one book.
How necessary is this after all the collections? Very. Not only because of the newly found records but because even the oldest songs sound better than on older CD's. However, I still wonder why 50's songs are so poorly presented in this and other collections, after all 'Seul', 'La mort', 'La tendresse' and 'La colombe' from the end of the 50's are all powerful songs and bring out Brel's themes clearly, and from the earlier years there are lots of interesting songs, like beautiful 'Sur la place'. All of these are missing from this collection, which follows the very mainstream 'best of Brel'-tradition. Still, Brel family has done a good job, when finally releasing the previously unedited songs, so I simply can't give less than five stars and would like to give more.
45 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Jacques Brel remains an integral and hugely influential singer/songwriter in the scheme of twentieth-century music; with his gloomy and orchestral tales of whores, sailors, tramps and harlots influencing everyone from Scott Walker, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Shane MacGowan and Nick Cave, to bands like Jack, the Divine Comedy and Pulp. Like those acts, Brel's music is literate and theatrical, unfolding in a bleak world populated by lost love, loneliness, angst, melancholy and despair, but with the darkness softened by witty arrangements, satirical motifs and moments of dark comedy. The atmosphere of the songs is rich and evocative throughout... so, like the work of his contemporary Serge Gainsbourg; the songs practically reek of cheap booze and cigarette smoke, with the music occupying a special place upon the stage within the low-rent night club scenario that play out inside our minds.
The forty tracks collected here represent Brel at his best, offering a great introduction for those previously unfamiliar with his work. Although it is true that there probably could have been a third disk included, with some of Brel's equally great (but lesser known) songs missing from this collection, the real point of this set is to introduce Brel's music to a new audience, or to act as a definitive collection of hits for those of us who can't afford the epic Jacques Brel box-set released a few years before this. If you're at all interested in European music, theatrical-decadence, grand orchestration and a genuine outpouring of pure emotion through song, or perhaps if you're already familiar with Brel through the references to him from subsequent artists like Scott Walker, Neil Hannon, Nick Cave and Jarvis Cocker, then this really is a must-have purchase.
The forty tracks collected here represent Brel at his best, offering a great introduction for those previously unfamiliar with his work. Although it is true that there probably could have been a third disk included, with some of Brel's equally great (but lesser known) songs missing from this collection, the real point of this set is to introduce Brel's music to a new audience, or to act as a definitive collection of hits for those of us who can't afford the epic Jacques Brel box-set released a few years before this. If you're at all interested in European music, theatrical-decadence, grand orchestration and a genuine outpouring of pure emotion through song, or perhaps if you're already familiar with Brel through the references to him from subsequent artists like Scott Walker, Neil Hannon, Nick Cave and Jarvis Cocker, then this really is a must-have purchase.
64 of 67 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
What more is there to say? The Franco-Belgian poet, songwriter and singer Jacques Brel was pure genius. If you didn't know already, this double CD will convince you. It is beautifully remastered - and many of his finest songs are there. There is really only one reason NOT to buy it - that is if you choose to buy his COMPLETE songs instead.
I cannot possibly think of a future where the people of Europe are not moved by the songs of Jacques Brel.
I cannot possibly think of a future where the people of Europe are not moved by the songs of Jacques Brel.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great collection of chanson
I'll say little about this album, I would never cease once I'd started, I love his words and naive, cynical, happy, sad music about life.
Published 2 months ago by Elle et belle
Jacques Brel 40 Chansons
This was bought as a birthday present for someone who loves Jacques Brel by someone who loves him too!! I chose this album for the famed "Ne me quitte pas". Read more
Published 7 months ago by Jubbles
Yes...but he was BELGIAN..... !!
A fine Anthology of this -apparently under recognised BELGIAN singer/songwriter and performer -whose songs often interpretded by British+US performers gave rise to a number of... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Jumanji99
Jacques Brel est BELGE!!!!
JACQUES BREL WAS BELGIAN, NOT FRENCH!!! He just sang (mostly) in French. Get it right, Amazon...Those Belgians have got enough to worry about without you getting their cultural... Read more
Published 18 months ago by c-dog
the genius of Jacques Brel
For any fan of Brel's work, here is one collection which contains pretty much all the 'greats', superbly remastered.
Published 19 months ago by Barbara Jungr
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This is brilliant if you like Brel then you'll love this double album all his greatest songs, excellent.
Published on 11 April 2010 by Henry VIII
Excellent collection
Nice collection for those wanting a "sampler" of Mr. Brel's masterpieces, having, or not, some of the original recordings. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2010 by Ilidio Santos
Jacques Brel - Nonpareil
There's never been another like him. This is just a wonderful CD with all the best songs to make you laugh and cry. His work never ages and is as relevant now as it ever was. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2009 by Emma C.
Troubadour Of The Soul
Mr Brel was no ordinary singer / songwriter. We know this to be true.
A maverick. A vocal dramatist. Read more
A maverick. A vocal dramatist. Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2009 by The Wolf
Definitely the greatest!
Jacques Brel was most definitely the greatest Chanson singer of all times, and I find it regrettable that his work is so little known in the English-speaking world. Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2005 by Jean-Luc Dancy
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