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Nouvelle Vague [Explicit Lyrics]

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  • Audio CD (9 Aug 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Explicit Lyrics
  • Label: Peacefrog
  • ASIN: B00018D3JQ
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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Track Listings

1. Love Will Tear Us Apart
2. Just Can't Get Enough
3. In a Manner of Speaking
4. Guns of Brixton
5. This Is Not a Love Song - Melanie Pain
6. Too Drunk to F***
7. Marian
8. Making Plans for Nigel
9. Forest
10. I Melt With You - Paavo Siljamaki
11. Teenage Kicks - Melanie Pain
12. Psyche - Sir Alice
13. Friday Night Saturday Morning

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Album Description
Nouvelle Vague is a French electronica project initialised by multi-instrumentalists and producers Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux. Marc first came to recognition with his band Ollano, known for their Francophone trip-hop / jazz-fusion and his movie soundtracks such as "the kidnapper's theme". He soon moved into the realm of club music, initially recording for the UK's own Paper Recordings and progressing into a more creative and eclectic producer under the guises Avril on FCom, and Volga Select on Output Records. Olivier Libaux has been involved with many French pop acts during the nineties and started working with Marc in 1998.

Nouvelle Vague which translates to "new wave" in English, and bossa nova in Portuguese, revisits a number of both Marc and Olivier's favourite tracks from the early eighties, taking in bands such as The Clash, Joy Division, and the Cure in a stunning combination of bossa nova, jazz and sixties pop.

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At a time when seemingly every band with access to an analog synthesizer and a tube of hair gel was aping the New Wave sounds of the early 1980s, NOUVELLE VAGUE put a unique spin on the phenomenon. Their self-titled album is full of coversof classic tunes by the Cure, Modern English, Depeche Mode,et al. The striking twist, however, lies in the fact that all the songs are performed in old-school bossa nova mode, the lyrics delivered in a vintage Astrud Gilberto style. The cooing, breathy vocals and gentle acoustic guitar rhythms successfully transmogrify not only the pop-friendly confectionsof the aforementioned ensembles, but some edgier material as well. One hasn't truly lived until one has heard the Dead Kennedys' "Too Drunk to F----" and the Undertones' "Teenage Kicks" sounding like outtakes from the GETZ/GILBERTO album. NOUVELLE VAGUE successfully reinvents its source material without descending into mere schtick.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Curious Joy, 10 Jan 2005
Its not often that the postman waking you from your slumber is greeted with a much joy, but this morning was a little different as he brought with him my copy of Nouvelle Vague from Amazon. The drive through the wind and rain to work was considerably more pleasureable as a result.

You'll love this if you a) like this style of music or b) love these songs and like to here them reworked and reborn. I fall into both camps and as a result I am deligted by what is on offer here.

What strikes you most is how well the songs themselves stand up to such a bear, low-key interpretation. An undoubted testament to the original artists and their songs.

I have only given it 4 stars because, if there is a criticism, it is that the arrangement and sound of each song is a little to similar and perhaps some variation on instrumentation would be welcomed. That said, each song is wonderfully put together and the vocals are sublime.

This album is one of the eternal joys of music. Its all too easy to follow the same route to new music Artist A has a new album, buy new album. The real treats are the ones that come out of nowhere and surprise you. This is such a treat and worthy of a listen.

Hopefully they'll do a follow-up, maybe something a little newer, Big Mouth Strikes Again would be a great choice!

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars From Manchester to Rio..., 16 Aug 2004
The idea of post-punk classics performed in a bossa nova/lounge style sounds as though it may have been conceived purely as a joke and if you're familiar with some of the original tracks then the extent of the transformation achieved by the versions on this album may raise a wry smile on occassion. But for the most part the music here transcends that kind of ironic detachment to achieve something altogether more deeply affecting.

Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" has been covered many times before but has never been suffused with such longing, like lying on a beautiful tropical beach as the sun goes down contemplating a love left behind on the other side of the world. The version of Public Image Limited's "This Is Not Love Song" exchanges the mocking snarl of John Lydon's delivery for that of a sassy French diva singing in a voguish underground club, simultaneously sounding both breathlessly seductive and coldly detached. And the Cure's "A Forest" is transported from the depths of the cold, dank darkness of the original to a tropical rainforest repleat with the chirruping of nameless insects and the squawking of exotic birds, something sinister lurking in the undergrowth as the percussion builds to a tense climax.

A couple of the tracks don't quite reach the generally high standard of the rest of this collection but the two tracks that represent the album's pinnacle more than make up for this. Both "In A Manner Of Speaking" and "Making Plan's For Nigel" are nothing short of beautiful, filled with a poignancy and sadness that instantly makes you want to hear them again as soon as their last note dies away.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, eclectic, mellow, amusing. beautiful, 4 Nov 2004
This took a few listens before i really fell in love with it. I appreciated it at first. I recognised some of the songs, but after a few times listening to it through, the songs do become their own. you stop hearing the original in your head, and apprciate it for what it is, and meant to be. Some Beautiful girls, singing good songs.
i heard they weren't aloud to listen to the originals before recording the songs. it could be a rumour....
My 2 favourite songs on the album have to be
"This is not a love song", its so sexy and smooth, and really catchy (in a good way)
and
"Too Drunk too F""K" This one cracks me up. She sounds so innocent, and drunk! You can really imagine her stood in a parisien bar with a martini in her hand. I saw them perform live. And this song ROCKED. They performed it just as i'd imagined it! woo hoo
You need to be open minded enough to apprciate the songs for what they are, and not as cover songs defiled by a different genre. If you can do this....and enjoy the kinda parisien, lounge sound. (I didnt before getting this album)
Then you should love it.
I was introduced to N.V by a proper old skool punk who Loves this album.(maybe he's ageing!) Being just a sprog, i dont remember a lot of the songs in their orginal format, but one or 2 that i have heard, i prefer better than the original. In my humble opinion. The guns of Brixton is beter than the original!

hope this helps. Spread the word of Nouvelle Vague!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Just exploitation!
Its just a terrible collection of covers exploiting nice and unique songs!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Eclectic and stunning
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5.0 out of 5 stars Here Comes the Summer
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5.0 out of 5 stars New Wave of New Wave
Round up some female vocalists, some post-punk songs from the late seventies, then record these songs in a Bossa Nova style, and then call the resulting set of cover versions... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars My youth
Very funny stuff this, but done with taste, precision and style. To those who knew the songs back in ye olde punk days it may come over as a joke, or as a pishtake, but it shows... Read more
Published on 10 Jul 2006 by G. A. Sandtke

4.0 out of 5 stars My youth viewed through a bottle of Vodka...?
I first heard Nouvelle Vague on the TV adverts for T-Mobile and HAD to find out who they were - I was wild with excitement when I found out they even had an album out! Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Well ....what can I say???!!!
It's not often that listening to a music CD leaves me speechless, but this is exactly how I felt when I first listened to this. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Languish...
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