Jump to content

Comment te dire adieu (album)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Comment te dire adieu?)
Comment te dire adieu
Studio album by
Released1968
StudioCBE, Paris, France
GenreFrench pop
Length31:14
LabelVogue
Françoise Hardy chronology
En anglais
(1968)
Comment te dire adieu
(1968)
One-Nine-Seven-Zero
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Comment te dire adieu is the ninth studio album by French singer-songwriter Françoise Hardy, released in 1968 on Disques Vogue. Like many of her previous records, it was originally released without a title and came to be referred to, later on, by the name of its most popular song. The cover artwork was a drawing by Jean-Paul Goude.

Track listing

[edit]
  1. "Comment te dire adieu" – 2:26
    Original title: "It Hurts to Say Goodbye"
    Lyrics by: Arnold Goland
    Music written by: Jack Gold
    First performed by: Margaret Whiting, 1966[2]
    Also performed by its composer as Jack Gold Orchestra, 1969 [3]
    French adaptation and arrangement by: Serge Gainsbourg
    Accompanist: Jean-Pierre Sabar
  2. "Où va la chance ?" – 3:14
    Original title: "There But for Fortune"
    Lyrics and music written by: Phil Ochs
    First performed by: Joan Baez, 1964
    French adaptation by: Eddy Marnay
    Accompanist: Arthur Greenslade
  3. "L'anamour" – 2:14
    Lyrics and music written by: Serge Gainsbourg
    Accompanist: Mike Vickers
  4. "Suzanne" – 3:08
    Lyrics and music by: Leonard Cohen (English version)
    First performed by: Judy Collins, 1966
    French adaptation by: Graeme Allwright
    First performed by: Graeme Allwright, 1967
    Accompanist: John Cameron
  5. "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" – 2:21
    Lyrics: poem by Louis Aragon
    Music written by: Georges Brassens
    First performed by: Georges Brassens, 1953
    Accompanist: Jean-Pierre Sabar
  6. "La mésange" – 2:16
    Original title: "Sabiá"
    Lyrics by: Antônio Carlos Jobim
    Music written by: Antônio Carlos Jobim and Chico Buarque de Holanda
    First performed by: Antônio Carlos Jobim, 1968
    French adaptation by: Franck Gérald
    Accompanist: Mike Vickers
  7. "Parlez-moi de lui" – 2:37
    Original title: "The Way of Love"
    Lyrics by: Al Stillman
    Music written by: Jack Diéval
    First performed by: Kathy Kirby, 1965
    French adaptation by: Michel Rivgauche
    First performed by: Michèle Arnaud and Dalida, 1966
    Accompanist: Arthur Greenslade
  8. "À quoi ça sert ?" – 3:31
    Lyrics and music written by: Françoise Hardy
    Accompanist: Jean-Pierre Sabar
  9. "Il vaut mieux une petite maison dans la main, qu'un grand château dans les nuages" – 2:23
    Lyrics by: Jean-Max Rivière
    Music written by: Gérard Bourgeois
    Accompanist: John Cameron
  10. "La rue des cœurs perdus" – 2:07
    Original title: "Lonesome Town"
    Lyrics and music written by: Baker Knight
    First performed by: Ricky Nelson, 1958
    French adaptation by: Pierre Delanoë
    First performed by: Richard Anthony, 1959
    Accompanist: Arthur Greenslade
  11. "Étonnez-moi Benoît...!" – 3:03
    Lyrics by: Patrick Modiano
    Music written by: Hughes de Courson
    Accompanist: John Cameron
  12. "La mer, les étoiles et le vent" – 1:51
    Lyrics and music written by: Françoise Hardy
    Accompanist: John Cameron

Editions

[edit]

LP records: first editions in the English-speaking world

[edit]

Reissue on CD

[edit]

Notes and references

[edit]
  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Cover versions of It Hurts to Say Goodbye by Margaret Whiting | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
  3. ^ "The Jack Gold Orchestra and Chorus - "It Hurts to Say Goodbye"/"On the Rebound"". YouTube.