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Chico & The Gypsies - Chico & The Gypsies Chantent Charles Aznavour (2011)

L@ter — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:20:50 GMT

Roy Orbison - The Very Best Of Roy Orbison (2006)

L@ter — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:47:07 GMT

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Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country and western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis. His greatest success came with Monument Records between 1960 and 1964, when 22 of his songs placed on the Billboard Top Forty, including "Only the Lonely", "Crying", and "Oh, Pretty Woman". His career stagnated through the 1970s, but several covers of his songs and the use of "In Dreams" in David Lynch's Blue Velvet revived his career in the 1980s...

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Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (1969) Re-up

L@ter — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 21:41:40 GMT

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Nashville Skyline is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's ninth studio album, released by Columbia Records in April 1969. The album marked a dramatic departure for Dylan, previously known for his groundbreaking, poetic folk music and rock'n'roll. Nashville Skyline, building on a rustic style he experimented with on John Wesley Harding, displayed a complete immersion into country music. Along with the more basic themes, simple songwriting structures, and charming domestic feel, it introduced audiences to a radically new singing voice from Dylan — a soft, affected country croon. The result received mostly positive reaction from critics at the time, and was a commercial success. Reaching number 3 in the US, the album also scored Dylan his fourth UK number 1 album.

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The Bee Gees - Best of Bee Gees vol. 1 & 2 (1987)

L@ter — Sat, 07 May 2011 22:26:06 GMT

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Best of Bee Gees is the first compilation album of international hits by the Bee Gees. Brother Robin Gibb had left the group after the completion of the previous release, Odessa, and the timing was right for a compilation while the remaining brothers worked towards their next original album, Cucumber Castle. The original 1969 vinyl release included the Bee Gees' 1966 Australian top ten hit "Spicks and Specks", but due to licensing issues with Festival Records in Australia, the group's 1969 hit "Tomorrow, Tomorrow" was substituted on the Polydor CD release. The album is noted by fans for its bad stereo mix of the song "Words", which increased the vocals so much that the percussion was lost in the background. This is the only album/CD with this mix. All future compilations have the proper stereo mix which is more balanced...

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Caravan - Blind Dog At St Dunstan's (1976) RE UPLOAD

L@ter — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:41:55 GMT

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Caravan are an English band from the Canterbury area, founded by former Wilde Flowers members David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings and Richard Coughlan. Caravan rose to success over a period of several years from 1968 onwards into the 1970s as part of the Canterbury scene, blending psychedelic rock and jazz to create a distinctive sound like their contemporaries Soft Machine. Caravan still remains active as a live band in the 21st century. Canterbury Scene rock band Caravan released Blind Dog at St. Dunstan's in 1976, their 7th studio album. This album has a lighter feel than Caravan's previous releases, shifting toward shorter 'poppier' songs.

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Axelle Red - Sans plus attendre (1993)

L@ter — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:34:26 GMT

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Sans Plus Attendre is a 1993 album by the Belgian singer Axelle Red. Axelle Red (born Fabienne Demal on 15 February 1968) is a Belgian singer-songwriter. She was born at Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium, the daughter of Roland Demal, a solicitor in Hasselt and Councillor for the Flemish liberal party, Open-VLD, in the City Council. Nowadays a committed artist and a militant humanist, back in 1993 Axelle graduated from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel as a lawyer, the same year her first album Sans Plus Attendre was released which immediately resulted in her breaking in France, Switzerland, Canada and Belgium, where sales alone amounted to more than 200,000.

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Arno - Charles Ernest (2002)

L@ter — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:57:31 GMT

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Arno Hintjens (born 21 May 1949), usually referred to as Arno, is a Belgian artist born in Ostend. He was the frontman of the group TC Matic. After the band split in 1986 he went solo. Hintjens sings partly in Dutch, English, French and Ostend dialect. Famous songs include "Oh La La La !", "Putain Putain", "Je Veux Nager", "Jive To The Beat" and "Forget The Cold Sweat". In 2002 he received the title "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" (Knight in the Arts and Literature) of the French government. Wikipedia

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The Hollies - The Essential Collection (1997)

L@ter — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:09:05 GMT

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The Hollies are an English pop and rock group, formed in Manchester in the early 1960s, though most of the band members are from throughout East Lancashire. Known for their distinctive vocal harmony style, they became one of the leading British groups of the 1960s and 1970s. They enjoyed considerable popularity in many countries, although they did not achieve major US chart success until 1966. Along with The Rolling Stones and The Searchers, they are one of the few British pop groups of the early 1960s that have never officially broken up and that continue to record and perform. The Hollies were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.

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Arno - Covers Cocktail (2008)

L@ter — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:20:33 GMT

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Lynda Lemay - Du coq à l'âme (2000)

L@ter — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:38:31 GMT

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Lynda Lemay (born 25 July 1966 in Portneuf, Quebec) is a Canadian francophone singer-songwriter. After winning regional awards in 1989 she went to France where her lyrics about everyday life events, sometimes rather ironic, became almost instant classics. She regularly tours in Quebec and France, with particularly frequent appearances at the Paris Olympia.

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Maxime Le Forestier - Mon Frère (2001)

L@ter — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:20:44 GMT

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Maxime Le Forestier (born 10 February 1949 as Bruno Le Forestier) is a French singer. He was born in Paris to an English father and a French mother who had lived in England. He had two older sisters, Anne and Catherine. His musical training started on the violin. He attended the Lycée Condorcet, where he studied literature. In 1965, he formed a duo (Cat et Maxime) with his sister Catherine. Playing at cabaret venues on Paris' Left Bank, the pair met and formed a friendship with Georges Moustaki. They were amongst the first artists to cover a number of songs by Moustaki – including Ma Liberté and Ma Solitude. In 1968, Catherine joined Moustaki as a backing singer. Le Forestier began to focus on songwriting and composed Ballade pour un traître which was recorded and released by the French/Italian singer and actor, Serge Reggiani.

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Patrick Bruel - Entre-Deux (2002)

L@ter — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:24:41 GMT

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2002 album is a tribute to the songs of the 20s & 30s. Featuring Jean-Louis Aubert, Charles Aznavour, Emmanuelle Beart, Sandrine Kiberlain, Francis Carbel Danielle Darrieux, Jean Jacques Goldman, Johnny Hallyday, Kahimi Kari, Renaud, Alain Souchon, Laurent Voulzy & Zazie. Patrick Bruel (born on May 14, 1959 in Tlemcen, Algeria) is a French singer, actor, and professional poker player of Algerian Jewish descent. Although Bruel aspired to be a football (soccer) star as a youth, he decided to pursue singing after seeing Michel Sardou in 1975. His first success came as an actor, however, in 1979's Le Coup de sirocco. He continued acting in films, on television and in the theater while pursuing his singing career. His first single, "Vide" ("Empty"), released in 1982, was not a success, but the follow up, "Marre de cette nana-là" ("Fed up with that chick"), was a hit.

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Jean-Jacques Goldman - Quand la musique est bonne (1983)

L@ter — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:03:48 GMT

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Minoritaire was a 1982 album by Jean-Jacques Goldman, his second solo album sung in French. It received a platinum award in 1983 and has sold over 900,000 copies. It was recorded at the Studio Gang by Olivier do Espirito Santo and Jean-Pierre Janiaud. It was released by NEF and produced by Marc Lumbroso. Jean-Jacques Goldman (born October 11, 1951) is a Grammy Awards-winning French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and since 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French living pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday...

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Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It (2008)

L@ter — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 10:22:11 GMT

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The Way I See It is the third studio album by American musician Raphael Saadiq, released September 16, 2008 on Columbia Records in the United States. It was also released April 2009 in the United Kingdom. The album debuted at number 19 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 23,000 copies in its first week. Upon its release, The Way I See It received generally positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 79/100 from Metacritic. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, losing to Jennifer Hudson's self-titled debut album at the 51st Grammy Awards...

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Florent Pagny - Baryton (2004)

L@ter — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:13:48 GMT

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Florent Pagny (b. 6 November 1961 in Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire) is a French musician. He has also acted in many French films. He records work in French, Italian, Spanish and English, and his greatest hits include "N'importe quoi", "Savoir aimer", "Ma Liberté de penser" (all three were #1 in France) and "Caruso" (#2 in France). As of 2008, he has sold 4,268,980 copies of singles, 7,273,606 copies of albums and total over 11,542,586 copies of records in France, he was the 25th best selling artist in France from 1955 to 2008. more ...

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Patrick Bruel - Alors Regarde (1990)

L@ter — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:43:10 GMT

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Patrick Bruel (born on May 14, 1959 in Tlemcen, Algeria) is a French singer, actor, and professional poker player of Algerian Jewish descent. Although Bruel aspired to be a football (soccer) star as a youth, he decided to pursue singing after seeing Michel Sardou in 1975. His first success came as an actor, however, in 1979's Le Coup de sirocco. He continued acting in films, on television and in the theater while pursuing his singing career. His first single, "Vide" ("Empty"), released in 1982, was not a success, but the follow up, "Marre de cette nana-là" ("Fed up with that chick"), was a hit. more...

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Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)

L@ter — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 23:02:29 GMT

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Desire is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 17th studio album, released by Columbia Records in January 1976. It is one of Dylan's most collaborative efforts, featuring the same caravan of musicians as the acclaimed Rolling Thunder Revue tours the previous year (later documented on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5); many of the songs also featured backing vocals by Emmylou Harris. Most of the album was co-written by Jacques Levy, and is composed of lengthy story-songs, two of which quickly generated controversy: the over-11-minute long "Joey", which is seen as glorifying the violent gangster "Crazy Joey" Gallo, and "Hurricane", the opening track that tells a passionate account of the murder case against boxer Rubin Carter, whom the song asserts was framed. Carter was released in 1985, after a judge overturned his conviction on appeal.

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Renaud - Boucan d'enfer (2002)

L@ter — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:40:01 GMT

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Boucan d'enfer is a studio album from French artist Renaud. It was released in 2002 and published by Virgin Records. It was Renaud's first production with original material since 1994's À la belle de mai. It marked Renaud's comeback to the musical scene after years of alcoholism. Some of the songs thus refer to this period, especially the first track, Docteur Renaud, Mister Renard which opposes the good and the bad sides of the past and present Renaud in an obvious parody of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde. The track was released as a single and proved a minor success hitting number 25 on the French charts. His separation from his wife is also very present in the lyrics, but the usual social themes haven't been left out either. Petit pédé is the story of a homosexual who left his country town after his coming out. But the song Manhattan-Kaboul, a duet with Belgian Axelle Red...

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Jean-Jacques Goldman - En Passant (1997)

L@ter — Sun, 29 May 2011 15:24:55 GMT

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En passant is a 1997 album recorded by French singer-songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman. The CD was produced between April and August 1997 in collaboration with Erick Benzi at the Kevin Mobile, Mega and Gimmick studios, and was released on the Columbia/Sony BMG record label on 26 August 1997. Born in Paris to an immigrant Polish Jewish father, Alter Mojze Goldman and a German Jewish mother, Ruth Ambrunn, Goldman was the third of four children. As a child, he began his music studies on the violin, then the piano. In 1968, he abandoned his classical music studies for "American Rock & Roll" as well as folk music, emphasizing the guitar. He also earned a business degree from the École Des Hautes Études Commerciales, commonly known as EDHEC, in Lille...

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Alain Souchon - La Vie Théodore (2005)

L@ter — Sat, 21 May 2011 11:26:21 GMT

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La Vie Théodore is a 2005 album recorded by French singer Alain Souchon. It was his eleventh studio album and was released on 2 September 2005. It achieved smash success in France where it remained for 66 weeks in the top 200, including two weeks at the top. It was also successful in Belgium (Wallonia) (#1) and hit a moderate success in Switzerland (#3). It provided two singles : "Et si en plus y'a personne" (#19 in France, #12 in Belgium) and "La Vie Théodore" (#68 in France). The album was almost entirely written by the singer himself, while the musics were composed by Laurent Voulzy and Souchon's son, Pierre Souchon, according to the songs. The album's name is a tribute to Théodore Monod.

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