Negatif

Artist: Benjamin Biolay
Label: EMI
Category: Music

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Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 724358099928
EAN: 0724358099928
ASIN: B00008LNZU

Release Date: 2003-04-08

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Tracks:

Billy Bob a Raison
Pénombre de Pays-Bas
Hors la Vie
Nuits Blanches
Chaise À Tokyo
Je Ne T'Ai Pas Aimé
Little Darlin'
De Lendemains Qui Chantent
Chère Inconnue
Glory Hole
Vanité
Négative Folk Song
Boîte À Musique
Nega Tif
Exsangue

Tracks:

Dérive des Continents
Dernier Souper au Château
Insulaires
Chambre 7
Holland Spring
Bain de Sang
Billy Bob a Toujours Raison

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Customer Reviews:

Evocative.......2006-02-21

Benjamins sexy whispering evokes dark romantic French bars filled with the smoke from Gauloise and heady red wine.....very sexy and extremely French, wonderful!

Double CD of this incessant whispering.......2005-06-21

Is it just me or what? Biolay is a good song writer and the lyrics are interesting and cute. THIS INCESSANT WHISPERING VOICE with the hissssing s's which manages nevertheless to overpower the good background instrumentation is enough to drive me crazy. Was everyone asleep in the sound booth? Doesn't Biolay listen to his own stuff? Can't he hear the obviously bad mixing? Rose Kennedy and A L'Origine were tolerable from this angle. I just want to warn off others that can only take so much "chuchottement". As for a comparison elsewhere with Gainsbourg, what a joke.

Chic French Singer, some perfect songs.......2005-03-18

This is a double CD by the singer/songwriter Benjamin Biolay. First, I'd like to say that I do speak French, so that makes a big difference in not just understanding the songs, but participating in the kinds of references that are being made here. It would still work as a soundtrack-y, slightly eroticized backdrop for the mind.

This is a "style" record, in the sense that it is quite cinematic and its influences and aspirations are pretty transparent. It has that Gainsbourgness, with less intoxication, more distance, and a frenchness that is sweet, if stand off-ish. This record also has a tinge of the erotic and it is moody and elegant. He is married to Chiara Mastroianni, who is in some of the songs. The arrangements are quite simple; it is almost a story of a cinematic (French-style) love affair, mixed with the nostalgic.

If you are looking for French stuff (contemporary) please get the Bertrand Burgalat record, which is really great, and the music is richer, more complex.

Negatif.......2004-02-19

I found the cd's 'interesting'. He features such a wide eclectic mix of songs: folky, jazzy, swank, electronica. So points for that. It is very unique.

I did find it difficult to get into because of the language barrier though. Also some of the songs are downright sleep-inducing-slow (maybe that's what he's going for).

I would've liked to see this cut down to one tight compact single disc because there are some good cuts on there. It's just not as tremendous as I was expecting it to be.

Pick this one up if you're into odd, different, eclectic music or French music in general. Just don't pay full Import price - it's available for cheaper on other sites.

Amazing!.......2004-01-13

First of all, his voice will leave you breathless, this cd is so diverse and exciting and he sings nonchalantly, which makes it all even better, and it doesn't hurt that he looks rather like Benicio Del Toro, but that's just my personal opinion. Also, check out the video for Chaise a Tokyo.

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