Francoiz Breut

Francoiz Breut Artist: Francoiz Breut
Label: EMI Int'l
Category: Music


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Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724384451622
EAN: 0724384451622
ASIN: B00003IQLT


Release Date: 2000-10-19

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Tracks:

  1. Tarifa
  2. Ma Colere
  3. Rue Ne Te Reprendra Pas
  4. Everyone Kisses A Strange
  5. Femme Sans Histoire
  6. Nord
  7. Motus
  8. Don D'ubiquite
  9. Apres La Nuit
  10. My Wedding Man

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars french chanteuse.......2005-08-28

I found this cd used for only a few dollars at a local record store and bought it on impulse thinking it would be another Ye-Ye record. It's not. Francoiz Breut sings in a soft voice that sometimes is barely a whisper. The music has a dark trip-hop vibe to it incorporating elements of dub, folk, and electronica. French superstar Dominique A. wrote the majority of songs, plays most of the instruments, and sings on one song. An indispensable part of my record collection...

4 out of 5 stars like.......2005-04-28

ooh , I like her. Nice clear voice and she does not whisper. One thing that bothered me though is she sounds like she is speaking not singing. I love the melodies of each song.

5 out of 5 stars Francoiz Breut's Seductive and Stylish French Pop.......2005-02-07

Francoiz Breut's music in firmly rooted the stylish French pop tradition of Jane Birkin and Francois Hardy. The dense atomospheric musical arrangements chart the same musical terrain of classic sixties producers like Serge Gainsbourg, Lee Hazelwood, and even Brian Wilson. In contrast to the voluptuous arrangements is Francoiz's airy vocal presence. Her voice is so light it floats above the music weaving a spell of hypnotic seduction.

Cherbourg native Francoiz Breut has the mysterious aura of the beautiful Gallic muse in the tradition of Jeanne Moreau.
Her elusive persona is as much what she is not; as what she is...Or as Nico so aptly put it,"I am your mirror"; a paradoxical reflection of both desire and detachment. Her vocals are at once; deeply wounded, icy, intimately playful and breathlessly passionate. This CD, Francoiz Breut's 2000 self titled debut, along with her 2001 cult favorite "Vingt a Trente: Mille Jours" are both recommended as overlooked masterpieces by a singer who personfies style and orginality, in a world of by-the-numbers, artless pop music. Those who appreciate the brooding chanteuse persona of singers Nico, Marianne Faithfull or Portishead's Beth Gibbons will find Francoiz Breut's music to be a revelation.

4 out of 5 stars fresh.......2004-04-23

after reading the reviews i ordered.... i'm giving it 4 stars, but I've only listened to it 2 times. i'm a big fan of the romantic scratchy vintage 30-40's french tunes, this was a leap into new music for me, however with a few more listens, I may retract the 4 stars and give francioz all 5. her sound is fresh.

5 out of 5 stars Ten stars, really!.......2002-09-08

WOW. One of the most striking, alluring, atmospheric, jazzy, sexy French albums you're likely to hear. When this came out in 1996, I was DJ-ing on a local noncommercial station & whenever I would play it, a dozen people would call to ask "wow! what is this!?" If you are looking for a truly enchanting, truly different-sounding record to groove out on, give this a try. This features smoky, Marianne Faithfull-style vocals swathed in a cloak of dreamy, somewhat foreboding arrangements not unlike Marc Ribot-era Tom Waits, or (dare I say it?) the Cowboy Junkies... Highly recommnended! (PS - you might also check out her boyfriend and musical partner, Dominique A, who also has several good albums out, and who co-produced this album... two of the best, most original French rock artists of the 1990s...)

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