Ces Gens-Là

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Ces gens-là
Ces Gens-Là.jpg
Studio album by
Jacques Brel
Released1966
Recorded7 January 1964 –
6 November 1965
StudioStudios Barclay-Hoche Enregistrements, Paris
GenreChanson
Length49 minutes
LabelBarclay/Universal
Jacques Brel chronology
Les Bonbons
(1966) 		Ces gens-là
(1966) 		Jacques Brel 67
(1967)

Ces gens-là (English: Those people) is the ninth studio album by Jacques Brel. Also known as Jef, it was released in 1966 by Barclay (80323). The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Ces Gens-Là as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons by Barclay (980 817-2).[1][2]

Track listing[]

Track Title Translation Composer Recorded
1 "" Those people Jacques Brel 1965-11-06
2 "Jef" Jef Jacques Brel 1964-01-08
3 "La chanson de Jacky" The song of Jacky Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1965-11-02
4 "Les Bergers" The shepherds Jacques Brel 1964-01-07
5 "Le Tango funèbre" The funeral tango Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1964-03-07
6 "Fernand" Fernand Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1965-11-06
7 "Mathilde" Mathilde Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1964-01-09
8 "L'Âge idiot" Coming of age Jacques Brel 1965-11-02
9 "Grand-mère" Grandmother Jacques Brel 1965-11-03
10 "Les Désespérés" The desperate Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1965-11-06
11 "Mijn vlakke land (Le Plat Pays)" The flat country Jacques Brel 1963-01-08
12 "Rosa (in Flemish)" Rosa Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1963-01-08
13 "De burgerij (Les bourgeois)" The middle class Jacques Brel, Jean Corti 1963-01-08
14 "De nuttelozen van de nacht (Les paumés du petit matin)" The lost ones of the morning Jacques Brel, François Rauber 1963-01-08[3]
  • Tracks 1–10 constituted the original 1966 album.
  • Tracks 11–14 were originally issued on EP Barclay 70907 EP 45, of which the orchestral sessions were recorded on 8 January 1963, with separate vocals by Brel added later. These tracks do not belong to the original album 'Ces Gens-là' but were added when it was reissued as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons.

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Discogs "Ces Gens-Là" Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Discography". Archived from Editions Jacques Brel the original Check |url= value (help) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Discography". Archived from Editions Jacques Brel the original Check |url= value (help) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
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