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Des Visages des Figures

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Released
  
11 September 2001

Label
  
Barclay Records

Release date
  
11 September 2001

Length
  
68:52

Artist
  
Noir Désir

Genre
  
Rock music

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des Visages des Figures(2001)
  
Noir Désir en public(2005)

Producers
  
Nick Sansano, Akosh Szelevényi

Nominations
  
NRJ Music Award for Francophone Album of the Year

Similar
  
Noir Désir albums, Rock music albums

des Visages des Figures is an album by French rock band Noir Désir. It was released in France and other European countries on 11 September 2001. Manu Chao plays the guitar in "Le vent nous portera", among numerous musicians participating in the album. All music was composed by Noir Désir, where not otherwise specified. Lyrics are by Bertrand Cantat, where not otherwise specified.

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The group received five Victoires de la Musique award nominations for the album, winning both Best Rock Album of the Year for 2001 and Music Video of the Year for "Le vent nous portera." The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 60th greatest French rock album (out of 100).

Track listing

All tracks by Noir Désir

  1. "L'enfant roi" – 6:03
  2. "Le grand incendie" – 4:36
  3. "Le vent nous portera" – 4:48
  4. "Des armes" – 2:48 - Lyrics: poem by Léo Ferré
  5. "L'appartement" – 4:11
  6. "Des visages des figures" – 5:14
  7. "Son style 1" – 2:06
  8. "Son style 2" – 2:31
  9. "À l'envers à l'endroit" – 4:07
  10. "Lost" – 3:23
  11. "Bouquet de nerfs" – 5:13
  12. "L'Europe" – 23:44 - Lyrics by Cantat, Brigitte Fontaine - Music by Noir Désir and Akosh Szelevényi

produced by Nick Sansano, Noir Désir, Jean Lamoot, and Akosh Szelevényi.

Personnel

  • Jerome Albertini – photography
  • Denis Barthe – percussion, drums, tambourine, xylophone, sampling, vibraphone, electronic percussion, crotale, backing vocals
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Bertrand Cantat – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, guitar, harmonica, percussion, piano, trumpet, voices, didjeridoo, chant
  • Manu Chao – guitar
  • Bob "Stiv" Coke – tambourine, voices, gardon
  • Romain Humeau – arranger
  • Jean Lamoot – production
  • Michelle Lewis – backing vocals
  • Noir Désir – production
  • Jean Paul Roy – synthesizer, bass, synthesizer bass, backing vocals
  • Nick Sansano – clavier, realization
  • Lajos Somlosi – photography
  • Akosh Szelevenyi – bass, clarinet, sax (soprano), sax (tenor), kalimba, kaval, realization, sifflet
  • Serge Teyssot-Gay – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, guitar, sampling, backing vocals

    • Songs

    1L'Enfant roi6:04
    2Le Grand Incendie4:37
    3Le vent nous portera4:47

    References

    Des Visages des Figures Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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