Released 1991 Osez Joséphine
(1991) Tour Novice
(1992) Release date 1991 Label Barclay | Length 38:33 Artist Alain Bashung Producer Marc Antoine | |
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Recorded July 1991 (Memphis, Paris), August–September 1991 (Brussels)
At Ardent Studios, Memphis (1 through 5, 7, 9); At Studios Plus XXX, Paris (3, 5, 7, 10); At Studio ICP, Brussels (1 through 11)
Mixed at Studio ICP, Brussels Genres Rock music in France, Alternative rock, Americana, Roots rock Similar Alain Bashung albums, Rock music in France albums | ||
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Osez Joséphine (Dare Joséphine) is the eighth studio album by French rocker Alain Bashung, issued in 1991 on Barclay Records. Rolling Stone magazine considered it the greatest French album of all time.
Contents
Commercial performance
The singles "Osez Joséphine", "Volutes" and "Madame rêve" ("Madame dreams") were successful, as was the album which peaked at 14th on the French charts. With this album, Bashung broke into the mainstream. The album sold 300,000 albums rather quickly for a French album at the time.
Critical reception
In 2010, the French edition of Rolling Stone magazine gave this album the top spot of their list of the greatest French rock albums (out of 100). The album is included in the book La discothèque parfaite de l'odyssée du rock by Gilles Verlant, who calls Madame rêve, Osez Joséphine and Volutes "new classics from his repertoire" and the guitar riff by Sonny Landreth on Osez Joséphine "historical".
Legacy
In 2016, Australian psychedelic rock artist Nicholas Allbrook conceived his video for his single "A Fool There Was" (from his album Pure Gardiya) as a tribute to the video for the title track of Osez Joséphine.
Musicians
Production
Songs
1J'écume3:43
2Volutes3:24
3Happe3:05