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Sympathique

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Released
  
November 11, 1997

Label
  
Heinz Records

Length
  
47:40

Recorded
  
December 1996 – April 1997

Genre
  
Alternative pop, World, Latin, Jazz

Sympathique(1997)
  
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Sympathique is the first full-length album from the Portland, Oregon band Pink Martini. It was released on November 11, 1997 by Pink Martini's own record label, Heinz Records. It was certified gold in Greece. It sold 650,000 copies.

Contents

Lyrics

The first and second lines of the first verse and the first line of the chorus of Sympathique are taken from Guillaume Apollinaire's poem "Hôtel" from Le guetteur mélancolique. The French composer Francis Poulenc used that poem as lyrics for his 1940 composition Banalités, FP 107 : II. Hôtel.

Personnel

  • China Forbes, vocals
  • Pepe Raphael, vocals
  • Gavin Bondy, trumpet
  • Robert Taylor, trombone
  • Aaron Meyer, violin
  • David Eby, cello
  • John Wager, bass
  • Dan Faehnle, guitar
  • Maureen Love, harp
  • Doug Smith, vibes and percussion
  • Richard Rothfus, bongos, drums, and percussion
  • Brian Davis, congas, timbales & percussion
  • Derek Rieth, congas & percussion
  • Thomas Lauderdale, piano

    • "Sympathique" was used in an advert for the Citroën Xsara Picasso car.

    References

    Sympathique Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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