Track Listing

1. La Mer
2. Que Reste-T'il De Nos Amours?
3. Le Temps Des Cerises
4. Debit De L'eau, Debit De Lait
5. Bonsoir Jolie Madame
6. Un Rien Me Fait Chanter
7. Swing Troubadour
8. Le Romance De Paris
9. Verlaine
10. Jardin Du Mois De Mai
11. Menilmontant
12. Le Soleil Et La Lune
13. Vous Oubliez Votre Cheval
14. J'ai Ta Main
15. Boum!...
16. Y'a D'la Joie
17. Fleur Bleue
18. Je Chante

Product Details

• Released on: 1997-08-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Import, Best of
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

From Amazon.com
Charles Trenet captivated the French public as a very young man and, like Edith Piaf, buoyed his listeners through some of the darkest days of modern French history. A prolific and highly literate wordsmith, he was also ahead of his time musically, employing advanced harmonies in his dozens of compositions. Proud of his reputation as a singing fool, Trenet attacked every performance with a lighthearted intensity that conveyed a sense of wild abandon. "Le Soleil a Rendez-Vous Avec le Lune" on this disc is a characteristic example of this "swinging troubadour" approach. "Que Reste-t-il de Nos Amours," in contrast, shows his ability to employ modern chord progressions to evoke a more sentimental mood. Even here, however, Trenet's natural exuberance breaks into the pensive mood of his nostalgia over a lost love. "La Mer," "Bon Soir, Jolie Madame," and the other tunes on this single disc expose other facets of his wide-ranging repertoire. --Ed Killham