Producers: Hal Cragin
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EveryDisc · 4.0 / 5 · · 2018-05-04 11:28:16
I have always believed that to make a good cover album, one needs to take good compositions and make such arrangements for them as to not repeat the original, but at the same time not spoil it. Iggy in 2012 managed that almost perfectly. Compositions of varying degrees of fame in the global understanding, but definitely very popular at the level of their original performers, sounded fresh and interesting. I didn't really like the version of Serge Gainsbourg's La Javanaise, but I think the reason is that I am too big a fan of Serge himself, so covering his compositions doesn't make sense to me. Especially magnificent are Dassin's Et si tu n’existais pas, Georges Brassens's Les Passantes, Edith Piaf's La Vie en rose and Yoko Ono's I’m Going Away Smiling. Honestly, the French part of the album surpassed the English one in general. The timbre of the 65-year-old Iggy fit perfectly on the French lyrics. The result was a combination that was as soulful as possible. This is a pensive album of reflections. So pour yourself a glass of French wine and 36 minutes will not be wasted.
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