WILLIAM SHELLER (ABO #234)

WILLIAM SHELLER
UN HOMME HEUREUX

This could have been a greatest hits but that wouldn't have honored Sheller's work fairly. So, I chose to mix old & new, live and studio, bombastic and intimate. William's work is diverse and versatile enough so that 10 people would do 10 different tracklists while trying to achieve just the same goal: pay of worthy tribute to one of France's most talented artists.
From piano ballads to fierce rockers and preciously-crafted orchestral epics, Sheller, a classicaly trained musician, managed it all with wit and talent. Those 44 songs are my favourites of the artist's catalogue and make, in my humble opinion, a honest and entertaining introduction to
the man's work. Those who like The Beatles, XTC, The Moody Blues, early-Billy Joel or Elton John's early works should really check this one but, even if you're not a pop-addict, William has enough depths to move you (see "La Navale" or "Guernesey) or to rock your ass off ("Excalibur" and "Les Enfants Sauvages"). Plus, that French chanson "je ne sais quoi" definitely gives Sheller an edge, a "uniqueness" anglo-saxon artists don't really have, not in the way a cultured American/French Sheller does.
I guess all you have to do now is...Enjoy!
(this baistophe includes a 16 pages booklet with the lyrics of the songs)

My WILLIAM SHELLER Top 3
1 - Univers (1987)
2 - Ailleurs (1989)
3 - Les Machines Absurdes (2000)

My WILLIAM SHELLER Bottom 3
1 - Rock'n'Dollars (1976)
2 - Symphoman (1977)
3 - Nicolas (1980)

My WILLIAM SHELLER Live Top 3
1 - Olympiade (1995)
2 - Olympia 82 (1982)
3 - Sheller en Solitaire (1991)