LES INNOCENTSDE TOUTES LES COULEURS
One of France's best kept secrets, Les Innocents were, above all, a fantastic pop band one could compare with pop era's XTC or New Zeland's Crowded House. Yes, they were that good.
Actually, it took quite some time for the band to define its trademark sound. Their first two singles in 1985 and 1987, though they sold quite well in France, were too typically 80s mainstream pop for their own good and even their debut album, though it had good songwriting, suffered from a production that didn't really gave the songs what they needed.
It all came into place with their second album, Fous à Lier, where their love for Lennon, McCartney and pop music in general finally showed the way it was supposed to. That doesn't mean Les Innocents were just copycats, something definitely French in their sound set them apart from the multitude of anglo-saxon pop formations earning them an identity unlike any other band.
All this leads to this 19 songs compilation displaying the finest of Les Innocents' repertoire. Something that, no doubt about it, will please the pop lovers from all over the world even if they don't understand the French language.
Enjoy "De Toutes les Couleurs", I'm sure it'll leave you hungry for more.
My LES INNOCENTS List
1 - Les Innocents (1999)
2 - Fous à Lier (1992)
3 - Post-Partum (1995)
4 - Cent Mètres au Paradis (1989)
RIYL:
XTC, L'Affaire Louis Trio, Crowded House
3 comments:
Bravo grands maîtres pour les innocents
ces mecs ont la classe
mille mercis
I enjoyed this, but it is not very different from "Meilleurs Souvenirs: Best of Les Innocents". Only three songs were left off, and four were added.
When a band has many best-ofs, it can be helpful to consolidate all of the best songs into one collection.
When a band has only one best-of, I prefer that an additional collection will fill in the songs that are not on the official version.
Ah, sorry, but I thought it was a their full discography, and not a made-yourself The best. It has a password, I don't know where it is.
Put the le innocents discography, it's more interesting.
But anyway you did a god work.
Thanks
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