Francoise Hardy - Triple Best Of [2009] (3 x CD's)

FRANCOISE HARDY

Francoise Hardy - Triple Best Of [2009] (3 x CD's)

Françoise Madeleine Hardy is a French singer-songwriter. She made her musical debut in the early 1960s on Disques Vogue and found immediate success with her song "Tous les garçons et les filles". As a leading figure of the yé-yé movement, Hardy "found herself at the very forefront of the French music scene" and became "France's most exportable female singing star", recording in various languages, appearing in movies, touring throughout Europe, and gaining plaudits from musicians such as Bob Dylan, Miles Davis and Mick Jagger. With the aid of photographer Jean-Marie Périer, Hardy began modeling and soon became a popular fashion icon as well. 

As the yé-yé era drew to a close in the late 1960s, Hardy sought to reinvent herself, casting off the fashionable, girl-next-door image that Périer had created for her and abandoning the "cute" and catchy compositions that had characterized her repertoire up to that point. She began working with more accomplished songwriters such as Serge Gainsbourg and Patrick Modiano. Her 1971 album La question represented an important turning point in her career, moving towards a more mature style; it remains her most acclaimed work and has generated a dedicated cult following over the years. The early 1970s also marked the beginning of Hardy's renowned involvement with astrology, becoming an expert and writer on the subject over the years.  Hardy remains a popular figure in music and fashion and is considered an icon of French pop and of the 1960s. The singer is also considered a gay icon and has "repeatedly declared that her most devoted friends and fans are gay". Several of her songs and albums have appeared in critics' lists (Wikipedia)

This 2009 Compilation from France is a very wonderful set of 3 CDs, for some, it's old memories, for some new discoveries. 

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Track lists

CD1

01 Amours toujours, tendresse, caresses (feat. Jacques Dutronc) 3:01

02 La rue du babouin (feat. Maurane) 3:14

03 Des lendemains qui chantent (feat. Benjamin Biolay) 4:05

04 Soleil (feat. Alain Souchon) 3:46

05 Le fou de la reine (feat. Henri Salvador) 4:03

06 Modern Style (feat. Alain Delon) 3:35

07 Tant de belles choses... 4:05

08 Jardinier benevole 4:05

09 La folie ordinaire 2:32

10 Tous mes souvenirs me tuent 3:51

11 Clair-obscur 4:18

12 Celui que tu veux (feat. Oi) 3:40

13 Contre vents et marees (Theme From a Movie That Never Happened) 3:24

14 Puisque vous partez en voyage (feat. Jacques Dutronc) 3:46

15 So Sad 3:34

16 I'll Be Seeing You (feat. Iggy Pop) 4:05

17 Jeanne 4:24

18 Contre-jour 3:40

19 Le danger 3:33

CD2

01 Mode d'emploi ? 3:50

02 Les madeleines 3:58

03 To the End 3:51

04 Branche cassee 3:09

05 Si c'est vraiment vraiment vrai 3:24

06 Occupe 3:07

07 Hallucinogene 2:56

08 Chanson sur toi et nous 4:17

09 Fatiguee 2:17

10 Flashbacks 3:44

11 L'impasse 2:34

12 Que tu m'enterres 4:06

13 Cafard 2:45

14 Et si je m'en vais avant toi 2:56

15 Prisons 2:39

16 Until It's Time for You to Go 3:01

17 Ou est-il ? 3:37

18 Chanson d'O 3:16

19 La maison 2:45

CD3

01 La question 3:02

02 Doigts 1:45

03 Reve 3:02

04 T'es pas poli (feat. Patrick Dewaere) 1:57

05 Let My Name Be Sorrow 3:08

06 Le martien 2:48

07 Tu ressembles a tous ceux qui ont eu du chagrin 2:03

08 Point 2:47

09 Soleil 3:45

10 Un petit sourire un petit mot 2:46

11 J'ai coupe le telephone 2:00

12 L'heure bleue 1:47

13 A quoi ca sert 3:30

14 Comment te dire adieu (It Hurts to Say Goodbye) 2:26

15 Mon amour adieu 2:25

16 J'ai fait de lui un reve 3:15

17 L'anamour 2:13

18 Ou va la chance 3:14

19 Des ronds dans l'eau 2:25

20 Ma jeunesse fout le camp 3:07

21 Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux 2:25

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