Au nord de notre vie (In the North of Our Lives) is an album by CANO, released in 1977.[1][2] It was the band's second album and its last with founding member André Paiement.
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| Released | 1977 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 45:24 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Don Oriolo | |||
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The album's centrepiece track was a suite of three poems by writer Robert Dickson, including the poem that gave the album its title.[2]
The 1980 National Film Board documentary, Cano - notes sur une expérience collective, documents the recording of this album and highlights each member in the studio.[3][4]
Track listing
edit- "Che-Zeebe" (3:33) - (Rachel Paiement, Marcel Aymar)
- "Automne" (4:37) - (Aymar)
- "À la poursuite du nord (Suite)" (10:55)
(a) "Au nord de notre vie" - (Robert Dickson, Michel Kendel, A. Paiement, R. Paiement)
(b) "En mouvement" - (Robert Dickson, J. Doerr, R. Paiement)
(c) "Viens suivre" - (Dickson, David Burt) - "La Première fois" (4:41) - (A. Paiement)
- "Mon pays" (12:10) - (A. Paiement, Burt, Kendel, John Doerr, Wasyl Kohut)
- "Frère Jacques" (3:22) - (trad. arr. Burt)
- "Spirit of the North" (5:59) - (Kohut)
Personnel
edit- Marcel Aymar - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
- David C. Burt - electric guitar, vocals
- Michel Dasti - percussion
- John Doerr - electric bass, synthesizer
- Michel Kendel - piano, synthesizer, vocals
- Wasyl Kohut - violins
- Rachel Paiement - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
- André Paiement vocals, acoustic guitar, electric bass, percussion
- Kim Deschamps - dobro
- Monique Paiement - flute, vocals
- Matt Zimbel - percussion
- Alison Reynolds - cello
- Rick Francis - guitar
- Don Oriolo - producer
- Ed Stasium - recording engineer
References
edit- ^ CANO (1977). "Au nord de notre vie". Discogs. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ a b Jacques Paquin, Nouveaux territoires de la poésie francophone au Canada 1970-2000.University of Ottawa Press, 2012. ISBN 9782760319905. p. 212.
- ^ "CANO, Notes on a Collective Experience". National Film Board of Canada. 1979. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ Ménard, Jacques (1979). "Sur film; Cano : notes sur une expérience collective". Liaison. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
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