Françoise is a compilation album by the French popular singer Françoise Hardy. After her break with Vogue in 1969, Hardy made this album, produced by Hypopotam, her recently created record label, and distributed it through Sonopresse.[2] The first edition released in France in 1970.

Françoise
Compilation album by
Released1970 (France)
RecordedStudio CBE Paris, France
GenrePop
Length29:35
LanguageFrench, English and German
LabelSonopresse
ProducerFrançoise Hardy (Production Hypopotam[1])
Françoise Hardy chronology
Träume
(1970)
Françoise
(1970)
Françoise in Italian
(1970)
Reissue in compact disc
Japanese cover with obi (1990)

Composition of this compilation album edit

  • 2 songs in French language of the album Ma jeunesse fout le camp… (A4-B3),
  • 2 songs in French language of the album Comment te dire adieu (A5-B5),
  • 1 song in English language of the album En anglais (B1),
  • 1 song in German language of the album Träume (A1),
  • 6 last songs in French language produced by Asparagus, published on singles under label Vogue from June, 1968 at September, 1969 (A2-A3-A6-B2-B4-B6).

Track listing edit

Orchestras : Saint-Preux (A1), Jean-Pierre Sabar (A2-A3-A5-A6-B2-B4), Charles Blackwell (A4-B1-B3), John Cameron (B5) & Jean-Claude Vannier (B6).

Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Träume"Fred WeyrichMartin Böttcher3:06
2."Au fil des nuits et des journées"Françoise HardyFrançoise Hardy2:05
3."J’ai coupé le téléphone"Françoise HardyFrançoise Hardy2:02
4."Ma jeunesse fout le camp..."Guy BontempelliGuy Bontempelli3:08
5."Comment te dire adieu"Serge GainsbourgArnold Goland2:30
6."Il voyage"Françoise HardyFrançoise Hardy2:14
Total length:15:05
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Loving You"Jerry LeiberMike Stoller2:13
2."L’Heure bleue"Françoise HardyFrançoise Hardy1:49
3."Des ronds dans l’eau"Pierre BarouhRaymond Le Sénéchal2:28
4."Avec des si"Françoise HardyFrançoise Hardy3:03
5."Étonnez-moi Benoît...!"Patrick ModianoHugues de Courson2:56
6."Les Doigts dans la porte"Eddy Marnay 1:48
Total length:14:30

References edit

  1. ^ Company created by Françoise Hardy in 1970 (source : Françoise Hardy, Le désespoir des singes… et autres bagatelles, Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris, 2008, p. 108).
  2. ^ Françoise Hardy, Le désespoir des singes… et autres bagatelles, Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris, 2008, pages 107-108-109.