Chatterton is the ninth studio album by French rocker Alain Bashung, issued in 1994 on Barclay Records.

Chatterton
Studio album by
Released1994
RecordedICP Studio, Brussels
GenreFrench rock, Alternative country, Alternative rock
LabelBarclay, Universal Music Group
ProducerPhil Delire, Alain Bashung, Djoum, Marc Thonon
Alain Bashung chronology
Réservé aux indiens
(1993)
Chatterton
(1994)
Confessions publiques
(1995)

Production

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The music melt the use of pedal steel guitar with synths, for instance on "J'passe pour une caravane" ("They mistake me for a caravan"), and the style was dubbed "country new age" by Bashung himself. The most well-known track on the album in France is "Ma petite entreprise" ("My little business") which was popularized when it was used as the theme song to the movie My Little Business by Pierre Jolivet in 1999.

Reception

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Critical reception

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In 2010, the French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 40th greatest French rock album (out of 100).[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."À perte de vue"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung5:07
2."Que n'ai-je"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:55
3."Ma petite entreprise"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:11
4."Elvire"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:19
5."Un âne plane"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:56
6."Après d'âpres hostilités"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:24
7."J'avais un pense-bête"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:26
8."J'passe pour une caravane"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:42
9."Danse d'ici"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:05
10."À Ostende"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:02
11."L'Apiculteur"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:37
12."J'ai longtemps contemplé"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque3:56

Personnel

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Musicians

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Production

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  • Alain Bashung: production
  • Djoum: recording, mixing (4, 12), production
  • Phil Delire: recording (1 à 11), mixing (1 à 3, 5 à 11), production
  • Michel Diericks: recording (3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12)
  • Marc Thonon: executive production
  • Jean-Baptiste Mondino: photos
  • Huart / Cholley: graphism[2]

References

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  1. ^ Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN 1764-1071
  2. ^ a b Chatterton (album booklet). Alain Bashung. Barclay Records. 1994. 523 111-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)