Confessions publiques (Public confessions) is the third live album by French rocker Alain Bashung, issued in 1995 on Barclay Records. A live video album of the same name, recorded on the 3rd and 4 October 1995 at the Chabada in Angers was also released on VHS and DVD on PolyGram Video.[1][2][3]

Confessions publiques
Live album by
Released1995
GenreFrench rock, Alternative rock
LabelBarclay Records, Universal Music Group
Alain Bashung chronology
Chatterton
(1994)
Confessions publiques
(1995)
Fantaisie militaire
(1998)

Reception

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French magazine Les Inrocks wrote positively about the album, claiming that it's "a live album on which the songs loosen their ties and take back their freedom", and conclude that the album is an "elegant stopgap in a sometimes wind-broken discography".[4]

Track listing

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CD 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Les Grands Voyageurs"Laurent Petitgand / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:14
2."Un âne plane"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:24
3."À Ostende"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:26
4."Elvire"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:55
5."J'écume"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:50
6."Osez Joséphine"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:24
7."À perte de vue"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung5:07
8."Étrange été"Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:28
9."Les lendemains qui tuent"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung2:34
10."J'avais un pense-bête"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:51
11."Les Petits Enfants"Daniel Tardieu - Alain Bashung0:49
12."Martine boude"Alain Bashung / Serge Gainsbourg - Alain Bashung4:21
13."Bombez !"Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:10
14."L'Apiculteur"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung7:47
CD 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Volutes"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:40
2."Danse d'ici"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:44
3."Après d'âpres hostilités"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:14
4."Vertige de l'amour"Boris Bergman - Alain Bashung3:00
5."Ma petite entreprise"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:04
6."Madame rêve"Pierre Grillet - Alain Bashung5:13
7."Happe"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:08
8."J'passe pour une caravane"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:26
9."Gaby oh Gaby"Boris Bergman - Alain Bashung3:55
10."Rebel"Boris Bergman - Alain Bashung4:10
11."Toujours sur la ligne blanche"Boris Bergman - Alain Bashung4:48
12."Bijou, bijou"Daniel Tardieu / Boris Bergman - Alain Bashung5:54

References

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  1. ^ "Je me sens plein d'une énergie bizarre". Libération. 13 December 1995. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  2. ^ Diego Lagaute (17 April 2004). "Confessions publiques". Foutraque. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  3. ^ Frédéric Fahy (March 24, 2011). "Alain Bashung : Confessions publiques". WAXX Music. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  4. ^ Chauveau, Sylvain. "Alain Bashung - Confessions publiques". Les Inrocks. Retrieved 8 September 2016.