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01. CLOTHILDE - Fallait pas ecraser la queue du chat
02. CLOTHILDE - Je t'ai voulu et je t'ai bien eu
03. CLOTHILDE - La chanson bete et mechante
04. CLOTHILDE - Le boa
05. CLOTHILDE - Saperlipopette
06. CLOTHILDE - La ballade du bossu
07. CLOTHILDE - 102 - 103
08. CLOTHILDE - La verite toute la verite
09. CLOTHILDE - Des garãons faciles (feat. Les Charlots)
10. CLOTHILDE - A ora sos'e
11. CLOTHILDE - Qualcosa che non va
ARTIST
TITLE
Queen of the French Swinging Mademoiselle 1967
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
BORNBAD 047LP BORNBAD 047LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
4/16/2013

2023 repress; LP version. Comes with a four-page insert. Clothilde, queen of the "Swingin' Mademoiselles." Why Clothilde? Why not that more star-worthy, internationally-acclaimed Françoise Hardy, or the more akin to the sub-genre, France Gall? Because she's the most characteristic, archtypical French mademoiselle, that's why! Christine Pilzer, even Jacqueline Taïeb before her, both may have been rediscovered first in this style unique to French '60s pop, and Stella also may have been the most out and out "anti-ye-ye" with her slightly anti-establishment and derisive lyrics countering the pop system and establishment, but Cleo's all about text, not that much as a whole production. As such, Clothilde takes the crown. Not only has Clothilde the most natural (albeit unknowingly) disposition as a chanteuse, singing such subversive lyrics with as much second degree detachment as possible but also, the music itself is highly original: inventive arrangements including French horn, musical saw, church bells, barrel organ, marimba, brass fiddle, woodwinds, and busy fuzz guitar amidst all that slapstick comedy-like audio bric-à-brac. Almost avant-garde in concept, it was imagined and produced by Clothilde's impresario, manager and indeed creator, legendary Disques Vogue A.D. Germinal Tenas. This could've only come out of France.