Search - Alain Souchon :: 100 Chansons

Good overview of his career

Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com | ...in Middle America | 03/10/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Alain Souchon

"100 Chansons"

(EMI-France, 2007)

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This 5-CD set is a good overview of the career of French pop songwriter Alain Souchon, with tracks from his 1974 debut, all the way through his more modern work in 2005-07. The folk-tinged rock of the 'Seventies gives way to synthy 1980s new wave (which is dreadful) and then to his more subtle, more contemplative work in the 1990s and afterwards. This collection is well-packaged, at least for those of us who don't want a lot of shelf space eaten up by CDs: the five slim-lined discs fit into a modest cardboard shell that take up scarcely more space than a standard 2-CD set. It includes almost all the songs on two of his best later albums -- 1993's "C'est Deja Ca" and 1999's "Au Ras Des Paquerettes" -- and while you could just track those down alone, it is nice getting the full historical perspective. Worth picking up if you are curious about this artist. (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue Guide To World Music)"