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Coralie ClÃ?Â©ment
Toystore
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. L´effet Jokari
2. C´est la Vie
3. Share the Day
4. Le Baiser Permanent
5. Je Ne Sens Plus Ton Amour (feat. Etienne Daho)
6. Sono lo
7. On Etait Bien
8. Houlala
9. Reine des Pommes
10. Paris Dix Heures du Soir
11. So Long Babylone
12. Tu Seras á Moi
13. Les Sollicitations (Bonus Track)

CD Details

All Artists: Coralie ClÃ?Â©ment
Title: Toystore
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Compass Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2009
Re-Release Date: 5/19/2009
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop
Styles: Europe, Continental Europe, Euro Pop, French Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 766397451022

Synopsis

Product Description

Coralie Clément, the tri-lingual french pop singer (she records in French, English, and Italian), took a playful approach on her third album, Toystore. Backed by a montage of toy instruments (ukulele, pennywhistle, pocket comet, alto half-violin, slide-flute, Melodica, maracas, shaker, xylophone, baby Farfisa) Clément's breathy, enticing voice is appropriately and amusingly disconcerting when singing lyrics such as: 'That's the life, that's the life we lead. Sedatives and cafe creme' on 'C'est la vie'.

'This record came as naturally as my first album,' she says. 'It was as if I was guided by a film director.' Clément's expressive vocals are a perfect fit for film, something a growing number of directors are learning. Her songs have already been used in films; like L'Idole (2002), Something's Gotta Give (2003) with Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton, as well as in an episode of The L Word. Already a fan favorite in Japan, Germany, and Italy, Clement is now set to take over the rest of the world.

CD Reviews

Witty, imtimate...Coralie and Biolay at their best!

Sound/Word Enthusiast | Rhode Island, USA | 05/19/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"...this is Coralie Clement's third record that I am aware of, and it has quickly become my favorite of hers. The more detached, lush soundscapes of her previous disks has been replaced with a starker, more personal sound that is at once playful and sincere.

It should be mentioned that Clement is the sister of French pop wonder Benjamin Biolay, and he wrote most of this record, and played all the instruments...and the instrumentation is key. In keeping with the theme established by the title, most of the record is performed on small instruments -- pocket trumpet, whistles, recorders, and, most prominently, ukulele.

The uke is undergoing something of a renaissance lately, and Biolay uses it wisely here. It's a tool to miniaturize and encapsulate a range of genres -- on track one it's a cavaquino in a samba-cancao, in "Houlala" it's playing the role of a guitar in a bit of pop, on "C'est La Vie" it combines with some woodflutes in an almost Peruvian groove. There's even a bit of uke/melodica dub reggae happening...it's all a very witty deconstruction, carefully built around Clement's warm, engaging vocals.

I'll admit that occasionally the electronic percussion undermines the wonder and whimsy that Biolay and Clement are going for, but that is very rare...all in all, this is a real gem and worth taking a chance on!

[Be sure to buy the American version on Compass Records -- it has a bonus track and cooler packaging than the import!]"