Louis Philippe - Jackie Girl

Title: Jackie Girl Artist: Louis Philippe Release Date: 1996 Re-Released On: 9/20/1999 Label: Siesta Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 4988023034065, 8430217010561 Genre: Rock Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, French Pop, Chamber Pop, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop Moods: Cerebral, Elegant, Intimate, Refined/Mannered, Sophisticated, Atmospheric, Calm/Peaceful, Complex, Delicate, Dreamy, Earnest, Gentle, Pastoral, Plaintive, Reflective, Reserved, Romantic, Sentimental, Smooth, Soothing, Warm, Light Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Sweet Dollar Bill
2. She Means Everything to Me
3. Jackie Girl
4. Mister Songbird
5. Oiseau de Paradis
6. Le Voyageur
7. Deauville
8. La Pointe du Jour [Instrumental]
9. Anna Doesn't Live Here Anymore
10. Il Ne Reste Plus Rien de l'été
11. Venus
12. Teacher's Pet
13. Every Day Gone By
14. The Girl in the Attic [Instrumental]

Year Type Label Catalog # 1999 CD Siesta 56

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Jackie Girl (named in tribute to '60s chanteuse Jackie DeShannon) may not quite have the pop smarts of Sunshine, or the heady orchestral textures of Azure, but it's nevertheless a fascinating stopping-off point between the two. Utilizing his broadest palette to date, including then-XTC guitarist David Gregory, Louis Philippe succeeds in giving songs like "Every Day Gone By" and "She Means Everything to Me" a muscularity and an edge that were missing from Sunshine. The title track, too, has few precedents in Philippe's canon, with its plangent tremolo guitars and wah-wah brass. Yet as usual with Philippe, melody remains in charge throughout, from the joyous exoticism a-go-go of "Oiseau de Paradis" to the unabashedly cinematic "Mr Songbird." Two instrumentals, "La Pointe du Jour" and "The Girl in the Attic," also suggest that Phillipe Auclair is a soundtrack composer waiting to happen. Yet it's a leftover from the Sunshine sessions that provides Jackie Girl with its most stunning six minutes. "Deauville" is a starkly dramatic ballad, with a brooding, Bernard Herrmann-esque string arrangement that would grace any Scott Walker album. In what was becoming an all-too-familiar story for Philippe's followers, Jackie Girl -- released this time only on the Spanish label Siesta -- was sketchily distributed and promoted in the U.S. and U.K. to the point where even his most loyal fans could have missed it entirely. It may not be his most consistent work, but its high points are very high indeed. ~ Christopher Evans, All Music Guide

Name Credits Abigail Trundle Leader, Cello Bertrand Burgalat Piano, ? Chris Batchelor Trumpet Danny Manners Bass (Vocal), Double Bass, Keyboards, Arranger, Piano, Bass, Producer David Gregory Guitar David Longdon Vocals (Background), Guitar (Acoustic), Slide Guitar, Flute David O'Driscoll Photography Eleanor Gilchrist Violin Glen Fox Drums Jeremy Morris Violin K.V. Brake Pre-Production Ken Makimura Executive Producer Louis Philippe Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals (Background), Producer, Vocals, Guitar (Classical) Mark Bassey Trombone Martin Owen French Horn Mike Williams Sax (Soprano) Nick Terry Engineer Oren Marshall Tuba Paul Kendall Mixing Paul Taylor Trombone Philip Eastop French Horn Teresa Whipple Viola