J'arrive

J'arrive
Studio album by
Jacques Brel
Released1968
Recorded7–23 September 1968
GenreChanson
Length41 minutes
LabelBarclay/Universal
ProducerFrancois Rauber
Jacques Brel chronology
Jacques Brel 67
(1967) 		J'arrive
(1968) 		L'Homme de la Mancha
(1968)

J'arrive (English: I'm arriving) is Jacques Brel's eleventh studio album. Originally released in 1968 by Barclay (80373), the album was reissued on 23 September 2003 as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à bonbons by Barclay (980 816-3).[1][2] The album has been praised for Brel's ability to transmit a wide-range of feelings onto the listener, including melancholy, nostalgia and optimism.[3]

Track listing

Track Title Loose translation Composer Recorded
1 "J'arrive" I'm arriving Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1968-09-14
2 "Vesoul" Vesoul Jacques Brel 1968-09-23
3 "L'Ostendaise" The Ostend Girl Jacques Brel, François Rauber 1968-09-23
4 "Je suis un soir d'été" I Am a Summer Evening Jacques Brel 1968-09-15
5 "Regarde bien petit" Watch Well, Kid Jacques Brel 1968-09-14
6 "Comment tuer l'amant de sa femme quand on a été élevé comme moi dans la tradition" How to Kill One's Wife's Lover When One Was Raised Like Me in Tradition Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1968-09-12
7 "L'Éclusier" The Lock Keeper Jacques Brel 1968-09-07
8 "Un enfant" A Child Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1968-09-14
9 "La Bière" Beer Jacques Brel 1968-09-14
10 "La Chanson de Van Horst" The Song of Van Horst Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1972
11 "L'Enfance" Childhood Jacques Brel, François Rauber 1973-05-24[2]
  • Tracks 1–9 constituted the original 1968 album.
  • Tracks 10–11 were added to the album when it was reissued as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à bonbons.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "J'arrive". Discogs. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Discography". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  3. ^ "BELGIUM: J'arrive - Jacques Brel". 200worldalbums.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.