L'incroyable Vérité

L'incroyable Vérité
L'incroyable Vérité
Studio album by Sébastien Tellier
Released	June 12, 2001
Genre	Chamber pop; indie rock;
Length	41:06
Label	Record Makers; Astralwerks;
Producer	Sébastien Tellier
Sébastien Tellier chronology

L'incroyable Vérité is the debut album by French musician Sébastien Tellier. It was released in 2001 via Record Makers. The music was written by Tellier with lyrics by Mathieu Tonetti and Tellier. With material from the album, Tellier joined the band Air in their United States tour in the summer of 2001. The song "Fantino" appears in 2003 film Lost in Translation and the song "Universe" is featured in 2006 film Daft Punk's Electroma. The album received favorable reviews upon release.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
laut.de	^[2]
NME	^[3]
Pitchfork	3.8/10^[4]

L'incroyable Vérité is a pop album featuring styles from lo-fi electronica to bizarre cabaret tunes.^{[citation needed]} Its sleeve featured Tellier in full evening dress on the front, while the back of jacket had a shot of him cavorting in a playboy's pool. He instructed listeners only to listen to the album by candlelight.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sébastien Tellier, except tracks 3 and 8 written with Mathieu Tonetti

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Oh malheur Chez O'Malley"	4:42
2.	"Kazoo III"	3:50
3.	"Universe"	5:06
4.	"L'enfance d'un chien"	4:16
5.	"Une vie de papa"	3:59
6.	"Fin chien"	1:44
7.	"Grec"	1:14
8.	"Kissed by You"	4:58
9.	"Fantino"	3:11
10.	"Triologie femme (vierges, une vraie maman, face au miroir)"	4:31
11.	"Black Douleur"	3:35
Total length:		41:06

Personnel

Sébastien Tellier – songwriter, producer, mixing
Mathieu Tonetti – lyrics (tracks: 3, 8)
Guillaume Le Braz – mixing
Quentin "Mr. Oizo" Dupieux – mixing
Christophe Saudemont – engineering
Frank Redlich – engineering
Julien Marty – engineering
Willy Huvey – photography
Jean-Michel Tixier – design
Marc Teissier du Cros – A&R
Stéphane Elfassi – A&R

References

^ Hopkin, Kenyon. "Sébastien Tellier - L' Incroyable Verite Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
^ Bielz, Uwe (November 2001). "Der moderne Rasputin verarbeitet schmerzerfüllte Frauenschreie". laut.de (in German). Retrieved April 2, 2023.
^ Gardner, Noel (September 12, 2005). "Tellier, Sebastien : L'Incroyable Vérité". NME. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
^ "Sébastien Tellier: L'Incroyable Vérité". Pitchfork. January 23, 2002. Retrieved April 2, 2023.

External links

"L'incroyable vérité, by Sébastien Tellier". Bandcamp.
L'Incroyable Vérité at Discogs (list of releases)
Lozaw, Tristram (October 2001). "Off the Record | Sebastien Tellier". The Phoenix. Retrieved April 2, 2023.

[1] Hopkin, Kenyon. "Sébastien Tellier - L' Incroyable Verite Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved April 2, 2023.

[2] Bielz, Uwe (November 2001). "Der moderne Rasputin verarbeitet schmerzerfüllte Frauenschreie". laut.de (in German). Retrieved April 2, 2023.

[3] Gardner, Noel (September 12, 2005). "Tellier, Sebastien : L'Incroyable Vérité". NME. Retrieved April 2, 2023.

[4] "Sébastien Tellier: L'Incroyable Vérité". Pitchfork. January 23, 2002. Retrieved April 2, 2023.

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