La Valse à mille temps

La Valse à mille temps (English: The Waltz With A Thousand Beats) is Jacques Brel's fourth album. Also known as Jacques Brel 4 and American Début, the album was released in 1959 by Philips. The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title La Valse à mille temps as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à bonbons by Barclay (980 816-6).[1][2]

La Valse à mille temps
Studio album by
Released1959
Recorded11–17 September 1959
GenreChanson
Length30:43
LabelPhilips (original album)
Barclay/Universal
Jacques Brel chronology
Au printemps
(1958)
La Valse à mille temps
(1959)
Marieke
(1961)

The album received the Francis Carco prize from l'Académie du disque français.[3]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Jacques Brel except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."La Valse à mille temps" (The Waltz with a Thousand Beats) 3:38
2."Seul" (Alone) 3:15
3."La Dame patronnesse" (The Patroness) 3:09
4."Je t'aime" (I Love You)Jacques Brel, François Rauber2:08
5."Ne me quitte pas" (Don't Leave Me)Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest[4]3:38
6."Les Flamandes" (The Flemish) 2:25
7."Isabelle" (Isabella)Jacques Brel, François Rauber3:00
8."La Mort" (Death) 2:42
9."La Tendresse" (Tenderness) 2:32
10."La Colombe" (The Dove) 2:52

Credits

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The melody of "La Mort" is partly based, uncredited, on the traditional Gregorian chant Dies irae, which has been quoted in a large number of other works over the centuries.

References

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  1. ^ "La Valse À Mille Temps". Discogs. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Discography: Editions Jacques Brel". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  3. ^ Letailleur, Gérard (2022-12-19). "Jacques Brel. Rêver un impossible rêve, de Montmartre aux Marquises". Les Éditions d'Art de Trianon (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  4. ^ Clouzet, Angela (2009). Gérard Jouannest, de Brel à Gréco [Gérard Jouannest, from Brel to Gréco] (in French). Éditions Albin Michel. pp. 71–75.

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