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✅ French rock: 123 Essential Albums (2010)

Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:51 pm
by Pierre
Posted by Steph on the old forum. Thanks man! Although it's credited as "Philippe Manœuvre présente :", it's a collaborative effort by 56 critics (probably mainly the Rock & Folk staff, given what the list looks like).

Edit: some clean-up and notes (where I could, some of these acts are very obscure).

- Les Chats sauvages, "Les Chats sauvages" (1961)
- Les Pirates, "Salut les amis" (1962)
- Les Chaussettes noires, "Le 2.000.000ème disque des Chaussettes noires" (1962)
- Les Blousons noirs, "Special Rock" (1962) [note: actually, it's a 2006 compiled re-release of their two EPs, which were released in 1961 and 1962 respectively]
- Eddy Mitchell, "Eddy in London - chante 12 r'n'r classics (1963)
- Johnny Hallyday, "Johnny, reviens! Les rocks les plus terribles" (1964)
- Françoise Hardy, "Françoise Hardy n° 3 / Mon amie la rose" (1964)
- Ronnie Bird, "Ronnie Bird" (1965)
- Hugues Aufray, "Aufray chante Dylan" (1965)
- Les 5 Gentlemen, "L'Intégrale 1965/1968" [note: released in 2002. I don't know if that counts, given that they never released any LP before this compilation]
- Antoine, "Antoine" (1966)
- Antoine, "Antoine rencontre les problèmes" (1966)
- Nino Ferrer, "Nino Ferrer / Enregistrement public" (1966)
- Long Chris, "Chansons bizarres pour gens étranges" (1966)
- Jacques Dutronc, "Jacques Dutronc" [note: also titled "Les play-boys" or "Et moi, et moi, et moi"] (1966)
- Serge Gainsbourg, "Initials B.B." (1968)
- Johnny Hallyday, "Rivière... ouvre ton lit" (1969)
- Zoo, "Zoo" (1969)
- Martin Circus, "En direct du rock'n'roll circus" (1969)
- Les Variations, "Nador" (1970)
- Magma, "Kobaïa" (1970)
- Gérard Manset, "La mort d'Orion" (1970)
- Triangle, "Triangle" (1970)
- Léo Ferré, "La solitude" (1971) [note: sometimes credited at "Léo Ferré & Zoo", as this rock band backs him on all the tracks of this album]
- Michel Polnareff, "Polnareff's" (1971)
- Moving Gelatine Plates, "The World of Genius Hans" (1971)
- Dashiell Hedayat, "Obsolete" (1971)
- Red Noise, "Sarcelles-Lochères" (1971)
- Gong, "Camembert électrique" (1972)
- Dynastie Crisis, "Dynastie Crisis" (1972)
- Jean-Pierre Massiera, "Hermaphrodites" (1972) [note: also credited at "Les Chats Renaissance"]
- Christophe, "Les Paradis perdus" (1973)
- Au Bonheur des Dames, "Twist" (1974)
- The Frenchies, "Lola-Cola" (1974)
- Jacques Higelin, "BBH 75" (1974)
- Dick Rivers, "Rock'n'Roll Star" (1974)
- Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes, "Libertés ?" (1975)
- Ange, "Émile Jacotey" (1975)
- Heldon, "Allez Teia" (1975)
- Albert Marcœur, "Album à colorier" (1976)
- Little Bob Story, "Livin in the fast lane" (1977)
- Téléphone, "Téléphone" (1977)
- Bijou, "OK Carole" (1978)
- Various Artists," À l'Olympia" (1978) [note: also credited at "Le Rock d'ici", which is not the name of a real band]
- Extraballe, "Extraballe" (1979)
- Serge Gainsbourg, "Aux armes et caetera" (1979)
- Starshooter, "Mode" (1979)
- Edith Nylon, "Edith Nylon" (1979) [note: Edith Nylon is the name of a band, not of a real person]
- Emmanuel Booz, "Dans quel état j'erre" (1979)
- Strychnine, "Jeux cruels" (1979)
- Marquis de Sade, "Dantzig Twist" (1979)
- Lili Drop, "Monde animal" (1980)
- 12°5, "12°5" (1980)
- Trust, "Répression" (1980)
- Elli & Jacno, "Tout va sauter" (1980)
- Shakin' Street, "Shakin' Street" (1980)
- Métal urbain, "Les hommes morts sont dangereux" (1980)
- Marie France, "39 de fièvre" (1981) [note: Marie France is her nom de scène, France is not her last name]
- Rockin' Rebels, "1, 2, 3... Jump!" (1981)
- Mathématiques modernes, "Les Visiteurs du soir" (1981)
- Taxi Girl, "Seppuku" (1982)
- Alain Bashung, "Play blessures" (1982)
- Dogs, "Too Much Class for the Neighbourhood" (1982)
- Chagrin d'amour, "Chagrin d'amour" (1982)
- Kas Product, "Try Out" (1982)
- Orchestre rouge, "Yellow Laughter" (1982)
- La Souris Déglinguée, "La Souris Déglinguée" (1982)
- Wild Child, "Speed Life O' Mind" (1982)
- The Vietnam Veterans, "On the Right Track Now" (1983)
- Les Playboys, "Playboys" (1984)
- Carte de séjour, "Rhorhomanie" (1984)
- Oberkampf, "Cris sans thème" (1985)
- Bérurier Noir, "Concerto pour détraqués" (1985)
- Étienne Daho, "Pop Satori" (1986)
- Lio, "Pop Model" (1986)
- Gogol 1er, "Le Retour de la horde" (1986)
- Les Rita Mitsouko, "The No Comprendo" (1986)
- Les Satellites, "Du grouve et des souris" (1987)
- Les Thugs, "Electric Troubles" (1987)
- OTH, "Le Live" (1988)
- Coronados, "...Un lustre" (1989)
- Mano Negra, "Puta's Fever" (1989)
- Les Négresses vertes, "Mlah" (1989)
- Les VRP, "Remords et tristes pets" (1989)
- Les Wampas, "Les Wampas vous aiment" (1990)
- Pigalle, "Regards affligés sur la morne et pitoyable existence de Benjamin Tremblay, personnage falot mais ô combien attachant" (1990)
- Paul Personne, "La Route de la chance" (1990)
- Ludwig Von 88, "Ce jour heureux est plein d'allégresse" (1990)
- Le Cri de la mouche, "Insomnies" (1991)
- Parabellum, "In Vivo Veritas" (1991)
- Oui Oui, "Formidable" (1992)
- Jad Wio, "Fleur de métal" (1992)
- Noir Désir, "Tostaky" (1992)
- Kat Onoma, "Billy the Kid" (1992)
- Les $heriff, "Les 2 doigts dans la prise...!!" (1992)
- Stephan Eicher, "Carcassonne" (1993)
- Billy Ze Kick et les gamins en folie, "Billy Ze Kick et les gamins en folie" (1993)
- Miossec, "Boire" (1995)
- Suprême NTM, "Paris sous les bombes" (1995)
- Daft Punk, "Homework" (1997)
- FFF, "Vivants" (1997)
- Dolly, "Dolly" (1997)
- Louise Attaque, "Louise Attaque" (1997)
- No One Is Innocent, "Utopia" (1997)
- Manu Chao, "Clandestino" (1998)
- Tanger, "La Mémoire insoluble" (1998)
- Jean-Louis Murat, "Mustango" (1999)
- Arno, "À poil commercial" (1999)
- Bertrand Burgalat, "The Sssound of Mmmusic" (2000)
- Air, "10,000 Hz Legend" (2001)
- M, "Le Tour de M" (2001)
- Pleymo, "Episode 2 : Medecine Cake" (2002)
- Indochine, "Paradize" (2002)
- Dionysos, "Western sous la neige" (2002)
- Pascal Comelade, "Psicòtic Music'Hall" (2002)
- Daniel Darc, "Crèvecœur" (2004)
- A.S Dragon, "Va chercher la police" (2005)
- Katerine, "Robots après tout" (2005)
- Naast, "Antichambre" (2007)
- Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle, "Ultra orange & Emmanuelle" (2007)
- BB Brunes, "Blonde comme moi" (2007)
- Sébastien Tellier, "Sexuality" (2008)
- Phoenix, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" (2009)
- Izia, "Izia" (2009)

Re: French rock: 123 Essential Albums (2010)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:21 am
by VacantJoy
Pierre wrote: Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:51 pm Posted by Steph on the old forum. Thanks man! Although it's credited as "Philippe Manœuvre présente :", it's a collaborative effort by 56 critics (probably mainly the Rock & Folk staff, given what the list looks like).

Edit: some clean-up and notes (where I could, some of these acts are very obscure).

- Les Chats sauvages, "Les Chats sauvages" (1961)
- Les Pirates, "Salut les amis" (1962)
- Les Chaussettes noires, "Le 2.000.000ème disque des Chaussettes noires" (1962)
- Les Blousons noirs, "Special Rock" (1962) [note: actually, it's a 2006 compiled re-release of their two EPs, which were released in 1961 and 1962 respectively]
- Eddy Mitchell, "Eddy in London - chante 12 r'n'r classics (1963)
- Johnny Hallyday, "Johnny, reviens! Les rocks les plus terribles" (1964)
- Françoise Hardy, "Françoise Hardy n° 3 / Mon amie la rose" (1964)
- Ronnie Bird, "Ronnie Bird" (1965)
- Hugues Aufray, "Aufray chante Dylan" (1965)
- Les 5 Gentlemen, "L'Intégrale 1965/1968" [note: released in 2002. I don't know if that counts, given that they never released any LP before this compilation]
- Antoine, "Antoine" (1966)
- Antoine, "Antoine rencontre les problèmes" (1966)
- Nino Ferrer, "Nino Ferrer / Enregistrement public" (1966)
- Long Chris, "Chansons bizarres pour gens étranges" (1966)
- Jacques Dutronc, "Jacques Dutronc" [note: also titled "Les play-boys" or "Et moi, et moi, et moi"] (1966)
- Serge Gainsbourg, "Initials B.B." (1968)
- Johnny Hallyday, "Rivière... ouvre ton lit" (1969)
- Zoo, "Zoo" (1969)
- Martin Circus, "En direct du rock'n'roll circus" (1969)
- Les Variations, "Nador" (1970)
- Magma, "Kobaïa" (1970)
- Gérard Manset, "La mort d'Orion" (1970)
- Triangle, "Triangle" (1970)
- Léo Ferré, "La solitude" (1971) [note: sometimes credited at "Léo Ferré & Zoo", as this rock band backs him on all the tracks of this album]
- Michel Polnareff, "Polnareff's" (1971)
- Moving Gelatine Plates, "The World of Genius Hans" (1971)
- Dashiell Hedayat, "Obsolete" (1971)
- Red Noise, "Sarcelles-Lochères" (1971)
- Gong, "Camembert électrique" (1972)
- Dynastie Crisis, "Dynastie Crisis" (1972)
- Jean-Pierre Massiera, "Hermaphrodites" (1972) [note: also credited at "Les Chats Renaissance"]
- Christophe, "Les Paradis perdus" (1973)
- Au Bonheur des Dames, "Twist" (1974)
- The Frenchies, "Lola-Cola" (1974)
- Jacques Higelin, "BBH 75" (1974)
- Dick Rivers, "Rock'n'Roll Star" (1974)
- Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes, "Libertés ?" (1975)
- Ange, "Émile Jacotey" (1975)
- Heldon, "Allez Teia" (1975)
- Albert Marcœur, "Album à colorier" (1976)
- Little Bob Story, "Livin in the fast lane" (1977)
- Téléphone, "Téléphone" (1977)
- Bijou, "OK Carole" (1978)
- Various Artists," À l'Olympia" (1978) [note: also credited at "Le Rock d'ici", which is not the name of a real band]
- Extraballe, "Extraballe" (1979)
- Serge Gainsbourg, "Aux armes et caetera" (1979)
- Starshooter, "Mode" (1979)
- Edith Nylon, "Edith Nylon" (1979) [note: Edith Nylon is the name of a band, not of a real person]
- Emmanuel Booz, "Dans quel état j'erre" (1979)
- Strychnine, "Jeux cruels" (1979)
- Marquis de Sade, "Dantzig Twist" (1979)
- Lili Drop, "Monde animal" (1980)
- 12°5, "12°5" (1980)
- Trust, "Répression" (1980)
- Elli & Jacno, "Tout va sauter" (1980)
- Shakin' Street, "Shakin' Street" (1980)
- Métal urbain, "Les hommes morts sont dangereux" (1980)
- Marie France, "39 de fièvre" (1981) [note: Marie France is her nom de scène, France is not her last name]
- Rockin' Rebels, "1, 2, 3... Jump!" (1981)
- Mathématiques modernes, "Les Visiteurs du soir" (1981)
- Taxi Girl, "Seppuku" (1982)
- Alain Bashung, "Play blessures" (1982)
- Dogs, "Too Much Class for the Neighbourhood" (1982)
- Chagrin d'amour, "Chagrin d'amour" (1982)
- Kas Product, "Try Out" (1982)
- Orchestre rouge, "Yellow Laughter" (1982)
- La Souris Déglinguée, "La Souris Déglinguée" (1982)
- Wild Child, "Speed Life O' Mind" (1982)
- The Vietnam Veterans, "On the Right Track Now" (1983)
- Les Playboys, "Playboys" (1984)
- Carte de séjour, "Rhorhomanie" (1984)
- Oberkampf, "Cris sans thème" (1985)
- Bérurier Noir, "Concerto pour détraqués" (1985)
- Étienne Daho, "Pop Satori" (1986)
- Lio, "Pop Model" (1986)
- Gogol 1er, "Le Retour de la horde" (1986)
- Les Rita Mitsouko, "The No Comprendo" (1986)
- Les Satellites, "Du grouve et des souris" (1987)
- Les Thugs, "Electric Troubles" (1987)
- OTH, "Le Live" (1988)
- Coronados, "...Un lustre" (1989)
- Mano Negra, "Puta's Fever" (1989)
- Les Négresses vertes, "Mlah" (1989)
- Les VRP, "Remords et tristes pets" (1989)
- Les Wampas, "Les Wampas vous aiment" (1990)
- Pigalle, "Regards affligés sur la morne et pitoyable existence de Benjamin Tremblay, personnage falot mais ô combien attachant" (1990)
- Paul Personne, "La Route de la chance" (1990)
- Ludwig Von 88, "Ce jour heureux est plein d'allégresse" (1990)
- Le Cri de la mouche, "Insomnies" (1991)
- Parabellum, "In Vivo Veritas" (1991)
- Oui Oui, "Formidable" (1992)
- Jad Wio, "Fleur de métal" (1992)
- Noir Désir, "Tostaky" (1992)
- Kat Onoma, "Billy the Kid" (1992)
- Les $heriff, "Les 2 doigts dans la prise...!!" (1992)
- Stephan Eicher, "Carcassonne" (1993)
- Billy Ze Kick et les gamins en folie, "Billy Ze Kick et les gamins en folie" (1993)
- Miossec, "Boire" (1995)
- Suprême NTM, "Paris sous les bombes" (1995)
- Daft Punk, "Homework" (1997)
- FFF, "Vivants" (1997)
- Dolly, "Dolly" (1997)
- Louise Attaque, "Louise Attaque" (1997)
- No One Is Innocent, "Utopia" (1997)
- Manu Chao, "Clandestino" (1998)
- Tanger, "La Mémoire insoluble" (1998)
- Jean-Louis Murat, "Mustango" (1999)
- Arno, "À poil commercial" (1999)
- Bertrand Burgalat, "The Sssound of Mmmusic" (2000)
- Air, "10,000 Hz Legend" (2001)
- M, "Le Tour de M" (2001)
- Pleymo, "Episode 2 : Medecine Cake" (2002)
- Indochine, "Paradize" (2002)
- Dionysos, "Western sous la neige" (2002)
- Pascal Comelade, "Psicòtic Music'Hall" (2002)
- Daniel Darc, "Crèvecœur" (2004)
- A.S Dragon, "Va chercher la police" (2005)
- Katerine, "Robots après tout" (2005)
- Naast, "Antichambre" (2007)
- Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle, "Ultra orange & Emmanuelle" (2007)
- BB Brunes, "Blonde comme moi" (2007)
- Sébastien Tellier, "Sexuality" (2008)
- Phoenix, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" (2009)
- Izia, "Izia" (2009)
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Re: Philippe Manoeuvre (France) - French rock: 123 Essential Albums (2010)

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:22 am
by VacantJoy
Philippe Manoeuvre (France) - French rock: 123 Essential Albums (2010)