Les Fleurs du Mal (Therion album)
| Les Fleurs du Mal | ||||
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 Cover art by Saturno Buttò | ||||
| Studio album by Therion | ||||
| Released | 28 September 2012 | |||
| Recorded | Adulruna Studio, Sweden, 2011—2012 | |||
| Genre | Symphonic metal | |||
| Length | 47:56 | |||
| Language | French | |||
| Label | Self-publishing | |||
| Producer | Christofer Johnsson | |||
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Les Fleurs du Mal is the fifteenth full-length musical album by the Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. It was released on 28 September 2012 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band.[1] The album was financed by Christofer Johnsson who considers the album an art project.[1][2] It was made available for pre-order at Therion's webstore on 2 September 2012.[3] Johnsson announced that the version sold at concerts with a different cover, would include a bonus track and a poster, and that his "aim is to sign and personally dedicate every single one of them at the shows".[2] The album is fully sung in French and the album title is the same of Charles Baudelaire poetry volume Les fleurs du mal.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" | Serge Gainsbourg | France Gall in 1965 | 2:51 |
| 2. | "Une fleur dans le cœur" | Christophe Schaeffer, Pawson/Chambers | Victoire Scott in 1968 | 3:03 |
| 3. | "Initials B.B." (B.B. is for Brigitte Bardot) | Serge Gainsbourg | Serge Gainsbourg in 1968 | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Mon amour, mon ami[4]" | Eddy Marnay, André Popp | Marie Laforêt in 1967 | 4:35 |
| 5. | "Polichinelle" | Pierre Saka, Jean Bernard | France Gall in 1967 | 2:28 |
| 6. | "La Maritza" | Pierre Delanoë, Jean Renard | Sylvie Vartan in 1968 | 3:54 |
| 7. | "Sœur Angélique" | Michel Rivgauche, Georges Liferman | Annie Philippe in 1966 | 3:05 |
| 8. | "Dis-moi poupée[5]" | Jean-François Maurice,[6] Johnny Rech | Isabelle in 1967 | 3:24 |
| 9. | "Lilith" | Léonie Lousseau, Karl-Heinz Schäfer | Léonie in 1972 | 2:30 |
| 10. | "En Alabama" | Sébastien Poitrenaud, Jean-Claude Vannier | Léonie in 1971 | 2:39 |
| 11. | "Wahala Manitou" | Étienne Roda-Gil, Christophe | Léonie in 1971 | 2:34 |
| 12. | "Je n’ai besoin que de tendresse" | Claire Dixon, Daniel Faure | Claire Dixon in 1967 | 2:14 |
| 13. | "La Licorne d’or" | Christian Turban, Michel Bernholc | Victoire Scott in 1968 | 2:45 |
| 14. | "J’ai le mal de toi" | Michaële/Georges Costa, Gabriel Yared | Betty Mars in 1974 | 2:51 |
| 15. | "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" | Serge Gainsbourg | France Gall in 1965 | 2:31 |
| 16. | "Les Sucettes" (bonus track) | Serge Gainsbourg | France Gall in 1966 | 2:40 |
Personnel
The album was recorded by the following artists:[7]
- Band members
- Christofer Johnsson - rhythm guitars, synthesizers, Hammond organ and programming, of tubular bells, timpani, clarinet, double bass and harp. Arrangements, audio engineer and record producer.
- Christian Vidal - solo guitars, electric sitar
- Johan Kullberg - drums
- Nalle "Grizzly" Påhlsson — 4 and 8 string bass guitars
- Lori Lewis - soprano and main vocals
- Thomas Vikström - tenor and main vocals
- Guest musicians
- Snowy Shaw - vocals in "Initials B.B." and "Dis-moi Poupee"
- Mari Paul - vocals on "Mon Amour, Mon Ami"
- Johanna Najla - vocals on "Initials B.B."
- Mattias Olsson - synthesizers, mellotron and percussion on "En Alabama", "Mon Amour, Mon Ami" and "Lilith"
- Mattias Torrel - acoustic guitars on "Mon Amour, Mon Ami" and "La Licorne D'or"
- Stefan Jernståhl - accordion on "Wahala Manitou"[8]
- Violin
- Anders Åkered
- Fredrik Syberg
- Hanna Ekström
- Isa Holmesund
- Lars Wehlin
- Natalia Migdal
- Anna Manell
- Pär Lindqvist
- Eva-Tea Lundberg
- Ida Freji
- Johan Ahlin
- Magnus Wretblad
- Kristoffer Siggstedt
- Magnus Werner
- Staffan Findin
References
- 1 2 "THERION's 'Long-Term Plans' Revealed". Blabbermouth. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- 1 2 Christofer Johnsson: Important news. 14 September 2012, accessed on 6 October 2012.
- ↑ Christofer Johnsson: New album. 2 September 2012, accessed on 6 October 2012.
- ↑ "Mon amour, mon ami" on Encyclopédisque
- ↑ "Dis-moi poupée" on Encyclopédisque
- ↑ Writer Jean Albertini as Jean-François Maurice on (fr) Wikipédia.
- ↑ Les Fleurs du Mal (Album notes). Therion. End of Light. 2012.
- ↑ http://ecover.to/?Module=ViewEntry&ID=664269
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