Les Petites Notes
Les Petites Notes is a 1993 album by French singer Liane Foly, and her break-out album. After selling 400,000 copies in less than a year in France[1] the album was adapted by Tim Rice and Peter Kingsbury and re-engineered for international release in 25 markets by Sade's producer Mike Pela under the English title "Sweet Mystery.[2]
Singles
[edit]The 1993 single from the album, the song "Doucement", was composed by Foly with André Manoukian and Lorenz Viennet. This was initially recorded with Jean-Marc Benaïs, Gilles Coquard, Pierre Drevet, Liane Foly, Carole Fredericks and Richard Galliano, and re-recorded for the 1999 Acoustique album with Theos Allen, Philippe Falliex, Hervé Gourdikian, Eric Legnini, Nick Moroch and Mike Robinson.
Track list
[edit]Les Petites Notes (1993)
[edit]- Les Faux Soleils
- Doucement
- Voler la Nuit
- Les Parfums d'Autrefois
- Laisse Pleurer Les Nuages
- Une Larme de Bonheur
- La Marelle
- J'Irai Tranquille
- Passe le Temps
- Les Yeux Doux
- Les Petites Notes
Sweet Mystery (1995)
[edit]- A trace of you (doucement)
- Sweet mystery
- When you smile
- Les parfums d'autrefois
- Voler la nuit
- Tell me why
- Tear of desire
- No sweat
- Who knows why
- Anywhere anyplace anytime
- Au fur et à mesure
- Les petites notes
References
[edit]- ^ Billboard - 23 Apr 1994 - Page 47 FRANCE: After selling more than 400,000 copies of her latest album, "Les Petites Notes," here in less than a year, Liane Foly has renamed it .. album is being released simultaneously in 25 countries as a Virgin Records priority, making her an artist without frontiers, a distinction that only French stars such as Patricia Kaas (Sony) and Patrick Bruel (BMG) have enjoyed in the past."
- ^ Billboard - 11 Jun 1994 - Page 51 " album, titled "Sweet Mystery," which is an adaptation of Foly's September 1993 release, "Les Petites Notes.""
