I've posted a ton of this style of seventies French pop music, because in all frankness I have a soft spot for it. Remember Olivier Bloch-Laine, Xavier Genet's Mimmie, Canelle, Gerard Pisani's Loup des Steppes, etc. etc.? (Incidentally I want to again thank the commenter who in the post for the first mentioned, said he sounded like British ssw Colin Blunstone--his first lp called One Year is truly a masterpiece of the genre, and I never heard it before.)
A highlight is La Fille que j'aime, with its beautiful vocal harmonies and catchy hook, "she's eating orange jam, and her fingers are covered in it":
Kind of the beauty of a youthful crush feeling to this song.
Later they became very conventional in the usual 70s pop style, very professionally arranged and a bit too slick for my liking. The hooks are occasionally good and worth hearing. I'm not sure it's worth seeking out their individual LPs on the basis of this comp.
But I really love the cover of their first album with the female singer's beautiful girl face filling the doll house. What a pretty face, and as I always say, as beautiful as music is to us, there is nothing more beautiful in this world than a pretty girl.
This band photo really takes you back:
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The breadth of your musical knowledge continues to astound.
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