Late Night Tales: Nouvelle Vague

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Late Night Tales: Nouvelle Vague
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Compilation album by
Released5 February 2007
Length1:03:27
Label Azuli
Producer Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague chronology
Bande à part
(2006)
Late Night Tales: Nouvelle Vague
(2007)
Acoustic
(2009)
Late Night Tales chronology
David Shrigley
(2006)
Nouvelle Vague
(2007)
Lindstrøm
(2007)

Late Night Tales: Nouvelle Vague is the 17th DJ mix album, released in the Late Night Tales series on Late Night Tales. It was mixed by French band Nouvelle Vague.

Track listing

  1. The Special AKA – "What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend!" (Jerry Dammers), single from 1984
  2. Nouvelle Vague – "Come On Eileen" (Kevin Rowland, Billy Adams, Jim Paterson)
  3. Os Mutantes – "Baby" (Caetano Veloso) from Os Mutantes (1968)
  4. Pale Fountains – "Unless" (Michael Head), single from 1984
  5. Charlie Rich – "San Francisco Is a Lonely Town" (Ben Peters) from The Fabulous Charlie Rich , 1969
  6. Tones on Tail – "Movement of Fear" (Daniel Ash, Glenn Campling) from EP Pop , 1984
  7. Phoebe Killdeer – "Chaos" (Phoebe Killdeer), no other official release
  8. Avril – "Urban Serenade" (Avril, Patrick Bouvet) from Members Only, 2004
  9. Shirley Horn – "And I Love Him" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) from Travelin' Light , 1965
  10. Gavin Bryars – "The Vespertine Park" (Gavin Bryars), track excerpt from Hommages, 1981
  11. David Sylvian – "A Fire in the Forest" (David Sylvian) from Blemish , 2003
  12. Art Bears – "Civilization" (Fred Frith, Chris Cutler) from The World as It Is Today , 1981
  13. Peggy Lee with Sy Oliver & His Orchestra – "You're My Thrill" (Jay Gorney, Sidney Clare) from Black Coffee , 1956
  14. Glen Campbell – "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) from By the Time I Get to Phoenix , 1967
  15. Isabelle Antena – "Le Poisson des Mers du Sud" (Isabelle Powaga, Sylvain Fasy), single from 1987 Hoping for Love
  16. Anja Garbarek – "The Last Trick" (Anja Garbarek, Gisli Kristjansson), single from 2005 Briefly Shaking
  17. Les Petroleuses (featuring Camille) – "Nicole" (Alex Pavlou, Marc Collin) from Les Petroleuses, 2002
  18. Cibelle – "Phoenix" (Cibelle) from The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves, 2006
  19. This Mortal Coil – "You and Your Sister" (Chris Bell) from Blood , 1991
  20. Julie London – "Lonely Girl" (Bobby Troup) from Lonely Girl , 1956
  21. David Shrigley – "What I Ate" (David Shrigley), first release

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