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Les Fleurs du Mal | ||||
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![]() Cover art by Saturno Buttò | ||||
Studio album by | ||||
Released | 28 September 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2011–2012 | |||
Studio | Adulruna Studio, Sweden | |||
Genre | Symphonic metal, ye-ye | |||
Length | 47:56 | |||
Language | French | |||
Label | Self-publishing | |||
Producer | Christofer Johnsson | |||
Therion chronology | ||||
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Tour album CD cover | ||||
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Les Fleurs du Mal is the fifteenth studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. It is a cover album that was released on 28 September 2012 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band. [1] Named after the 1857 volume of French poetry, Les Fleurs du mal , by Charles Baudelaire, the album is fully sung in French language. It consist of metal cover versions of French pop songs from 1960s and 1970s, mostly from the ye-ye genre.
The album was financed by Christofer Johnsson who considers the album a part of 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]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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1. | "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" ("Wax Doll, Rag Doll") | Serge Gainsbourg | France Gall (1965) | 2:51 |
2. | "Une fleur dans le cœur" ("A Flower in the Heart") | Christophe Schaeffer, Pawson/Chambers | Victoire Scott (1968) | 3:03 |
3. | "Initials B.B." (B.B. is for Brigitte Bardot) | Serge Gainsbourg | Serge Gainsbourg (1968) | 3:44 |
4. | "Mon amour, mon ami" ("My Love, my Friend" [4] ) | Eddy Marnay, André Popp | Marie Laforêt (1967) | 4:35 |
5. | "Polichinelle" ("Pulcinella") | Pierre Saka, Jean Bernard | France Gall (1967) | 2:28 |
6. | "La Maritza" ("The Maritsa") | Pierre Delanoë, Jean Renard | Sylvie Vartan (1968) | 3:54 |
7. | "Sœur Angélique" ("Sister Angelica") | Michel Rivgauche, Georges Liferman | Annie Philippe (1966) | 3:05 |
8. | "Dis-moi poupée" ("Tell me Doll" [5] ) | Jean Albertini, Johnny Rech | Isabelle (1967) | 3:24 |
9. | "Lilith" | Léonie Lousseau, Karl Heinz Schäfer | Léonie (1972) | 2:30 |
10. | "En Alabama" ("In Alabama") | Sébastien Poitrenaud, Jean-Claude Vannier | Léonie (1971) | 2:39 |
11. | "Wahala Manitou" | Étienne Roda-Gil, Christophe | Léonie (1971) | 2:34 |
12. | "Je n’ai besoin que de tendresse" (I Need Only Tenderness") | Claire Dixon, Daniel Faure | Claire Dixon 1967 | 2:14 |
13. | "La Licorne d’or" ("The Gold Unicorn") | Christian Turban, Michel Bernholc | Victoire Scott (1968) | 2:45 |
14. | "J’ai le mal de toi" ("I Miss You") | Michaële/Georges Costa, Gabriel Yared | Betty Mars (1974) | 2:51 |
15. | "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" ("Wax Doll, Rag Doll") | Serge Gainsbourg | France Gall (1965) | 2:31 |
Total length: | 45:16 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist | Length |
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16. | "Les Sucettes" ("The Lollipops") | Serge Gainsbourg | France Gall 1966 | 2:40 |
Total length: | 47:56 |
The album was recorded by the following artists: [6]
Band
Guest musicians
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