Made in France (album)

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Made in France
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Studio album by
Mireille Mathieu
Released1968 (1968)
Genre Chanson
Length32:12
LanguageFrench
Label Barclay
Mireille Mathieu chronology
En direct de l'Olympia
(1966)		Made in France
(1968)		Le merveilleux petit monde de Mireille Mathieu chante Noël
(1968)
Singles from Made in France

Made in France (also issued as Mireille Mathieu or Magnifique!) is a studio album by French singer Mireille Mathieu, released in 1967 by Barclay Records. It was the second Mathieu's album released in the United States, by Atlantic Records.

Contents

The single "La Dernière Valse" became a European hit, reaching leading positions in Belgium, Switzerland, and France proper, where it was number one for three weeks in a row. [1] [2] With this single, Mathieu also entered the UK chart for the first time, at number 26. [3]

Critical reception

American music magazine Billboard's reviewer wrote that this record's appeal should reach far beyond the French speaking market. [4] In a review of Cash Box said that "the artist waves a powerful spell with her dramatic, dynamic delivery." [5] The reviewer of Record World magazine stated: "The acknowledged successor to Piaf's sparrow, Mathieu is a soaring dove. She's superb." [6]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."La Dernière Valse"
3:06
2."La Vieille Barque"
2:40
3."Quand fera-t-il jour camarade"
2:39
4."En écoutant mon cœur chanter"Jean Marie Blanvillain3:06
5."Ponts de Paris"
2:26
6."Un monde avec toi"
2:34
Total length:16:31
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Les Yeux de l'amour"
2:53
2."La Chanson de notre amour"
  • Jean Dellème
  • Valto Laitinen
  • Pascal Sevran
2:06
3."Chant olympique"
2:50
4."Seuls au monde"
  • Mauriat
  • André Pascal
2:39
5."Quelqu'un pour toi"
  • Christian Chevallier
  • Frank Thomas
  • Jean-Michel Rivat
2:35
6."L'Amour"
  • Raymond Mamoudy
  • Armand Gomez
2:38
Total length:15:41

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mireille Mathieu Charts - hitparade.ch" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Hits of the World – France" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 79, no. 46. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. November 18, 1967. p. 59. ISSN   0006-2510.
  3. ↑ "La Dernière Valse – Mireille Mathieu". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 80, no. 15. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. April 13, 1968. p. 61. ISSN   0006-2510.
  5. ↑ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box . Vol. XXIX, no. 37. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. April 13, 1968. p. 48. ISSN   0008-7289.
  6. ↑ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Record World . Vol. 22, no. 1088. New York: Record World Pub. Co. April 20, 1968. p. 12. ISSN   0034-1622.
  7. ↑ Made in France (liner notes) (in French). Mireille Mathieu. France: Barclay. 1967. 80 352 S.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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