Jacques Brel - Infinement[2CD][40 Best][MP3@320] rapidshare

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CD1
1. LA QUETE (THE QUEST)
2. LA CATHEDRALE (THE CATHEDRAL)
3. L'AMOUR EST MORT (LOVE IS DEAD)
4. MAI 40 (MAY1940)
5. AVEC ELEGANCE (WITH ELEGANCE)
6. SANS EXIGENCES (WITHOUT EMERGENCIES)
7. LES MARQUISES (THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS)
8. ORLY (ORLY AIRPORT)
9. LA VILLE S'ENDORMAIT (THE CITY FELL ASLEEP)
10. JOJO (JOJO)
11. J'ARRIVE (I ARRIVE)
12. QUAND ON N'A QUE L'AMOUR (WHEN WE HAVE ONLY LOVE)
13. LE PLAT PAYS (THE FLAT LAND)
14. MON ENFANCE (MY CHILDHOOD)
15. LES VIEUX (THE OLD PEOPLE)
16. LA CHANSON DE JACKY
17. LA VALSE A MILLE TEMPS (THE WALTZ A THOUSAND TIMES AS FAST)
18. LE PROCHAIN AMOUR

CD2
1. LA CHANSON DES VIEUX AMANTS (SONG OF THE OLD LOVERS)
2. NE ME QUITTE PAS (DON'T LEAVE ME)
3. AMSTERDAM
4. LA BIERE (BEER)
5. BRUXELLES (BRUSSELS)
6. LE DIABLE "CA VA" (THE DEVIL "ALL RIGHT)
7. IL NOUS FAUT REGARDER (WE MUST LOOK AT)
8. L'ENFANCE (CHILDHOOD)
9. CES GENS LA (THOSE PEOPLE THERE)
10. LES BONBONS (CANDIES)
11. LES FLAMANDES (FLEMISH WOMEN)
12. LES BOURGEOIS (THE MIDDLE CLASS)
13. JEF (JEF)
14. MATHILDE (MATHILDE)
15. MARIEKE
16. MADELEINE (MADELEINE)
17. LES BIGOTES (THE BIGOTED CHURCH LADIES)
18. VESOUL (VESOUL)
19. LE MORIBOND (THE DYING MAN)
20. AU SUIVANT (NEXT)
21. LE DERNIER REPAS
22. JE SUIS UN SOIR D'ETE (I AM A SUMMER'S EVE)

Infinitely Great Brel Compilation with 5 Unpublished songs, December 8, 2003

"'Infiniment' etait un mot qui lui ressemblait"
"Tu leur Diras" Maddly Bamy
Come on, all you French majors, you students of French from beginner to advanced, put down your boring grammar books, your homework, your dusty old Ronsard and actually enjoy yourself. Treat yourself to one of the most thrilling singer/songwriters that ever walked the planet and his latest CD compilation, 25 years after he dropped the body.
The five unpublished songs, outtakes of his last album, are here at last. The whimsical "La Cathedrale" where the anti-clerical Brel finally finds a use for a Cathedral--he dreams it into a sailing ship, sees the world and finds it beautiful. " Mai 40", where to the swinging sound of 40's Big Band music, he recalls the war's destruction and the awakening of his Belgitude. "L'Amour est Mort" which the French press satirized as a song so depressing it might incite suicide, actually reminds the lovers for whom the wine has gone sour that they once loved and enjoyed each other. "Sans Exigences" is another song of love gone bad, somber in tone with an organ behind it. The narrator in the first person is treated with contempt and indifference by his partner, is not bold enough to complain, and is finally deserted. Brel wanted this piece on his last album but somehow it didn't get there. "Avec Elegance" has a wryly satirical ring to it like "Les Paums de Petit Matin. " These 50-ish people are despairing, but always with elegance, as if despair is some kind of fashionable pose.
.The other songs are a "best of" available on many other albums with the exception of the gorgeous ballad L'Enfance written for the last film he directed, Le Far West. It's great to have all these songs together in one place sounding so clear and true in the new High Definition CD. Chilling to hear Brel draw breath into his remaining usable lung as he sings of the heartbreak of the parting lovers in "Orly" Exhilarating to hear the majestic brass that builds the intensity of this masterpiece. You hear things you never noticed before. "Orly" is still "Orly" only more so.
In sum, this is a great set. You won't regret owning it whether you already have a lot of Brel or not.

Reviewer: Thelma F Blitz (New York, NY USA).Thanks!