Nouvelle Vague (album)

Nouvelle Vague
Studio album by Nouvelle Vague
Released	9 August 2004 (UK) 2 November 2004 (France) 3 May 2005 (US)
Genre	Easy Listening Lounge Bossa Nova
Length	46:30
Label	Peacefrog (UK / France) PFG051 / PFG051CD (standard edition, 8/04) PFG062CD (limited edition, 11/04) Luaka Bop (US)
Nouvelle Vague chronology
Nouvelle Vague (2004) Bande à Part (2006)
American release cover

Nouvelle Vague is the 2004 self-titled debut album by Nouvelle Vague. The album consists entirely of easy listening and bossa nova versions of songs that were written and recorded during the post-punk/New Wave era. "Nouvelle Vague" means "New Wave" in French, so the name of the band is a play on the words.

The Guardian newspaper included it in its list of the 10 "most beautiful sleeves of 2004".^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
DJ	[3]
E!	(B)[4]
The Independent	[5]
Mojo	[6]
Pitchfork	(7.0/10) [7]
Q	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
The Telegraph	(favourable)[10]
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Track listing

	Song	Original Artist	Dur.
1	"Love Will Tear Us Apart"	Joy Division	3:18
2	"Just Can't Get Enough"	Depeche Mode	3:07
3	"In a Manner of Speaking"	Tuxedomoon	3:58
4	"Guns of Brixton"	The Clash	4:06
5	"This Is Not a Love Song"	Public Image Ltd.	3:47
6	"Too Drunk to Fuck"	Dead Kennedys	2:16
7	"Marian"	The Sisters of Mercy	3:53
8	"Making Plans for Nigel"	XTC	3:32
9	"A Forest"	The Cure	3:39
10	"I Melt with You"	Modern English	4:00
11	"Teenage Kicks"	The Undertones	2:13
12	"Psyche"	Killing Joke	4:12
13	"Friday Night, Saturday Morning"	The Specials	4:22
‡	"Sorry for Laughing"	Josef K	3:09
†	"Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)"	A Flock of Seagulls	2:42

† bonus track on limited edition
‡ bonus track on limited edition and US edition

References

1. ^ "The most beautiful sleeves of 2004". The Guardian. 17 December 2004. http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,12102,1374952,00.html. Retrieved 28 September 2010. 
2. ^ Phares, Heather. Nouvelle Vague: Nouvelle Vague > Review at Allmusic. Retrieved 20 March 2006.
3. ^ DJ review
4. ^ E! review
5. ^ The Independent review
6. ^ Mojo review
7. ^ Crock, Jason (February 16, 2005). "Nouvelle Vague: Nouvelle Vague> Review". Pitchfork. Pitchfork Media. http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5913-nouvelle-vague. Retrieved 20 March 2006. 
8. ^ Q review
9. ^ Swanson, David (February 10, 2005). "Tweaked!: Nouvelle Vague Nouvelle Vague > Album Review". Rolling Stone (967): p. 84. Archived from the original on 3 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20090211170859/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nouvellevague/albums/album/6041091/review/6860680. Retrieved 20 March 2006. 
10. ^ Muggs, Joe (02 August 2004). "Pop CDs of the week: Teddy Wilson, Skinnyman and more: Nouvelle Vague". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3621687/Pop-CDs-of-the-week-Teddy-Wilson-Skinnyman-and-more.html. Retrieved 20 April 2006. 

External links

• Nouvelle Vague at MusicBrainz