- Les Retrouvailles
Infobox Album |
Name = Les Retrouvailles
Type =Album
Artist =Yann Tiersen
Released =June 14 2005
Length = 43:39
Label =Ici d’Ailleurs
Producer =Yann Tiersen Last album = "Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright"
(2004)
This album = "Les Retrouvailles" (2005)
Next album = "On Tour " (2006)"Les Retrouvailles" is an album by French musician
Yann Tiersen . Released in 2005, it features a number of high-profile guest vocalists, both French and Anglophone alike: Christophe Miossec, Dominique A,Elizabeth Fraser (of theCocteau Twins ),Jane Birkin , andStuart Staples (of theTindersticks ). As is customary with his albums, Tiersen showcases his multi-instrumental skills, which on the album encompasses theaccordion ,piano ,mandolin , andharpsichord , among others."Les Retrouvailles" also includes a DVD short film entitled "La Traversée", directed by Aurelie du Boys, which documents the making of the album and incorporates an animated video for the non-album track, "Le Train," and also live versions of a handful of songs.
Track listing
#"Western" – 2:24
#"Kala" (featuringElizabeth Fraser ) – 4:09
#"Loin Des Villes" – 3:20
#"La Veillée" – 3:12
#"Plus D'hiver" (featuringJane Birkin ) – 2:23
#"A Ceux Qui Sont Malades Par Mer Calme" – 3:30
#"A Secret Place" (featuringStuart A. Staples ) – 3:26
#"Le Matin" – 1:58
#"Les Enfants" – 2:01
#"Le Jour De L'ouverture" (featuring Miossec and Dominique A) – 3:38
#"La Boulange" – 2:47
#"La Plage" – 1:58
#"Mary" (featuringElizabeth Fraser ) – 3:38
#"7:PM" – 2:41
#"Les Retrouvailles" – 1:30
#"La Jetée" – 1:05Note: The
Virgin Records version of the CD has a defect on the beginning of “Kala”.Fact|date=February 2007
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