La vache qui pleure

Infobox Album |
Name = La vache qui pleure
Type = Album
Artist = Kate and Anna McGarrigle


Released = November 25, 2003
Recorded = 2003
Genre = Folk
Length = 40:31
Label = La Tribu
Producer = ?
Reviews =
Last album ="The McGarrigle Hour" (1998)
This album ="La vache qui pleure" (2003)
Next album =

"La vache qui pleure" is a 2003 album by Kate and Anna McGarrigle. It is the sisters' second full album of French language songs, following 1980's "Entre Lajeunesse et la sagesse". (Many of the sisters' other albums include one or two French songs as well.)

The album does, however, include one English song. "Sunflower" is an English version of "Ah tournesol", which also appears on this album.

The title, which means "The Cow That Cries", is a pun on La vache qui rit, the name of a brand of French cheese.

Guest musicians on the album include Joel Zifkin, Lily Lanken, Anna's daughter, and Martha Wainwright, Kate's daughter.

Track listing

All songs by Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Philippe Tatartcheff, except where noted.

#"Petite annonce amoureuse" – 3:58
#"Ah tournesol" – 2:58
#"Le bambocheur" (Kate) – 2:22
#"Hurle le vent" – 3:22
#"La Vache qui pleure" – 4:08
#"Rose blanche" (Kate/Tatartcheff/Bruant) – 4:52
#"Tant le monde" – 3:35
#"Dans le silence" – 3:32
#"Ce matin" – 4:43
#"Petites boites" (translation of "Little Boxes" by Graeme Allwright/Malvina Reynolds) – 3:36
#"Sunflower" (Kate/Anna) – 3:25