La maison où j'ai grandi is a studio album of French pop singer Françoise Hardy. It was released in France in November 1966, on LP, Disques Vogue/Vogue international industries (CLD 702-30). Published without title, except for the word Françoise on the cover, but has become known by the title of the most successful song on the album, "La maison où j'ai grandi" ("The House where I Grew Up").
Background and production In Italy from the 27th to the 29 January 1966, Françoise Hardy participated in the 16th Italian Song Festival of Sanremo to perform "Parlami di te", written by Vito Pallavicini, to music by Edoardo Vianello.Sélectionnée pour la finale, elle fut classée à la. Vianello wrote another song, "Ci sono cose più grandi", which Françoise took as basis for her French version ("Il est des choses"). Another participant, the singer Adriano Celentano, wrote an autobiographical song, "Il ragazzo della via Gluck", which Hardy adapted in French for her fifth album.La Via Gluck se trouve près de la gare centrale de Milan. C'est dans cette rue qu'Adriano Celentano a vu le jour.
"Il ragazzo della via Gluck" was ranked 2nd in the month of June 1966, in the hit parade of the radio show "Salut les Copains". "Rendez-vous d'automne" ranked 7th in this same Top 50 in November. Jukebox Magazine No. 105 de juin 1996.
Composition Hardy's lyrics express "romantic longing, reflecting on what it means to lose love once you find it, or when it doesn't live up to your fantasies".
Hardy plays Spanish guitar on the record, alongside a harpsichord.
Critical reception Hazel Cills, writing for Pitchfork, deemed La Maison Où J'Ai Grandi to be a "more grown-up", "most well-produced", and "well-written record", compared to Hardy's previous discography. It achieved a "baroque sound [..] that matched the depth of her sorrow and its complexities", and became "cohesive in sound and subject matter". Cillis was particularly impressed by the song "Si C'est Ça", where Hardy's "whispery voice and hushed guitar playing operate on the same frequency".
Track listing Words and music were written by Françoise Hardy, except where noted. She is accompanied by the Johnny Harris orchestra.[ Maison Ou J'ai Grandi – overview], Allmusic. Accessed on line 1 May 2009.
"Je changerais d'avis" – 2:53Original title: "Se telefonando"Lyrics: Ghigo De Chiara, Maurizio CostanzoMusic written by: Ennio MorriconeFirst sung by: Mina, 1966French adaptation by: Jacques Lanzmann and Françoise Hardy "Si c'est ça" – 2:09 "Rendez-vous d'automne" – 2:40Lyrics: Jean-Max RivièreMusic written by: Gérard BourgeoisAccompanists: Charles Blackwell orchestra. "Je serai là pour toi" – 2:24 "Peut-être que je t'aime" – 2:12 "Il est des choses" – 2:31Original title: "Ci sono cose più grandi"Lyrics: Eliana de SabataMusic written by: Edoardo VianelloFirst sung by: Tony Renis, 1966French adaptation by: Françoise HardyAccompanists: Charles Blackwell orchestra. "Comme" – 1:54 "Mes jours s'en vont" – 2:26 "Qu'ils sont heureux" – 2:21Lyrics: Eddy MarnayMusic written by: André Popp "Surtout ne vous retournez pas" – 2:20 "Tu es un peu à moi" – 2:14 "La maison où j'ai grandi" – 3:39Original title: "Il ragazzo della via Gluck"Lyrics: Luciano Beretta and Michele "Miki" Del PreteMusic written by: Adriano CelentanoFirst sung by: Adriano Celentano, 1966French adaptation: Eddy MarnayAccompanists: Charles Blackwell orchestra.
LP records: first editions in English-speaking world , 1966: LP, Vogue (VGL 7022). , 1966: LP, Vogue/Vogue international industries (VRL 3028). , 1968: Vogue (SVL 933.540). , 1968: La maison où j'ai grandi, Vogue/Vogue international industries (VC 6024). , 1968: Vogue (SVL 933-540).
Reissues on CD , 1996: Disques Vogue/Sony BMG (7 43213 80052 3). , 16 October 2015: CD, La maison où j'ai grandi, Light in the Attic Records/Future Days Recordings (FDR 618).
Reissue on 180 g vinyl , January 2016: La maison où j'ai grandi, Light in the Attic Records/Future Days Recordings (FDR 618).
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