Polnareff's is an album by Michel Polnareff released in 1971 on Disc'AZ. At the time of its release, Polnareff was "one of the most successful musicians in France", according to The Independent. The album reflected some very personal and serious issues for Polnareff, including the suicide of Europe 1 radio director Lucien Morisse, a close friend, to whom the song "Qui a tué grand'maman?" was dedicated. The album was remixed in quadraphonic for release in Japan in 1972. In 1997, the album was first reissued on compact disc by Universal Records, along with his albums Le Bal des Lazes and Love Me, Please Love Me.
Track list "Voyages" (M. Polnareff) – 2:52 "Né dans un ice-cream" (J.-L. Dabadie, M. Polnareff) – 3:22 "Petite, petite" (J.-L. Dabadie, M. Polnareff) – 3:20 "Computer's Dream" (M. Polnareff) – 4:16 "Le désert n'est plus en Afrique" (M. Polnareff, M. Polnareff) – 3:04 "Nos mots d'amour" (J.-L. Dabadie, M. Polnareff) – 3:13 "...Mais encore" (M. Polnareff) – 2:15 "Qui a tué grand'maman ?" (M. Polnareff, M. Polnareff) – 2:37 "Monsieur l'Abbé" (M. Polnareff, M. Polnareff) – 3:30 "Hey You Woman" (P. Delanoe, M. Polnareff) – 5:21 "À minuit, à midi" (J.-L. Dabadie, M. Polnareff) – 3:36
Reception
Thom Jurek of AllMusic described the album as a "psychedelic pop masterpiece", "so bloody well-executed and produced, it cannot be anything but brilliant ... pretentious French psychedelic soul at its most garish and essential."
Personnel Michel Polnareff Piano, keyboards, vocals, mellotron, organ, electric piano, guitar, xylophone, bass, arranger, orchestra director vocals, compositions Jimmy Page: Electric Guitars Herbie Flowers: Bass Brian Bennett: Drums Jim Lawless: Percussion Anthony King & Bill Shepherd: strings arrangements & Orchestra directors
Technical Jean-Loup Dabadie – text Pierre Delanoé – text Peter Gallen – assistant Paul Holland – sound recording Anthony King – arranger, orchestra director Barry Kingston – collaboration Jean- Marie Perier – photography François Plassat – illustrations
Recorded in Abbey Road Studios, London 1971
Releases Region Date Label Format CatalogFrance1971AZ Disquesstereo LPSTEC 81Japan1972Epic Records JapanSQ quadraphonic LPECPL-31997Universal RecordsCD2003UniversalCD98091722003Semi-MeridianCD78415522006Umvd ImportCD784155
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