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- Date Released: October 27, 1995
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock
- Label: Sympathy For The Record Industry / INgrooves
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1995's Chick Habit was a complete turnaround from the ultra-twee and largely acoustic pop of April March's self-titled debut EP. Taking off from a lifelong interest in French music and culture (the former Elinor Blake studied in the country as a teenager), Chick Habit is a note-perfect re-creation of French ye-ye music of the 1960s. March, whose voice is a dead ringer for France Gall's similarly perky tones, borrows heavily from Gall's style and repertoire. The title track is a fairly literal translation of one of Gall's biggest Serge Gainsbourg-penned hits, "Laisse Tomber des Filles," given a "Peter Gunn"-style twang guitar track and performed with a punky snarl. (The opening track is the same song performed in March's note-perfect French.) The remaining tunes are covers of other ye-ye songs, with the highlights being Jacques Dutronc's "Le Temps de L'Amour" (a 1966 hit for Dutronc's wife, Françoise Hardy), given a smoky reading highlighted by a Dick Dale-style surf guitar played by guest star Jonathan Richman (a friend of producer and multi-instrumentalist Andy Paley, who leads the excellent band), and another dip into Gall's catalog, the dreamy "Cet Air-La." April March would, in varying degrees, explore this French pop obsession over her next several albums, but this is its purest manifestation.
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Laisse Tomber Les Filles |
2:06 |
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| 02. | |
Deux Garsons Pour Une Fille |
2:41 |
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| 03. | |
Caribou |
3:02 |
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| 04. | |
Le Temps De L'Amour |
2:37 |
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| 05. | |
La Chanson De Prevert |
2:48 |
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| 06. | |
Tu Mens |
2:26 |
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| 07. | |
Cet Air-La |
2:42 |
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Chick Habit |
2:09 |
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08 Total Tracks, 20:31 Total Length
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Credits
- Jonathan Richman - Guitar // Kim Bullard - Engineer // Mark Linett - Engineer // Mark Linett - Mixing // Frank Macchia - Saxophone // Andy Paley - Organ // Andy Paley - Bass // Andy Paley - Percussion // Andy Paley - Bongos // Andy Paley - Drums // Andy Paley - Glockenspiel // Andy Paley - Vocals (Background) // John Paterno - Engineer // Rocky Schenck - Photography // Eddie Flowers - Artwork // Phil Maynes - Guitar // Steve Savitsky - Bongos // Steve Savitsky - Drums // Sheryl Farber - Vocals (Background) // April March - Vocals // April March - Vocals (Background) // April March - Main Performer // Elinor Blake - Producer // Elinor Blake - Mixing
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