666,667 Club

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666,667 Club
Studio album by Noir Désir

Publication
(s)

November 11, 1996

Label (s) Barclay (FR)

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

13

running time

50:39 min.

chronology
Dies Irae
(1994) 		666,667 Club One Trip / One Noise
(1998)

666.667 Club is the fifth studio album by the French rock band Noir Désir . The 1996 album is characterized by the fact that it is quieter than its predecessor, with the main emphasis being placed on the lyrics. Some pieces are very intimate, while others mainly address political and social issues. The album is considered the group's greatest success and was awarded double platinum in France .

Track list

  1. 666,667 Club (3:41)
  2. Fin de siècle (5:34)
  3. Un jour en France (3:13)
  4. À ton étoile (4:27)
  5. Ernestine (4:42)
  6. Comme elle vient (2:25)
  7. Prayer for a Wanker (3:09)
  8. Les Persiennes (4:09)
  9. L'Homme pressé (3:46)
  10. Lazy (5:34)
  11. À la longue (4:27)
  12. September, en attendant (3:01)
  13. Song for JLP (Hidden Track) (2:21)

Emergence

The album was produced by Ted Niceley and Noir Désir and recorded by Andy Baker in August 1996 at the Studio du Manoir in the Landes department . During the preparations for the album, the bassist Frédéric Vidalenc left the band because he no longer had the motivation for further tours and wanted to devote himself entirely to sailing . Shortly before the studio recordings began, he was replaced by Jean-Paul Roy, who was the group's touring technician up to that point. Nevertheless, Frédéric Vidalenc recorded the bass for the song Settembre, en attandant , which he composed .

The title of the album is derived from a competition among members of the group. When they wanted to find out by means of an electronic metronome which of them could play the fastest on a piano keyboard, they all got the value 666, from which the idea for the 666 Club arose. The 667 was added so that the album would not be directly associated with the number of the beast . The album is noticeably quieter than Tostaky, which is particularly evident in the songs À ton étoile , Ernestine , Septembre , en attendant and À la longue . Serge Teyssot-Gay stated on this subject:

"On a joué tellement à fond au cours des dernières années qu'il faut maintenant inventer quelque chose d'autre [...] Le recours systématique à la rage et au volume sonore ne mènerait à rien."

"We have exhausted our style so much in recent years that it is now time to invent something new [...] The withdrawal to anger and loudness would not lead anywhere."

Furthermore, after his operation on the vocal cords, Bertrand Cantat had to limit himself to lower sound levels. Songs like Fin de siècle , Un jour en France , Comme elle vient and L'Homme pressé are still relatively high.

Much more clearly than its predecessors, the album is dedicated to many political and social issues. Fin de siècle is a cynical reckoning with the twentieth century, Un Jour en France refers to the rise of right-wing politics in France, a theme that was already taken up on the previous album with the song Here it comes slowly . Les Persiennes deals with women veiled according to Middle Eastern tradition and even À ton étoile contains an allusion to the Subcomandante Marcos . L'homme pressé , caricatures the typical careerist who gives everything to get money and power. The end of the song ( "love, love, love, dit-on en Amérique; lioubov en Russie soviétique; amour aux quatre coins de France" ) is the refrain of the song Love, lioubov, amour by the children's choir Les Poppys .

The Hungarian violinist Félix Lajkó took part in the recordings of the songs Ernestine and Septembre, en attendant , while the multi-instrumentalist Akosh Szelevényi , also from Hungary, took part in the songs Les Persiennes and 666,667 Club . The Hidden Track Song for JLP pays homage to Jeffrey Lee Pierce , the singer of The Gun Club , who died in 1996.

Chart positions and awards

FranceFrance France BelgiumBelgium Belgium SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland ItalyItaly Italy
1 9 12 6th
country Plates sold Award year
FranceFrance France 600,000+ twice platinum 1997
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 25,000+ gold 1997

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vincent Laufer: Noir Désir de A à Z , Express Éditions, 2005, pp. 79 and 104
  2. ↑ Vincent Laufer: Noir Désir de A à Z , Express Editions, 2005, pp. 88–91
  3. ↑ Vincent Laufer: Noir Désir de A à Z , Express Éditions, 2005, p. 85
  4. ↑ Vincent Laufer: Noir Désir de A à Z , Express Éditions, 2005, p. 21
  5. ↑ Vincent Laufer: Noir Désir de A à Z , Express Éditions, 2005, p. 48
  6. ↑ Awards Database - Noir Désir. Retrieved March 7, 2013 .

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