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Fantastic, truly timeless and wonderful piece of music...

06/23/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It's been almost 30 years since I first listened to this music when I was about 10. I can still sing some of it, but never really know the artist. Now I have a chance to own it and it's really timeless. I love the music as well as every word of it. It changed my whole life, especially the word "Enfants de tous pays..." I believe children everywhere are the same...happily face, pure and honest mind, love to play and sing... Merci beaucoup Enrico Macias..."

One of France's finest

Alejandra Vernon | Long Beach, California | 01/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Singer/songwriter/guitarist Enrico Macias never had much of a fan base in America, but was very famous in Europe (and his LPs were a hot black-market item in the Middle East) in the mid-'60s and '70s, and he continues to record, and though he has not fully captured the ever dominant "youth market", has his loyal admirers world-wide.

Born in 1938 in Algeria of Jewish parentage, he moved to France in 1961 (along with the million Europeans escaping the violence of the guerilla war), and after two years of performing in cafes, found fame with his melodic songs, warm and pleasing voice, and terrific guitar playing.



On this compilation of his music from the 1960s, Macias co-wrote all 16 songs, and the two earliest from 1962, "Oh ! Guitare, Guitare" and "Adieu Mon Pays", were written under his real name, Gaston Ghenassia, and are so significant to his life; the strains of his heritage can often be heard in his compositions and vocal style, lending an exotic touch to the beautiful melodies he sings and plays so well.

Favorites for me include "La Femme de Mon Ami", a tender love song for a woman he cannot love, and "El Porompompero" which is an upbeat number that was a big hit for him and a "signature song".

The sound is excellent in this compilation, and total time is 45'54. Any collection of French popular music without a sampling of Macias is incomplete, and this CD is a good place to start.

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Ther's only one Enrico!

Pierrette Komarek | Boca Raton Florida | 12/07/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A pied Noir like me,Enrico Macias has always incarnated the longing for our lost country , the music, the joie de vivre that so represent our Semitic culture. Recently he was supposed to go to Algeria with president Sarkozy to sing in Constantine- where Enrico was born, but politics (as usual) made it impossible for him to go back; It's a shame..for he is truly loved by people on both sides of our beloved Médittérranée!

Vas y Enrico! tié beau comme là bas dis mon fils!"