Petula's French recordings of the late sixties
Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 02/08/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Apart from two tracks from 1970, all these songs are from 1968 or 1969. Although Petula's music was as good as ever, her music was going out of fashion so the music here is generally less well known than her music from the mid-sixties, although it does include French versions of her classic songs Kiss me goodbye and Happy heart, as well as Melody man, the English version of which was a big hit in Australia.There are fewer covers here than on the earlier volumes, but there are excellent French versions of Tiny bubbles (Don Ho), Dry your eyes (Brenda and the tabulations) and Loving things (an American hit for Grass roots and a British hit for Marmalade).There is also one song recorded in English - When you return, a song of French origin, written by Paul Mariat. Most of the other songs are French originals. They sound every bit as good as Petula's earlier French music, with a good mix of tempos. Petula's fans everywhere will enjoy this collection."