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Excellent new album of most famous french female singer

Paul De Troy | 07/18/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Sylvie Vartan is back with an album of new recordings containing some slow ballads, a style she does very well, of which I specially mention "Les Yeux d'Emma" written by Didier Barbelivien, the excellent power ballad "au rythme du coeur" cowritten by her son David Hallyday, up-tempo songs ("Ce n'est pas rien", "Tout feu tout flamme", "Give me a reason") a style she also does very well and that fortunately she's included on this album; "On s'est tant aimé" (written by Michel Mallory) is vintage Vartan with modern sound techniques. Barbelivien, Mallory have already written very well known songs for Sylvie Vartan, there are also others here as De Benedittis, Esposito, Manners who join their talents to this album. The result is an excellent album which, without loosing Sylvie Vartan's particular style, sounds fresh and modern, either for the dance floor or just to stay quiet and listen carefully. Listen and enjoy it!"

Too good to say it's not good.

Paul De Troy | Belgium (Europe) | 11/23/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Perhaps this album is a little overproduced; sometimes it works, sometimes not. It's a very strange album any way. It's spoiled by a few very weak songs ('Give me a reason'(oh boy!), 'On s'est tant aimé', 'Au rythme du coeur' and 'Tout feu tout flamme'), but there are many jewels too ('Ce n'est pas rien', 'Ouvre moi le ciel', 'Plus rien n'est comme avant', and especially 'Les yeux d'Emma' and 'Rupture'). The sound is modern, with a firm emphasis on drum-beats, but there's a nostalgic element too. To be short: this album is sometimes surprisingly weak and ordinary, but mostly surprisingly good. Don't stop with the angel-like 'Rupture': after five minutes or so, another fine song follows as a kind of postlude."