“N°5” by Jacques Brel - album review

features in: Album Chart of 1961Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s

TJR says

“N°5” represents the end of chapter one for Brel – his fifth and final album of new music for Philips Records. It’s a solid follow-up to “N°4” album, perhaps lacking the dynamic killer-classics, but plenty spirited all the same. The opening “Marieke” is a strong starter and sees Brel singing in both French and Flemish for the one and only time. Album highlight “Le Moribond” is a tale of a dying man that includes sarcasm and references to his wife’s infidelity. It would be tamely reinterpreted by Rod McKuen as “Seasons In The Sun”. Une tragédie pour musique!

The Jukebox Rebel
05–Jul–2008

Tracklist
A1 [02:41] 6.9.png Jacques Brel - Marieke (Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest) Crooner / Cabaret
A2 [03:07] 7.5.png Jacques Brel - Le Moribond (Jacques Brel) Crooner / Cabaret
A3 [03:00] 6.0.png Jacques Brel - Vivre Debout (Jacques Brel, François Rauber) Crooner / Cabaret
A4 [03:06] 7.4.png Jacques Brel - On N’Oublie Rien (Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest) Crooner / Cabaret
A5 [02:55] 6.5.png Jacques Brel - Clara (Jacques Brel) Crooner / Cabaret
B1 [03:32] 5.5.png Jacques Brel - Le Prochain Amour (Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest) Crooner / Cabaret
B2 [04:03] 5.8.png Jacques Brel - L’Ivrogne (Jacques Brel, François Rauber, Gérard Jouannest) Crooner / Cabaret
B3 [02:37] 6.3.png Jacques Brel - Les Prénoms De Paris (Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest) Crooner / Cabaret
B4 [03:04] 6.7.png Jacques Brel - Les Singes (Jacques Brel) Crooner / Cabaret

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