Ces gens-là () is the ninth studio album by Jacques Brel. Also known as Jef, it was released in 1966 by Barclay (80323). The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Ces Gens-Là as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à bonbons by Barclay (980 817-2).
Track listing
Track Title Translation Songwriter(s)Recorded 1 "Ces gens-là" "Those People" Jacques Brel 1965-11-06 2 "Jef" "Jef" Brel 1964-01-08 3 "La Chanson de Jacky" "Jacky's Song" Brel, Gérard Jouannest 1965-11-02 4 "Les Bergers" "The Shepherds" Brel 1964-01-07 5 "Le Tango funèbre" "The Funeral Tango" Brel, Jouannest 1964-03-07 6 "Fernand" "Fernand" Brel, Jouannest 1965-11-06 7 "Mathilde" "Mathilde" Brel, Jouannest 1964-01-09 8 "L'Âge idiot" "The Idiotic Age" Brel 1965-11-02 9 "Grand-mère" "Grandmother" Brel 1965-11-03 10 "Les Désespérés" "The Desperate Ones" Brel, Jouannest 1965-11-06 11 "Mijn vlakke land (Le Plat Pays)" "The Flat Country" Brel 1963-01-08 12 "Rosa (in Flemish)" "Rosa" Brel, Jouannest 1963-01-08 13 "De burgerij (Les bourgeois)" "The bourgeois" Brel, Jean Corti 1963-01-08 14 "De nuttelozen van de nacht (Les paumés du petit matin)" "The Lost Ones of the Early Morning" Brel, François Rauber 1963-01-08
Tracks 1–10 constituted the original 1966 album. Tracks 11–14 were originally issued on EP Barclay 70907 EP 45, of which the orchestral sessions were recorded on 8 January 1963, with separate vocals by Brel added later. These tracks do not belong to the original album 'Ces Gens-là' but were added when it was reissued as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à bonbons.
Personnel
Jacques Brel – composer, vocals François Rauber – orchestra conductor François Rauber et Son Orchestre - accompaniment Gérard Jouannest – piano Jean Corti - accordion Gerhardt Lehner – recording engineer & audio mixing (uncredited) Jean-Marie Guérin – mastering Hubert Grooteclaes – photography
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