The Long awaited 7th Studio Album. Sultry chansons d'amour...prepare to be spun on your axis by her wildly successful rebirth as a husky chanteuse."Uncut

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp
2. Bonnie Et Clyde
3. Avec Le Temps
4. Sous Le Ciel De Paris
5. Des Ronds Dans L'Eau
6. Pourtant Tu M'aimes
7. Ne Me Quitte Pas
8. La Vie En Rose
9. Contact
10. Merci Cherie
11. Jezebel

Disc 2:

1. I Still Love Him
2. La Vie En Rose
3. Bonnie and Clyde
4. If You Go Away

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50449 in Music
• Released on: 2007-02-05
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Limited Edition
• Dimensions: .26 pounds
• Running time: 41 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Taking a page from the Marianne Faithfull playbook, Belinda Carlisle exchanges exuberance for sophistication on Voilà. Sung entirely in French, Carlisle's first CD in a decade celebrates the sturdy song form known as chanson. From the legendary Edith Piaf ("La Vie En Rose") to '60s songbird François Hardy ("Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp") to playful provocateur Serge Gainsbourg ("Contact"), Carlisle tackles 11 favorites. If Faithfull's Strange Weather, a torched-up collection of covers, makes perfect sense in retrospect, Voilà also seems like a natural progression for Carlisle, though some Go-Go's devotees may be startled by the departure. More surprising than her accent, which is actually quite good, are the arrangements, like Gainsbourg's "Bonnie et Clyde" reinvented as echoey electronica or Hardy's "Pourtant Tu M'aimes" as hard-driving pop. Carlisle's versatile collaborators include Brian Eno (keyboards), Natacha Atlas (vocals), and Fianchna O'Braonain (guitar, vocals) from the Hothouse Flowers. Traditionalists may balk at the Irish and Middle Eastern touches, but Carlisle’s genuine affection for the material should win over most skeptics. Her distinctive vibrato, particularly on Jacques Brel's heartbreaking "Ne Me Quitte Pas" ("If You Go Away") and Charles Aznavour’s flamenco-flavored "Jezebel," has never sounded quite so full and throaty. --Kathleen C. Fennessy