Sacrebleu (album)
| Sacrebleu | ||||
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EastWest | ||||
| Producer | Dimitri from Paris | |||
| Dimitri from Paris chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Cover for North American release | ||||
Sacrebleu is the debut
EastWest Records
in Europe and Japan.
Several of the album's tracks sample from
.Composition
- The Prologue opens: "Hello There and Welcome to the exciting world of Hip. This is a new departure in language instruction for English-speaking people who want to talk to – and be understood by – jazz musicians, hipsters, beatniks, juvenile delinquents and the criminal fringe." This is a sample from Del Close John Brent's 1959 comedy spoken word album How to Speak Hip.
- Track 2, Sacré Français! samples Valéry's 1964 track Vous Dansez Mademoiselle.
- Track 3, Monsieur Dimitri Joue Du Stylophone samples The Three Suns's version of Sleep Walk from the album Fever & Smoke.
- Track 4, Nothing to lose, uses Claudine Longet's vocal performance from Peter Sellers' The Party.
- Track 6, Reveries, samples "Half-Forgotten Daydreams" by British composer John Cameron .
- Track 10, Une Very Stylish Fille samples Teddy Randazzo's 1966 track The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Sampled quotes from Breakfast at Tiffany's are also included on the track: the character Mrs. Failenson's (Patricia Neal) quote "I am a very stylish girl" is heard throughout the track, as well as the character Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) asking "How do I look?" with the character Paul "Fred" Varjak (George Peppard) replying "Very good. I must say I'm amazed." This track was also used by Volvo for a commercial.
- The second part of Nothing To Lose (Lounge Instrumentale), also titled separately as Toujours L'Amore, samples this quote by character Sylvia Rankinfrom (La Dolce Vita,: "I like lots of things, but there are three things I like most: Love, love and love." The song ends with a sample from the beginning of Fellini's 8½, which says, "Bella ragazza! Americana, eh?"
- Free Ton Style samples Mysteries of the World by MFSB in 1980[1][2]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[4] |
| Muzik | [5] |
| Q |  [6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| Select | 4/5[8] |
| Spin | 8/10[9] |
In a contemporary review of Sacrebleu, Will Hermes of Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Like French fromage, it often smells funny, but when it's good, it's marvelous."[4] Retrospectively, John Bush of AllMusic described the record as "a breezy collection of what could be loosely termed house music", albeit one "indebted to a variety of intriguing styles reminiscent of the Continent around the mid-part of the century", and praised it as an "immensely enjoyable album".[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prologue" | 0:36 |
| 2. | "Sacre Francais" | 4:54 |
| 3. | "Monsieur Dimitri Joue Du Stylophone" | 1:02 |
| 4. | "Nothing to Lose" | 4:58 |
| 5. | "Un Termede" | 0:46 |
| 6. | "Reveries" (edit) | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Attente Musicale" | 1:07 |
| 8. | "Dirty Larry" | 5:22 |
| 9. | "Free Ton Style" | 3:52 |
| 10. | "Un Terlude" | 2:25 |
| 11. | "Une Very Stylish Fille" | 3:18 |
| 12. | "Un Woman's Paradis" | 3:15 |
| 13. | "Back in the Daze" | 8:02 |
| 14. | "Le Moogy Reggae" | 5:07 |
| 15. | "Encore Un Terlude" | 0:46 |
| 16. | "Un World Mysteriouse" | 4:09 |
| 17. | "Par Un Chemin Different" | 6:30 |
| 18. | "Nothing to Lose (Lounge Instrumentale)" | 4:42 |
| 19. | "Epilogue" / "Souvenirs de Paris" | 9:20 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prologue" | 0:36 |
| 2. | "Sacre Francais" | 4:54 |
| 3. | "Monsieur Dimitri Joue Du Stylophone" | 1:02 |
| 4. | "Nothing to Lose" | 4:58 |
| 5. | "Un Termede" | 0:46 |
| 6. | "Reveries" (edit) | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Attente Musicale" | 1:07 |
| 8. | "Dirty Larry" (Crue-L Grand Orchestra Remix) | 8:04 |
| 9. | "Un Terlude" | 2:25 |
| 10. | "Une Very Stylish Fille" | 3:18 |
| 11. | "Love Love Mode" | 7:05 |
| 12. | "Un Woman's Paradis" | 3:15 |
| 13. | "Back in the Daze" | 8:02 |
| 14. | "Le Moogy Reggae" | 5:07 |
| 15. | "Encore Un Terlude" | 0:46 |
| 16. | "Un World Mysteriouse" | 4:09 |
| 17. | "Par Un Chemin Different" | 6:30 |
| 18. | "Nothing to Lose (Lounge Instrumentale)" / "Epilogue" / "Tojours L' Amore" | 10:11 |
References
- ^ "Free Ton Style by Dimitri From Paris on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ "Mysteries of the World - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ a b Bush, John. "Sacrebleu – Dimitri from Paris". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ a b Hermes, Will (6 March 1998). "Sacrebleu". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ Push (August 1996). "Paris game, set and match" (PDF). Muzik. No. 15. p. 111. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "Dimitri from Paris: Sacrebleu". Q (128): 119. May 1997.
- ^ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (5 March 1998). "Dimitri From Paris: Sacrebleu". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 12 November 2003. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ Warren, Emma (August 1996). "Dimitri from Paris: Sacre Bleu". Select (74).
- ^ Michel, Sia (May 1998). "Cornelius: Fantasma / Dimitri from Paris: Sacrebleu". Spin. 14 (5): 134. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
