Release Date: 27 May 2022
Label: Born Bad Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 3521383468791
Release Date: 27 May 2022
Label: Born Bad Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 3521381568806
Description
18 track compilation of cult '80s French rock band Les Calamités, includes their biggest hit "Vélomoteur" and tracks with the bands the Dogs and The Barracudas. Available as a digipak CD with 36-page booklet and vinyl with 8 page booklet and download code, with liner notes in French and English.
Wouldn't it do them justice to rid Les Calamités (literally "the calamities") of the embarrassing phrase "girl band", durably stuck to their skins and plaited skirts? It's nothing but a pink puffy cloud obscuring their true importance as a "band" full stop, as well as their fleeting though mind-bending trajectory. In just a few months after going on stage with a handful of original songs recorded here and there, they became, from Dijon to Rouen, Paris to Toulouse, Bordeaux to Strasbourg, the darlings of an uncompromising rockers' demanding scene. Tolerated by some, maybe, they were also consecrated, certainly (should they have needed the accolade). The trade-off was a succession of quick and distinctive verse-choruses for which the adjectives "fresh" and "light" seemed to have been invented again.
They delivered just as many covers, which gave an idea of the origins of their songwriting: one foot in the fifties (on the dancefloor), the other in the sixties (in the garage). All of this leading to their final hit, a successful incursion in the top sales with a popular song for everyone to hum at ease, from seaside campsites to the cool kids of the capital. Everything the Calamités touched, with their classy, rigorous, casual ways - plus just enough amused detachment - turned into gold.
Description
18 track compilation of cult '80s French rock band Les Calamités, includes their biggest hit "Vélomoteur" and tracks with the bands the Dogs and The Barracudas. Available as a digipak CD with 36-page booklet and vinyl with 8 page booklet and download code, with liner notes in French and English.
Wouldn't it do them justice to rid Les Calamités (literally "the calamities") of the embarrassing phrase "girl band", durably stuck to their skins and plaited skirts? It's nothing but a pink puffy cloud obscuring their true importance as a "band" full stop, as well as their fleeting though mind-bending trajectory. In just a few months after going on stage with a handful of original songs recorded here and there, they became, from Dijon to Rouen, Paris to Toulouse, Bordeaux to Strasbourg, the darlings of an uncompromising rockers' demanding scene. Tolerated by some, maybe, they were also consecrated, certainly (should they have needed the accolade). The trade-off was a succession of quick and distinctive verse-choruses for which the adjectives "fresh" and "light" seemed to have been invented again.
They delivered just as many covers, which gave an idea of the origins of their songwriting: one foot in the fifties (on the dancefloor), the other in the sixties (in the garage). All of this leading to their final hit, a successful incursion in the top sales with a popular song for everyone to hum at ease, from seaside campsites to the cool kids of the capital. Everything the Calamités touched, with their classy, rigorous, casual ways - plus just enough amused detachment - turned into gold.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Bernard Fevre
Vox Low
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Sauveur Mallia
Yan Tregger
The Go Go Cult
The Routes
Fleur
Sux Sux Sux
Movie Movie
Fleur
The Emperors
The Emperors
