April March – Chick Habit (1995)
Catalog#: EB200801
Format: CD, Mini-Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 2008
Genre: Pop, Rock
Quality: FLAC / MP3
Size: 142 MB / 41 MB
A California girl who sings as easy in French as she does in English, and as easily punk as blues as pop as yéyé as ballads as... you name it, she does it.
Elinor Blake, as April's real name is, started singing in punk band The Shitbirds. This band didn't last long so April started a solo career. Or rather, she started several cooperations with a.o. The Makers and Bassholes. Recording for the Sympathy for the Record Industry label, she appears no less than 4 times on the compilation Alright, This Time Just the Girls (solo and in bands).
Having a thing for French yéyé music she recorded a mini-album Chick Habit which not only contains a few songs of Serge Gainsbourg but also an inlay-picture and thank you's.
Then she met Bertrand Burgalat and signed to his Tricatel label which led to some more serious, mainly French sung, albums of which Chrominance Decoder was the first.
Tracklist:
1. Laisse Tomber Les Filles [2:06] Written-By — Gainsbourg
2. Deux Garçons Pour Une Fille [2:41] Lyrics By — Bernet; Music By — Arel
3. Caribou [3:02] Written-By — Level, Criscarol
4. Le Temps De L'Amour [2:37] Lyrics By — Salvet, Morisse; Music By — Dutronc
5. La Chanson De Prévert [2:48] Written-By — Gainsbourg
6. Tu Mens [2:26] Written-By — Hills
7. Cet Air Là [2:42] Lyrics By — Goraguer; Written-By — Gall
8. Chick Habit [2:09] Written-By — Gainsbourg
Credits:
Vocals — April March
Guitar, Organ, Bongos, Percussion — Andy Paley
Guitar, Bass — Phil Maynes
Guitar — Jonathan Richman
Drums, Bongos — Steve Savitsky
Backing Vocals — Sheryl Farber
Saxophone — Brad Carow
Saxophone [Solo] — Frank Macchia
Trombone — Matt Flemming
Trumpet — Rich Hoffman
Producer, Backing Vocals — Elinor Blake
Recorded By — John Paterno , Kim Bullard , Mark Linnett
Mixed By — Elinor Blake, Mark Linett
Engineer — John Paterno, Kim Bullard, Mark Linett
Photography [April March] — Rocky Schenk
Photography [Serge Gainsbourg] — Jean-Louis Racurel
Artwork By — Susan Lee
Notes:
Recorded March — July 1994 at Your place or mine studios, The barn, Sunset sound factory (Glendale, Tarzania, Hollywood, California, USA).
Originally issued by Sympathy for the record industry (SFTRI346, 1995).
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