Mister Mystère: Difference between revisions
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#''Mister Mystère'' (3'29") |
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#''Mister Mystère'' (3'29") - a reworking of a Chedid-penned song that originally appeared on ''Libido'', the 2006 [[Brigitte Fontaine]] album <ref>[http://www.2yeuxet1plume.com/article-35049832.html Comparison of Fontaine & -M- versions]</ref> |
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#''Phébus'' (2'29") |
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#''Est-ce que c'est ça?'' |
#''Est-ce que c'est ça?'' |
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#''Le roi des ombres'' |
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#''Le roi des ombres'' - the first single from the album, ''Le roi des ombres'' featured a video that showed Chedid burning a tiny effigy of his alterego -M-. |
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#''Tanagra'' |
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#''Tanagra'' - lyrics by [[Brigitte Fontaine]]. Some reviewers have compared the core riffs to ''[[I Put a Spell on You]]'' though the comparison seems forced and far from obvious. |
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#''L'élixir'' |
#''L'élixir'' |
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#''Ça sonne faux'' |
#''Ça sonne faux'' |
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#''Destroy'' |
#''Destroy'' |
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#''Semaine'' |
#''Semaine'' |
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#''Amssétou'' |
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#''Amssétou'' - with semi-African rhythms considered by reviewers to be an ''explicit evocation of [[Amadou & Miriam]]''<ref>[http://www.le-hiboo.com/17793-m-mister-mystere Hiboo Review]</ref>, Malian artists with whom Chedid had been working in recent years. The [[Guillaume Canet]] video that accompanied the song shows Chedid in Mali, counterpointing the 'old' wing-haired -M- in France with the unadorned, happier -M- in Africa to the punning lyrics ''Mali Ma Liberté'' (Mali, my freedom). The video culminates with -M- ceremonially removing the wing-wig once and for all at a concert to rapturous applause <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyuO6fGKPZE Amssétou Video on Youtube]</ref> |
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#''Tout sauf toi'' |
#''Tout sauf toi'' |
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#''Hold-Up'' |
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#''Hold-Up'' - an original, stream-of-consciousness balad counterpointing fear and introspection with action and disaster in the mind of a gangster whose bank robbery goes wrong (to the sound of a speaking clock).<ref>[http://myrebirth.fr/artistes/mathieu-chedid/discographie/mister-mystere-album/lyrics-hold-up-lyrics/ Lyrics of Hold-Up]</ref> The track is based on the work of Chedid's father Louis<ref>[http://www.mondial-infos.fr/actualite/rock-m-revient-en-clair-obscur-avec-mister-mystere-18127629/ Mondial Infos Review]</ref> |
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#''Délivre'' |
#''Délivre'' |
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Revision as of 10:52, 17 October 2010
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Mister Mystère, released in 2009, is the fourth studio album by French singer-songwriter Matthieu Chedid in his persona as -M- (or fifth if including the instrumental album, Labo M). It was his first studio album after a six year hiatus during which he had concentrated on live music along with side projects including collaborations with his father, Louis Chedid, Malian musicians Amadou & Mariam and French singer Vanessa Paradis (notably on the album Divinidylle).
Style and reception
The reappearance of -M- in a more sombre 'black-and-white' persona without his former reliance on vivid colours (notably pink) and wild distinctive haircut caused considerable media attention. The music remained an idiosyncratic mix but was declared by critics to be 'inovative'[1] with 'more sensual' lyrics[2] that overall represented a 'successful metamorphosis'[3] for the artist. However, other critics saw the project as falling flat and Telerama considered that only Délivre and L'élixir really broke the funky monotony of the work.[4]
Commercially successful in France Mister Mystère sold 51,000 copies[5] in the first week of release, out-selling rival albums One Love by David Guetta and Volume 10 by Marc Lavoine. It spent only one week at number 1 in France but has remained in the top 100 to this date.[6]
Collaborators
The team with whom Chedid created and recorded the album included Brigitte Fontaine, author Georges Kretek, filmmaker Guillaume Canet and much of his own family including father Louis (mixing, lyricist on Hold-Up), brother Joseph (drums), sister Anna (chorus) and another sister Emilie who helped with the production of the accompanying DVD.[7]
Track listing
- Disk 1
- Mister Mystère (3'29")
- Phébus (2'29")
- Est-ce que c'est ça?
- Le roi des ombres
- Tanagra
- L'élixir
- Ça sonne faux
- Destroy
- Semaine
- Amssétou
- Tout sauf toi
- Hold-Up
- Délivre
- Disk 2
- Lettre à Tanagra (Lettres à Tanagra)
- Brigand(Lettres à Tanagra)
- Crise (Lettres à Tanagra)
- Je les adore (Lettres à Tanagra)
- Disk 3 (only released on iTunes)
- Le roi des ombres (Demo)
Part of the content was available through an Opendisc Enhanced Music CD which had to be used in conjunction with the album's website[8]