666.667 Club Explained
666.667 Club is an album by French rock band Noir Désir. It was released in France and other European countries on 17 December 1996. The album was certified double platinum in France on 17 September 1997,[1] which at the time signified sales of above 600,000. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 12th greatest French rock album (out of 100).[2]
Track listing
- "666.667 Club" – 3:40
- "Fin de siècle" – 5:34
- "Un jour en France" – 3:12
- "À ton étoile" – 4:27
- "Ernestine" – 4:41
- "Comme elle vient" – 2:25
- "Prayer for a Wanker" – 3:09
- "Les persiennes" – 4:08
- "L'homme pressé" – 3:45
- "Lazy" – 5:33
- "A la longue" – 4:27
- "Septembre, en attendant" – 3:01 (Lyrics: Bertrand Cantat; Music: Frédéric Vidalenc)
- "Song for JLP" – 3:28 (not listed in album cover; bonus track)
- Note: While most of the album is based on electric guitar and can be classified easily as rock, the last track, Song for JLP, features Cantat with an acoustic guitar, without the accompaniment of other instruments, singing in a mix of rock and blues styles.
Personnel
Noir Désir
Vocals, Guitars, Harmonica, Percussion
Guitars, Organ
Bass (tracks 1-11 and 13)
- Denis Barthe: Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Additional Personnel
- Alain Perrier, Les Elèves De L'Ecole Nationale De Musique Et De Danse Des Landes, Patrice Labèque, Thierry Duvigneau: Backing Vocals
- Frédéric Vidalenc: Bass on track 12
- Akosh Szelevényi: Saxophone, Kalimba, Oboe, Bass Clarinet, Tibetan Bells
- Lajkó Félix: Violin
- Produced by Ted Niceley and Noir Désir.
Notes and References
- Web site: Disque en France . Disque en France . 2011-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322082831/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259165.xml?id=259165&year=1997&type=13 . 2012-03-22 . dead .
- Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010,
