Boulevard (St Germain album) explained

Boulevard
Type:	studio
Artist:	St Germain
Cover:	Saint Germain - Boulevard.jpg
Released:	July 1995
Genre:	Acid jazz, nu jazz, deep house, dub
Label:	FCommunications
Producer:	Ludovic Navarre
Next Title:	From Detroit to St Germain
Next Year:	1999

Boulevard is the debut studio album by French DJ and record producer Ludovic Navarre, released under the stage name St Germain. It was released in the UK on July 28, 1995 and the USA on March 26, 2002. The album is more dance music-oriented and relaxing than his 2000 hit album Tourist.

In 2009 it was awarded a diamond certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 250,000 copies throughout Europe.^[1]

Track listing

Original 1995 release

1. "Deep In It" – 7:20
2. "Thank U Mum (4 Everything You Did)" – 12:34
3. "Street Scene (4 Shazz)" – 15:46
4. "Easy To Remember" – 9:40
5. "Sentimental Mood" – 10:20
6. "What's New" – 7:45
7. "Dub Experience II" – 3:48
8. "Forget It" – 7:57

American 2002 re-release

1. "Deep In It" – 7:20
2. "Street Scene (4 Shazz)" – 15:46
3. "Sentimental Mood" – 10:20
4. "What's New" – 7:45
5. "Dub Experience II" – 3:48
6. "Forget It" – 7:57
7. "Soul Salsa Soul" - 10:36
8. "Alabama Blues (Todd Edwards vocal mix)" - 5:36

Personnel

• Alexandre Destrez (Piano)
• Pascal Ohsé (Trumpet)
• Édouard Labor (Saxophone)
• Malik (Flute)
• Miguel "Punta" Rios (Percussion)
• Ludovic Navarre (Writer, producer and sound engineer)

References

1. Web site: Independent artists win over forty new IMPALA Awards, with European Multi-Platinum for Carla Bruni, Platinum for Katie Melua and Diamond for Die Toten Hosen. Impala. 21 January 2009. 9 August 2018. 9 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180809215913/http://www.impalamusic.org/arc_static/docum/04-press/2009/PR%20-%2020090121%20IMPALA%20Awards.htm. dead.

External links

• PopMatters Review