Chatterton (album) explained

Chatterton
Type:studio
Artist:Alain Bashung
Cover:Alain_Bashung_Chatterton.jpg
Released:1994
Recorded:ICP Studio, Brussels
Genre:French rock, Alternative country, Alternative rock
Label:Barclay, Universal Music Group
Producer:Phil Delire, Alain Bashung, Djoum, Marc Thonon
Prev Title:Réservé aux indiens
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Confessions publiques
Next Year:1995

Chatterton is the ninth studio album by French rocker Alain Bashung, issued in 1994 on Barclay Records.

Production

The music melt the use of pedal steel guitar with synths, for instance on "J'passe pour une caravane" ("They mistake me for a caravan"), and the style was dubbed "country new age" by Bashung himself. The most well-known track on the album in France is "Ma petite entreprise" ("My little business") which was popularized when it was used as the theme song to the movie My Little Business by Pierre Jolivet in 1999.

Reception

Critical reception

In 2010, the French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 40th greatest French rock album (out of 100).[1]

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Notes and References

  1. Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010,
  2. Chatterton . . 1994 . album booklet . . 523 111-2.