Comment te dire adieu (album) explained

Comment te dire adieu
Type:	studio
Artist:	Françoise Hardy
Cover:	Comment-te-dire-adieu-album-cover.jpg
Released:	1968
Studio:	CBE, Paris, France
Genre:	French pop
Length:	31:14
Label:	Vogue
Prev Title:	En anglais
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	One-Nine-Seven-Zero
Next Year:	1969

Comment te dire adieu is the ninth studio album by French singer-songwriter Françoise Hardy, released in 1968 on Disques Vogue. Like many of her previous records, it was originally released without a title and came to be referred to, later on, by the name of its most popular song. The cover artwork was a drawing by Jean-Paul Goude.

Track listing

1. "Comment te dire adieu" – 2:26
   Original title: "It Hurts to Say Goodbye"
   Lyrics by: Arnold Goland
   Music written by: Jack Gold
   First performed by: Margaret Whiting, 1966^[1]
   Also performed by its composer as Jack Gold Orchestra, 1969 ^[2]
   French adaptation and arrangement by: Serge Gainsbourg
   Accompanist: Jean-Pierre Sabar
2. "Où va la chance ?" – 3:14
   Original title: "There But for Fortune"
   Lyrics and music written by: Phil Ochs
   First performed by: Joan Baez, 1964
   French adaptation by: Eddy Marnay
   Accompanist: Arthur Greenslade
3. "L'anamour" – 2:14
   Lyrics and music written by: Serge Gainsbourg
   Accompanist: Mike Vickers
4. "Suzanne" – 3:08
   Lyrics and music by: Leonard Cohen (English version)
   First performed by: Judy Collins, 1966
   French adaptation by: Graeme Allwright
   First performed by: Graeme Allwright, 1967
   Accompanist: John Cameron
5. "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" – 2:21
   Lyrics: poem by Louis Aragon
   Music written by: Georges Brassens
   First performed by: Georges Brassens, 1953
   Accompanist: Jean-Pierre Sabar
6. "La mésange" – 2:16
   Original title: "Sabiá"
   Lyrics by: Antônio Carlos Jobim
   Music written by: Antônio Carlos Jobim and Chico Buarque de Holanda
   First performed by: Antônio Carlos Jobim, 1968
   French adaptation by: Franck Gérald
   Accompanist: Mike Vickers
7. "Parlez-moi de lui" – 2:37
   Original title: "The Way of Love"
   Lyrics by: Al Stillman
   Music written by: Jack Diéval
   First performed by: Kathy Kirby, 1965
   French adaptation by: Michel Rivgauche
   First performed by: Michèle Arnaud and Dalida, 1966
   Accompanist: Arthur Greenslade
8. "À quoi ça sert ?" – 3:31
   Lyrics and music written by: Françoise Hardy
   Accompanist: Jean-Pierre Sabar
9. "Il vaut mieux une petite maison dans la main, qu'un grand château dans les nuages" – 2:23
   Lyrics by: Jean-Max Rivière
   Music written by: Gérard Bourgeois
   Accompanist: John Cameron
10. "La rue des cœurs perdus" – 2:07
    Original title: "Lonesome Town"
    Lyrics and music written by: Baker Knight
    First performed by: Ricky Nelson, 1958
    French adaptation by: Pierre Delanoë
    First performed by: Richard Anthony, 1959
    Accompanist: Arthur Greenslade
11. "Étonnez-moi Benoît...!" – 3:03
    Lyrics by: Patrick Modiano
    Music written by: Hughes de Courson
    Accompanist: John Cameron
12. "La mer, les étoiles et le vent" – 1:51
    Lyrics and music written by: Françoise Hardy
    Accompanist: John Cameron

Editions

• , 1969: World Record (ORC 6036).
• , 1969: Reprise Records (RSC 8003).
• , 1970: Disques Vogue/Phono Vox (LPV 004).
• , 1970: A Portrait of Françoise, Interfusion (SITFL 934.133).

• , 1995: Comment te dire adieu, Ed. Kundalini/Virgin Records (7243 8 40502 2 1).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cover versions of It Hurts to Say Goodbye by Margaret Whiting | SecondHandSongs. SecondHandSongs.
2. Web site: The Jack Gold Orchestra and Chorus - "It Hurts to Say Goodbye"/"On the Rebound". YouTube.