La Grand-Messe Explained

La Grand-Messe
Type:	studio
Artist:	Les Cowboys Fringants
Cover:	LesCowboysFringants LaGrand-Messe.JPG
Released:	2004
Recorded:	Studio 270
Genre:	néo-trad
Label:	La Tribu
Producer:	La Compagnie Larivée-Cabot-Champagne for Les Disque De La Tribu
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La Grand-Messe is the sixth album by Québécois néo-trad band Les Cowboys Fringants.

Track listing

1. Intro (Lépine) - 1:05
2. Les étoiles filantes (Pauzé) - 4:25
3. Ti-cul (Pauzé) - 3:08
4. 8 secondes (Pauzé) - 4:05
5. Plus rien (Pauzé) - 3:37
6. Hannah (Pauzé, Lépine, Dupras) - 5:24
7. Symphonie pour Caza (Pauzé) - 5:36
8. La reine (Pauzé) - 2:50
9. En attendant/Le reel de nos gens (Pauzé/Lépine) - 4:49
10. Lettre à Lévesque (Pauzé) - 3:46
11. Ces temps-ci (Pauzé) - 3:59
12. Ma belle Sophie (Lépine) - 3:31
13. Shish taouk (Les Cowboys Fringants) - 1:42
14. Camping Ste-Germaine (Pauzé) - 3:35
15. Si la vie vous intéresse (Pauzé, Lépine) - 5:55
16. Épilogue: Si tu penses un peu comme ça (Pauzé, Lebeau) - 4:52

Booklet

Special notes

• Album composed at L'Assomption between January and August 2004
• Arranged^[1] between Saint-Charles-de-Mandeville and Montreal winter-autumn-summer 2004
• Recorded between June and October 2004 Studio 270, in Outremont

Additional credits

• Strings arrangement: Marie-Annick Lépine
• Brass section arrangement: J-F Pauzé1, D. Jespersen, I. Jolicoeur
• Musical arrangement: Each cowboys do their own arrangements
• Realization: Les Cowboys Fringants and Robert Langlois
• Sound: Robert Langlois
• Mixing: Robert Langlois
• Mastering: Jim Rabchuck, Audiobec
• Cover concept: Colette Beaudin and Valérie Dupras
• Graphics: Jo-Anne Bolduc
• Guest star: Vincent Caza

Guest musician

• Ivanhoe Jolicoeur: Trumpet, Flügelhorn
• David Jespersen: Quoted as the 4th best trombone player in Quebec.

Notes and References

1. Actual text Quebec expressions: gossé, monté et patenté