| Les Bourgeois | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Jacques Brel |
| Cover: | Les Bourgeois Album.jpg |
| Released: | April 1962 |
| Recorded: | 6–14 March 1962 |
| Genre: | Chanson |
| Length: | 46 minutes |
| Label: | Barclay/Universal |
| Prev Title: | Marieke |
| Prev Year: | 1961 |
| Next Title: | Les Bigotes |
| Next Year: | 1963 |
Les Bourgeois (English: The middle class) is the sixth studio album by Jacques Brel. Also known as Jacques Brel, the album was released on Barclay Records on 15 March 1962. Later, on 4 April 1962, a 10" maxi-single containing eight of the album's tracks was released. The same year saw the release of a limited, special edition release of the album that consisted of the original LP with "Jacques Brel" written diagonally across its white cover. This edition was numbered on the front and hand signed on the back.
It was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Les Bourgeois as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à bonbons by Barclay (980 816-9).[1] [2]
| Track | Title | Translation | Composer | Recorded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Les Bourgeois" | The middle class | Jacques Brel, Jean Corti | 1962-03-09 | |
| 2 | "Les Paumés du petit matin" | The lost ones of the morning | Jacques Brel, François Rauber | 1962-03-09 | |
| 3 | "Le Plat Pays" | The flat country | Jacques Brel | 1962-03-06 | |
| 4 | "Zangra" | Zangra | Jacques Brel | 1962-03-06 | |
| 5 | "Une île" | An island | Jacques Brel | 1962-03-14 | |
| 6 | "Madeleine" | Madeleine | 1962-03-09 | ||
| 7 | "Bruxelles" | Brussels | Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest | 1962-03-14 | |
| 8 | "Chanson sans paroles" | Song without words | Jacques Brel, François Rauber | 1962-03-14 | |
| 9 | "Les Biches" | The does | Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest | 1962-03-07 | |
| 10 | "Le Caporal Casse-Pompon" | Corporal Casse-Pompon | Jacques Brel | 1962-03-06 | |
| 11 | "La Statue" | The statue | Jacques Brel, François Rauber | 1962-03-07 | |
| 12 | "Rosa" | Rosa | Jacques Brel | 1962-03-07 | |
| 13 | "Il neige sur Liège" | It snows on Liège | Jacques Brel | 1963-05-30 | |
| 14 | "Pourquoi faut-il que les hommes s'ennuient" | Why are the men bored | Jacques Brel | 1963 |