Polnareff's Explained

Polnareff's
Type:	studio
Artist:	Michel Polnareff
Cover:	Polnareffs.jpg
Released:	1971
Recorded:	1971
Genre:	Rock
Label:	AZ Disques
Prev Title:	Le Bal des Laze
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	Fame à la Mode
Next Year:	1975

Polnareff's is an album by Michel Polnareff released in 1971 on AZ Disques. At the time of its release, Polnareff was "one of the most successful musicians in France", according to The Independent.^[1] The album reflected some very personal and serious issues for Polnareff, including the suicide of Europe 1 radio director Lucien Morisse, a close friend, to whom the song "Qui a tué grand'maman?" was dedicated.^[2] The album was remixed in quadraphonic for release in Japan in 1972.^[3] In 1997, the album was first reissued on compact disc by Universal Records, along with his albums Le Bal des Lazes and Love Me, Please Love Me.^[4]

Track list

1. "Voyages" (M. Polnareff) – 2:52
2. "Né dans un ice-cream" (J.-L. Dabadie, M. Polnareff) – 3:22
3. "Petite, petite" (J.-L. Dabadie, M. Polnareff) – 3:20
4. "Computer's Dream" (M. Polnareff) – 4:16
5. "Le désert n'est plus en Afrique" (M. Polnareff, M. Polnareff) – 3:04
6. "Nos mots d'amour" (J.-L. Dabadie, M. Polnareff) – 3:13
7. "...Mais encore" (M. Polnareff) – 2:15
8. "Qui a tué grand'maman ?" (M. Polnareff, M. Polnareff) – 2:37
9. "Monsieur l'Abbé" (M. Polnareff, M. Polnareff) – 3:30
10. "Hey You Woman" (P. Delanoe, M. Polnareff) – 5:21
11. "À minuit, à midi" (J.-L. Dabadie, M. Polnareff) – 3:36

Reception

Thom Jurek of AllMusic described the album as a "psychedelic pop masterpiece", "so bloody well-executed and produced, it cannot be anything but brilliant ... pretentious French psychedelic soul at its most garish and essential."

Personnel

Performance

• Michel Polnareff

Technical

• Jean-Loup Dabadie – text
• Pierre Delanoé – text
• Peter Gallen – assistant
• Paul Holland – sound recording
• Anthony King – arranger, orchestra director
• Barry Kingston – collaboration
• Jean- Marie Perier – photography
• François Plassat – illustrations
• Michel Polnareff – vocals, piano, mellotron, organ, electric piano, guitars, percussions, xylophone, bass, arranger, orchestra director
• Bill Shepherd – arranger, orchestra director

Releases

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
France	1971	AZ Disques	stereo LP	STEC 81
Japan	1972	Epic Records Japan	SQ quadraphonic LP	ECPL-3
	1997	Universal Records	CD
	2003	Universal	CD	9809172
	2003	Semi-Meridian	CD	7841552
	2006	Umvd Import	CD	784155

Notes and References

1. News: Lichfield . John . France's ageing pop fans reunited with their exiled hero . . 3 March 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090905010231/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/frances-ageing-pop-fans-reunited-with-their-exiled-hero-438603.html . dead . September 5, 2009 . 2009-08-03.
2. Web site: Polnareff, de Nérac à Bercy . 27 February 2007 . 2009-08-03 . nouvelobs.com. fr.
3. Web site: Michel Polnareff – Polnareff's . . September 1972 . 2018-01-02 .
4. Web site: . Musique - Albums et coffrets: les choix de L'Express . Franck . Par Erikson . Florence Castelnau-Mendel . Sophie Grassin . Martine Lachaud . Gilles Médioni . 18 December 1997 . 2009-08-03 . fr.