| Un Jour Parfait | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Jean-Jacques Burnel |
| Cover: | JJBurnel_Parfait.jpg |
| Released: | 23 September 1988 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 44:27 (CD) 39:58 (LP) |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Jean-Jacques Burnel |
| Prev Title: | Fire & Water (Ecoutez Vos Murs) (with Dave Greenfield) |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
| Next Title: | Gankutsuou (Soundtrack) |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
Un Jour Parfait (French for "a perfect day") is the second solo album by the Stranglers' bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel, released on 23 September 1988 by Epic Records.[1] The album was aimed at the French market and its release limited to certain territories,[2] but was available in the UK as an import.[3] All songs were written in French,[3] except "Garden of Eden".
In a 1992 interview, Burnel explained: "with this I wanted to do something with French sounds and sensibilities".[4] Pat Gilbert of Record Collector magazine described the album as a "collection of melodic pop songs ... including a number of Latin-tinged tracks which faintly echoed the light, whimsical strains of the Stranglers' Feline album."[4] In his book Peaches: A Chronicle of The Stranglers 1974-1990, Robert Endeacott described it as having "a gentle Euro disco vibe mixed in with a strong sense of melancholy, soaked in majestic keyboards."[5]
The track "Weekend" is a reworking of "Les Dames de Rochefort", a 1988 song by Belgian band Glacier Georges.[6] [7]
The album was reissued on CD in 1994 by Stranglers Information Service and again in 1998 by Eastworld Recordings. Both reissues featured new cover artwork and bonus tracks.[8]
All lyrics and music written by Jean-Jacques Burnel, except where noted.
Adapted from the album liner notes.[9]