The new album is a masterpiece

brad · #1 04-22-2010, 12:12 PM

I hope she sticks with the people that helped her make this album, I really think she has found her niche now. I have come full circle on this album, I was worried when I heard the Limelight samples, but now I think this may be her strongest album yet.

I think it is strange what singles they picked, I personally think Limelight and Les Collines are the weakest songs on the album.

DannyMac524 · #2 04-22-2010, 12:58 PM

I agree this is a great album. I just got mine from Amazon.fr and have been enjoying it immensely. I think she has really matured her craft and style in this album. It is in my mind very sophisticated music in many ways, almost rock operatic in some ways. I love her new look too!! The bangs remind me of her very young pictures before the Moi Lolita days. I do however like Limelight. I hope NRJ All French start playing this album. I listen to this station all day long and have not heard it yet. I wish her success with the new album, and hope that she continues to develop her music to our delight.

Jeff · #3 04-22-2010, 01:06 PM

She'll never have as many fans and people crazy over her until she goes back to the J'en ai marre and moi lolita look and dresses like she use to back then.

Deepwaters · #4 04-22-2010, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff

She'll never have as many fans and people crazy over her until she goes back to the J'en ai marre and moi lolita look and dresses like she use to back then.

If that's what it takes, it's not worth the price.

Jeff · #5 04-22-2010, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Deepwaters

If that's what it takes, it's not worth the price.

90% of her fans come from the J'en Ai Marre dance. So until she does that dance again and dresses like she use too she'll get less and less fans through out the years.

Deepwaters · #6 04-22-2010, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff

90% of her fans come from the J'en Ai Marre dance. So until she does that dance again and dresses like she use too she'll get less and less fans through out the years.

As I said, if that's what it takes, it's not worth it. It makes her a one-trick pony instead of an artist. I fully understand. If someone said to me that I had to ghostwrite for Sarah Palin to be a success with my writing, I'd say the hell with it.

And by the way -- a JEAM video was MY first exposure to Alizée. (In real time.) Just because that was how a person found her doesn't mean that's the only way she can keep his/her loyalty. If she was still doing that kind of thing, she might have lost mine. At least on an artistic level.

Fenris · #7 04-22-2010, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff

90% of her fans come from the J'en Ai Marre dance. So until she does that dance again and dresses like she use too she'll get less and less fans through out the years.

You don't honestly want to reduce her to one song and dance, do you?
It would really be pathetic if all there is about her is the JEAM dance.
If this were the case, i won't be a fan.

And no, you can't copy and repeat things endlessly and expect them to be successful.
It's true, she is a small artist now and on the verge of being underground, but this is obviously the way she wants to go.
It's not all about fame and being a mega star.
She knows that other things in life are more important, and i respect her for it.
As for the album, she deliberately did things different here despite the risks involved. It might not have the big mass appeal (at least not in france it seems), but she has proven that she is a real artist and not just a pretty girl who knows how to shake her hips.

VVVACCPLPNLY · #8 04-22-2010, 01:07 PM

I second your enthusiasm, brad! Though I also was worred when I first heard limelight, it was for a different reason. I liked (and still do, even more so after hearing the great violin intro; I miss lb's great violin pieces most

) limelight, but was hoping all the album was not this heavily-electro-influenced style. One song like that is fine, but not ten. Luckily, I was very pleasantly surprised by the whole thing. But I love NLY! It has the mysterious, indescribable magnetism present only in ÀCC. I also love FG, GC, EE, UFD, LC, and LL. But while this album is tied for second best with Gourmandises for favorite album imho, I hope she doesn't continue too awful close to this style. I love Alizée for her variety. No two albums are the same. Most people I show her to (that like her) can usually tell which songs are from the same album as each other, just by the style of the song. If she wants to keep doing electro, go ahead, but I hope she does change it up to keep it interesting.

Fenris · #9 04-22-2010, 01:13 PM

Yeah, the album gets good critics everywhere but it does not sell.

A shame really.

Deepwaters · #10 04-22-2010, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Fenris

Yeah, the album gets good critics everywhere but it does not sell.

A shame really.

Why is everyone saying this already when it's only been out and available for less than a month, less than that even over most of the world?

I seriously doubt that up-to-date figures are even available for worldwide sales, which with Alizée are what matters.

EDIT: I agree completely with Ben. I think UEDS is her best album yet.