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This CD is very good, solid and rythmic. Her renderings of Lou Reed's "Waiting for the man", Marianne Faithfull's "As Tears go By" (as penned by the Stones) and her biggest hits "Joe Le Taxi" and "Be my Baby" (a retro tune if there ever was one and super catchy!)are tuneful and well-arranged.

All in all this is an entertaining live recording that reveals that the talents of Vanessa Paradis are quite many and she is rather good at her craft. Most decidedly not Tori Amos or Björk, but much better than many others. Her charisma oozes from the songs and this CD gets more than a dozen spins once started!


SO MUCH FUN!   July 9, 2004
 4 out of 6 found this review helpful

This ablum is so much fun! I swear sometimes when I listen to it I feel like I am at one of her concerts. If you don't know who Vanesssa is, she is like the Britney Spears of France & Europe. Her songs are amazing becuase they're so simple and sweet. Very basic rhythems and tunes. I would like to congradulate Vanessa for using her talent to it's fullest, and making song without profanity, for writing alot of her own songs, and for always taking the right path, not the easy one. She doesn't realease an ablum every year to stay popular, so when you get one of her ablums you know it's the highest quality music availible. Don't buy this ablum as your first Vanessa ablum, you won't appreciate it until you get some of her other ablums first. I would recommend getting "M&J" and "Vanessa Paradis" first. If you're already a fan, this is one of her greatest ablums. Like I said before, it's just fun. It's a must-have for fans. Incredible. Theres not much more I can say about this.


A rather pleasant surprise   March 24, 2000
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

Of course I'd heard about Ms. Paradis (a/k/a Mrs Depp) long ago: how she'd become teenage superstar in the late 80s, and I'd seen the world-famous Chanel ad. But nothing quite prepared me for the surprise of hearing her sing live.

This CD is very good, solid and rythmic. Her renderings of Lou Reed's "Waiting for the man", Marianne Faithfull's "As Tears go By" (as penned by the Stones) and her biggest hits "Joe Le Taxi" and "Be my Baby" (a retro tune if there ever was one and super catchy!)are tuneful and well-arranged.

All in all this is an entertaining live recording that reveals that the talents of Vanessa Paradis are quite many and she is rather good at her craft. Most decidedly not Tori Amos or Björk, but much better than many others. Her charisma oozes from the songs and this CD gets more than a dozen spins once started!


Charming intoxicating live performance from Supermodel   July 1, 1998
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Vanessa Paradis has shown that she is not only a model, but also possesses a sweet voice which can charm and woo any listener. On this CD of live songs she performs all her greatest hits from her previous three albums. The second song, Les Cactus which is a well known tune in France will surprise many Americans with it's fresh sound. She runs through vocal performances with the greatest of ease and the overall sound on the album is surprisingly good considering it is a live recording. She delights with As tears go by, a cover of the Rolling Stones song. Also included is some of the great successes she had with Lenny Kravitz. Any Lenny Kravitz fan will do well to buy this album. Songs like Be me Baby and Sunday Mondays which were huge hits all over the world are done with great enthusiasm and the listener sits enthralled as she glides through the songs with her haunting voice. Some other big hits included on the album are Tandem, Natural High, I'm waiting for that man and Joe le Taxi. I can recommend this album for anyone looking for something fresh and different. This is an album that will make you fall in love with the artist.