| Bliss | 
 enlarge | Artist: Vanessa Paradis
Label: Barclay
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 105522
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 731454919425
EAN: 0632427700227
ASIN: B00004Y7KN
Release Date: October 23, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | L' Eau et le Vin - Vanessa Paradis, Colemanas, D. | | • | Commando - Vanessa Paradis, Colemanas, D. | | • | When I Say - Vanessa Paradis, Paradis, V. | | • | Pourtant - Vanessa Paradis, Monnet, F. | | • | Que Fait la Vie? - Vanessa Paradis, Dolemanas, D. | | • | Les Acrobates - Vanessa Paradis, Monnet, F. | | • | La La La Song - Vanessa Paradis, Dereaux, G. | | • | L' Air du Temps - Vanessa Paradis, Chedid, M. | | • | St. Germain - Vanessa Paradis, Paradis, V. | | • | Dans Mon Café - Vanessa Paradis, Colemanas, D. | | • | Firmaman - Vanessa Paradis, Paradis, V. | | • | La Ballade de Lily Rose - Vanessa Paradis, Paradis, V. | | • | Bliss - Vanessa Paradis, Paradis, V. |
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Album Description
Vanessa's first French language album in ten years. Features the first single 'Commando' along with 12 other tracks. Set to blaze up the international charts this fall. 2000 release standard jewel case.
Album Details
New 2000 Release by the Now 27 Year Old French Star & Former 'Pop Lolita'. Her American Debut Album in 1992 was Written & Produced by Lenny Kravitz. This CD was Recorded in Paris & Los Angeles and Includes Two Tracks Sung in English. The First Single 'Commando' was Written by Frank Langoloff a Popular French Songwriter who Penned the Chart Topping Hit 'Joe Le Taxi' in 1987.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 amazing July 17, 2001
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
The best thing about Vanessa Paradis is that she has great timing and great judgement. She only does things she truly believes in and this is what has sent her way beyond any other teenage popstar. she clearly has great taste in both music and in films. I love it that she doesn't just puts out work every year in order to stay in the picture and stay popular. She has waited 10 years to record this album after her last album and that was a very couragious thing for her to do. I don't know that many artists who are strong enough to do that, they're all so afraid that when they don't release an album every two years people will forget them. Well, Vanessa has proved that waiting pays of, this is her best album yet, it is mature, diverse, unique and most of all personal. i love the songs she has written herself and I love the songs of others she chose to sing. With this album she proves she is a true artist, a musician, and not yet another producers puppet without a voice of her own. She may not have the biggest voice in the world, but there is something honest and pure about it when she sings a song like st Germain or l'eau et le vin. I can't stop listening to this album, i always liked what she did but this album is of a whole other level then her previous ones. I hope she will keep on going like this, I think there is a lot more where this came from. It is just a shame that this album has not been released internationally, it deserves a lot more attention than it is getting.
Cool and intriguing January 3, 2001
14 out of 17 found this review helpful
Vanessa really mixes up the styles on this one. There's everything from the sort of techno and electric guitar stomp of "Commando" to the fragile samba lounge of "St. Germain". Jazzy horns fill out many of the tracks while "L'eau et le Vin" has a middle eastern flavor. Other tracks have a folky sound. Overall, though, there is a similarity of the material that keeps the disc sounding cohesive rather than flighty. Of course, she's no diva wailer but I like that. I like the way she uses what she has. Her vocals are seductive and she makes certain her voice fits in as it leads the music and then at other times seems to hide inside it. Much more intelligent singing than alot of the shrieking that is popular nowadays. The arrangements are classy and simple. Lots of interesting instrumentation and non-standard songwriting and production make this well worth picking up.
Stunning new Set from France's most overlooked chanteuse May 22, 2001
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
Best known as the 13 year old fresh-faced teen fidgeting her way through a live rendition of her first single on French National Television way back in the 80s, Vanessa Paradis has come full circle with what is possibly the finest moment of her tumultuous career.Unfortunately for her, shes always going to be remembered as the little girl who sang her way to the top of the French charts with 'Joe le Taxi'. While nothing on this CD remotely compares to the girlish innocence of that single, it does have its' childlike moments, best embodied on 'La ballade de Lily Rose', which Vanessa wrote for her daughter. This is Vanessa's first studio album in a decade, and the time away has apparently changed her sound. American listeners who remember her from the infamous 1992 CD with Lenny Kravitz will notice the same jazz-lounge feel of this album. Vanessa's voice has never been a strong instrument, yet she has managed to tone down the Mickey Mouse squeak that so often ruined some of her earlier work, resulting in a suprisingly effective compilation of bluesey harmonies. The first single from this album 'Commando' is markedly different from the other songs on here. There are no rock ballads, and no silly pop ditties. There is, however, an emphasis on eclectic influences. 'L'eau et le vin', the first song, is heavily saturated in Middle Eastern instruments, and sets the tone for the whole album. Another track, 'Pourtant' was recently voted by the singer's fan community as the best song on the CD, though that title most deservedly goes to 'St. Germain', a Billie Holiday-style lounge track that is simply stunning. As a body of work 'Bliss' is strong and flawless. There is not one song on here that falters, and with this album out, Vanessa has flown Light years ahead of contemporary French songstresses such as Ophelie Winter, Axelle Red, and yes, even Mylene Farmer. When I heard that 'Bliss' had been released, I couldn't resist the temptation to listen to the entire album over the Net, and when I did, I was determined to buy the CD. Unfortunately, Vanessa's weak promotion of the CD, and her record companies' sorry attempts at promoting the album even in France, has resulted in a gem of an album going unnoticed. All in all, 'Bliss' has been the shock of the summer. Critics who once passed Vanessa over as another ... kitten without talent will have to eat their words now that this record is out. Coupled with the release of the seemingly classy 'La Fille sur le pont', Vanessa Paradis is definitely THE french chanteuse of the moment, and rightfully so. Highly recommended. The import version is expensive, but certainly worth it.
 Ugh... No talent whatsoever.. September 22, 2004
13 out of 28 found this review helpful
This so-so actress, no talent, bad singer, only 5'3" tall so call French "MODEL", she disgusted me (Are there any better looking French women out there?). When I hear "When I Say", I just lose it. She CAN'T sing. Her retarded voice is really annoying.
Pure Loser October 13, 2004
12 out of 29 found this review helpful
What a horrible voice! She is a disgrace to all Europen music. Her music is trash at best. Whoever gives her record deal should get shot.
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