Author: Rita Mitsouko, Les

Format: Import

Release Date: 04-02-2000

Details: Amazon.ca Cool like Catherine. Frantic like Fred. Or maybe it's the other way around! This is Cool Frénésie. Punk, pop to the core, the sixth album by Les Rita Mitsouko exudes an aroma of gentle madness, the kind that always permeates Catherine Ringer's vocal performances. Less kitschy now that it's super trendy, the Mitsoukos seem to have gained maturity and toughened their tone. Moving and fragile when the singer pays tribute to her Polish Jewish father who survived five years of deportation: "C'était un homme" (He was a man). Scathing on the frantic rhythms of "Allô." Enchanting from the very first notes of the love lament "La Sorcière et l'Inquisiteur" ("a very modern song," explains Catherine Ringer, "about ethnic cleansing and fundamentalism"). There are many songs about women on this album: "Toi, moi et elle," "Femme de moyen âge." The Ringer-Chichin duo cultivates the art of musical symbiosis, of the atypical, and that is just as well. An adrenaline rush from the very first listen that electrifies or paralyzes. --Valérie Dupouy

UPC: 072438487562

EAN: 724384875626

Languages: french

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood