This musical anthology highlights the 25-year career of La Bottine Souriante . Each title has been carefully selected from the approximately 121 that have been recorded by the group since its inception. There are also two unreleased pieces on disc but which have been presented several times on stage. This album brings together the most significant pieces, that is to say those that best illustrate certain decisive moments that have oriented the trajectory of La Bottine Souriante . Through this short trip, we invite you to discover (or rediscover) the different formations and influences that have marked its evolution.
Compilation tracks:
CD 1
1. The Pointe-au-Pic reel
2. The little keychain
3. Pauline's skates / The woodcutter
4. 2033
5.R&C
6. Pinci-tweezers
7. The Begging Song
8. The real flying saucers
9. Yo-yo
10. Through the Glass
11. The Wild Nightingale
12. Crossing the Atlantic / The square set at Pitou Boudreault
13. The Best Day
14. The Blacksmith's Reel
15. My Father So Marry Me / The Newlywed Reel
16. It's in Paris
17. Reel by Jos Cormier
18. Rap at Ti-Pétang
19. The Beluga Waltz
CD 2
1. The Drunkard
2. The great coast
3. Toasting love
4. A Sunday morning
5. The brunette is here
6. The hired girl
7. The Robins
8. The lake at Beauce
9. Bankruptcy
10. Here on Earth
11. In our old houses
12. A little help ladies
13. Martin de la Chasse-Galerie
14. In Paris there is a brunette
15. Monk Simon
16. Oh it's good, good...
17. A Boy's Life
18. Farewell Virginia
19. My wife is dead
20. If winter can take