Frequent Devendra Banhart collaborator's first solo album. Nylon string guitar and a beautiful voice singing mostly in Portuguese. A diverse album indeed.
This period was characterized by left-bank songs, tinged with notes of jazz and exotic rhythms. Gainsbourg remains the master of chiaroscuro, double meaning, and is a true poet with caustic irony.
Mon Amie La Rose is her 1964 album: the year she became a major player. Sleek and beautiful recordings full of period flair, fully remastered from the original mono tapes.
In this record, Hardy focused back on her home market in France, where things were changing quickly. The listener can hear the maturing of one of the decade’s most singular talents– a singer-songwriter in an age before such a thing was known
Francoise Hardy was an innovator- one of the first to develop the vocal 'cool' used by others like Lou Reed down the road. Her voice is bell-like but never sweet and her strong lower register is a divine combination of authoritative and bored to tears.
