“Whimsical, creative and highly gifted - actor, painter, writer - Mouloudji is today remembered as one of the most authentic figures in post-war French song. The unique colour of his voice and his incomparable expressiveness enhanced his performances of pieces by the greatest songwriters, Jacques Prevert, Boris Vian and Leo Ferre among them. He devoted himself tirelessly to the songs of others, but was also a talented and inspired songwriter himself, as this anthology compiled by Dany Lallemand confirms.” Claude COLOMBINI FReMEAUX Cd 1: 1. La complainte des infideles 3’11; 2. Barbara 3’24; 3. Les petits paves 3’21; 4. Le mal de Paris 3’20; 5. Si tu t’imagines 3’12; 6. Comme un p’tit coquelicot 3’45; 7. Mon quartier 3’00; 8. Saint-Paul-de-Vence 2’22; 9. Ballade en si bemol 2’58; 10. Elle s’appelait Marie 3’39; 11. On m’a donne une Ame 3’19; 12. Un jour tu verras 3’30; 13. Elle tourne… la terre 3’23; 14. Le deserteur 3’06; 15. Province blues 2’47; 16. La chanson de Tessa 2’29; 17. La complainte du mal d’amour 2’43; 18. Mea culpa 2’59. Cd 2: 1. La complainte de la butte 2’42; 2. J’suis snob 3’10; 3. Valse jaune 3’44; 4. Cinematographe 3’03; 5. Mon pot’ le gitan 3’02; 6. Si tu m’aimais 3’22; 7. Pauvre Georges Andre 2’14; 8. Moi j’aime les femmes fatales 3’10; 9. Je suis amoureux 2’33; 10. Les enfants de l’automne 2’31; 11. Les jours perdus 3’14; 12. Va vivre ta vie 2’50; 13. Le long des rues de Paris 3’44; 14. Fleurs fanees 3’23; 15. Julie 3’18; 16. La complainte de Paris 2’38; 17. Le piano de la plage 2’57; 18. Rue de Lappe 2’48.