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From the
-like cover shot of a windswept and gorgeous
to the oddly chipper title, this 1965 U.S. debut (originally released on the proto-
label
) is clearly pitched at the adventurous edge of the U.S.
market, pitching
as the Gallic
. (
was, unbeknownst to the U.S. market at the time, making terrific French-language
records herself at the time.) Complicating this, of course, is the fact that
's music, for all its catchiness, is stripped down to its barest essentials -- acoustic and electric guitar, bass, minimalist drums, very little else -- and
herself sings her (mostly self-penned) lyrics in an attractive but chilly drop-dead monotone that's far removed from the perkiness of almost every other female singer (minus
and
of
) of the '60s. Even the perkier tunes, like the enormous French hit single
have a measured, restrained quality.
is an outstanding record, but it's the '60s
equivalent of Shaker furniture: free of ornamentation and exquisitely simple. ~ Stewart Mason