Boîte à Bonbons is a 16-CD box set compilation of the recorded songs of Jacques Brel

Jacques Brel

Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...

. Also known as Coffret intégral 2003 "Boîte à bonbons", this limited edition box set was released to mark the 25th anniversary of Jacques Brel's death. The box set includes 15 albums remastered from the original records. CD digipacks are presented in their original sleeve with lyrics. The box set also includes an illustrated booklet with various pictures, a biography, and Brel's citations and testimonies. Also included are five never before released songs from the recording sessions of the album Les Marquises

Les Marquises

Les Marquises is Jacques Brel's final album. Also known as Brel, this was the first album of new songs by Brel in ten years. The album was released 17 November 1977. Brel's albums are sometimes known by different titles, and sometimes exist in different versions with the tracks arranged in...

. Included with the booklet is a bonus CD containing 28 titles: 26 songs from Radio Hasselt recorded 14 and 21 August 1953, a recording from the Brel family's private collection, and a 1962 recording from the Dutch television show AVRO. The box set is also available in an alternate velvet box format with CDs in crystal cases. This version is called Coffret intégral 2003 "Boîte velours".

Track listing

CD 1 Grand Jacques

Grand Jacques

Grand Jacques is Jacques Brel's debut album. The original album, titled Jacques Brel et ses Chansons, was released in March 1954 as a nine-song 10-inch LP by Philips Records . The original nine tracks were recorded on 15 February 1954 at Théâtre de l'Apollo in Paris...

(1955)

1. "La haine"
2. "Grand Jacques (C'est trop facile)"
3. "Il pleut 'Les carreaux'"
4. "Le diable 'Ca va'"
5. "Il peut pleuvoir"
6. "Il nous faut regarder"
7. "Le fou du roi"
8. "C'est comme ça"
9. "Sur la place"
10. "S'il te faut"
11. "La Bastille"
12. "Prière païenne"
13. "Il y a"
14. "La foire"
15. "Sur la place"

CD 2 Quand on n'a que l'amour

Quand On n'a Que l'Amour

Quand on n'a que l'amour is Jacques Brel's second studio album. Also known as Jacques Brel 2, the original album was released in April 1957 by Philips . The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Quand on n'a que l'amour as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons by Barclay...

(1957)

1. "Quand on a que l'amour"
2. "Qu'avons-nous fait, bonnes gens"
3. "Les pieds dans le ruisseau"
4. "Pardons"
5. "La bourrée du célibataire"
6. "L'air de la bêtise"
7. "Saint-Pierre"
8. "J'en appelle"
9. "Heureux"
10. "Les blés"
11. "Quand on n'a que l'amour"

CD 3 Au Printemps (1958)

1. "Demain l'on se marie (La chanson des fiancés)"
2. "Au printemps"
3. "Je ne sais pas"
4. "Le colonel"
5. "Dors ma mie, bonsoir"
6. "La lumière jaillira"
7. "Dites, si c'était vrai (poème)"
8. "L'homme dans la cité"
9. "Litanies pour un retour"
10. "Voici"
11. "Voir"
12. "L'aventure"
13. "Dites, si c'était vrai (poème)"

CD 4 La Valse à Mille Temps

La Valse à Mille Temps

La Valse à Mille Temps is Jacques Brel's fourth album. Also known as Jacques Brel 4 and American Début, the album was released in 1959 by Philips...

(1959)

1. "La valse à mille temps"
2. "Seul"
3. "La dame patronnesse"
4. "Je t'aime"
5. "Ne me quitte pas
   Ne me quitte pas
   "Ne me quitte pas" is a song written and sung in French and in Dutch by the Belgian chansonnier Jacques Brel in 1959. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also been translated into and performed in many other languages...
   
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6. "Les Flamandes"
7. "Isabelle"
8. "La mort"
9. "La tendresse"
10. "La colombe"

CD 5 Marieke

Marieke (album)

Marieke is Jacques Brel's fifth studio album. Also known as 5, the album was released in 1961 by Philips . The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Marieke as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons by Barclay .- Track listing :- Credits :* Jacques Brel – composer, vocals*...

(1961)

1. "Marieke
   Marieke (song)
   Marieke is a 1962 song by the Belgian singer Jacques Brel.-The song:In Marieke, Brel sings about a Flemish girl, Marieke, whom he once loved and lived "between the towers of Bruges and Gent"...
   
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2. "Le Moribond"
3. "Vivre debout"
4. "On n'oublie rien"
5. "Clara"
6. "Le prochain amour"
7. "L'ivrogne"
8. "Les prénoms de Paris"
9. "Les singes"
10. "Marieke" (in Flemish)
11. "Laat me niet alleen (Ne me quitte pas)"
12. "De apen (Les singes)"
13. "Men vergeet niets (On n'oublie rien)"
14. "Le prochain amour"

CD 6 Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1961

Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1961

Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1961 is Jacques Brel's first live album. Also known as A L'Olympia , the album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1961 as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons by Barclay .- Track listing :# "Les prénoms de...

(1961)

1. "Introduction / Les prénoms de Paris"
2. "Les bourgeois"
3. "Les paumés du petit matin"
4. "Les Flamandes"
5. "La statue"
6. "Zangra"
7. "Marieke"
8. "Les biches"
9. "Madeleine"
10. "Les singes"
11. "L'ivrogne"
12. "La valse à mille temps"
13. "Ne me quitte pas"
14. "Le moribond"
15. "Quand on a que l'amour"

CD 7 Les Bourgeois

Les Bourgeois

Les Bourgeois is Jacques Brel's sixth studio album. Also known as Jacques Brel, the album was released in April 1962 by Barclay Records...

(1962)

1. "Les bourgeois"
2. "Les paumés du petit matin"
3. "Le Plat Pays
   Le Plat Pays
   Le plat pays or in Dutch Mijn vlakke land is a song by the Belgian singer Jacques Brel, who performed the song in both languages....
   
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4. "Zangra"
5. "Une île"
6. "Madeleine"
7. "Bruxelles"
8. "Chanson sans paroles"
9. "Les biches"
10. "Le caporal Casse-Pompon"
11. "La statue"
12. "Rosa"
13. "Il neige sur Liège"
14. "Pourquoi faut-il que les hommes s'ennuient"

CD 8 Les Bonbons

Les Bonbons

Les Bonbons is Jacques Brel's seventh studio album. Also known as Les Vieux, Jacques Brel Accompagné par François Rauber et Son Orchestre, and Encore, the album was released in 1966 by Barclay. The original 1966 album was itself a composite of two earlier releases, one from 1963 and one from 1964...

(1964)

1. "Les bonbons"
2. "Les vieux"
3. "La parlote"
4. "Le dernier repas"
5. "Titine"
6. "Au suivant"
7. "Les toros"
8. "La Fanette"
9. "J'aimais"
10. "Les filles et les chiens"
11. "Les bigotes"
12. "Les fenêtres"
13. "Quand maman reviendra"
14. "Les amants de cœur"

CD 9 Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964

Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964

Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964 is Jacques Brel's second live album. Also known as Olympia 64, the album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964 as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons by Barclay...

(1964)

1. "Amsterdam"
2. "Les timides"
3. "Le dernier repas"
4. "Les jardins du casino"
5. "Les vieux"
6. "Les toros"
7. "Tango funèbre"
8. "Le plat pays"
9. "Les bonbons"
10. "Mathilde"
11. "Les bigotes"
12. "Les bourgeois"
13. "Jef"
14. "Au suivant"
15. "Madeleine"

CD 10 Ces Gens-Là

Ces Gens-Là

Ces Gens-Là is Jacques Brel's eighth studio album. Also known as Jef, the album was released in 1966 by Barclay . The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Ces Gens-Là as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons by Barclay .- Track listing :* Tracks 1–10 constituted the original...

(1966)

1. "Ces gens-là
   Ces Gens-Là (song)
   "Ces gens-là" is a French language song by the late Belgian singer Jacques Brel, published in 1966 by the Éditions Pouchenel of Brussels, about the despair of a hopeless love...
   
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2. "Jef"
3. "La chanson de Jacky
   Jacky (Jacques Brel song)
   "Jacky" is a song written by Jacques Brel. He recorded the song on 2 November 1965, and it was released on his 1966 album Ces Gens-Là. The song was translated from French into English and retitled as "Jackie"....
   
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4. "Les bergers"
5. "Le tango funèbre"
6. "Fernand"
7. "Mathilde"
8. "L'âge idiot"
9. "Grand-mère"
10. "Les désespérés"
11. "Mijn vlakke land (Le plat pays)"
12. "Rosa (in Flemish)"
13. "De burgerij (Les bourgeois)"
14. "De nuttelozen van de nacht (Les paumés du petit matin)"

CD 11 Jacques Brel 67

Jacques Brel 67

Jacques Brel 67 is Jacques Brel's ninth studio album. Originally released in 1967 by Barclay , the album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Jacques Brel 67 as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons by Barclay ....

(1967)

1. "Mon enfance"
2. "Le cheval"
3. "Mon père disait"
4. "La… la… la…"
5. "Les cœurs tendres"
6. "Fils de…"
7. "Les bonbons 67"
8. "La chanson des vieux amants"
9. "À jeun"
10. "Le gaz"
11. "Les moutons"

CD 12 J'arrive

J'arrive

J'arrive is Jacques Brel's tenth studio album. Originally released in 1968 by Barclay , the album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Grand Jacques as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons by Barclay ....

(1968)

1. "J'arrive"
2. "Vesoul"
3. "L'Ostendaise"
4. "Je suis un soir d'été"
5. "Regarde bien petit"
6. "Comment tuer l'amant"
7. "L'éclusier"
8. "Un enfant"
9. "La bière"
10. "La chanson de Van Horst"
11. "L'enfance"

CD 13 L'Homme de la Mancha

L'Homme de la Mancha

L'Homme de la Mancha is Jacques Brel's eleventh studio album. Released in 1968, it is the cast recording of the French adaptation of The Man of la Mancha by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion. Brel adapted the book, translated the lyrics, directed the production, and played the role of Don Quixote...

(1968)

1. "L'homme de la Mancha"
2. "Un animal"
3. "Dulcinea"
4. "Vraiment je ne pense qu'à lui"
5. "Le casque d'or de Mambrino"
6. "Chacun sa Dulcinea"
7. "Pourquoi fait-il toutes ces choses"
8. "La quête
   The Impossible Dream (The Quest)
   "The Impossible Dream " is a popular song composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics written by Joe Darion. It was written for the 1965 musical Man of La Mancha...
   
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9. "Sans amour"
10. "Gloria"
11. "Aldonza"
12. "Le chevalier aux miroir"
13. "La mort/Dulcinea (reprise)"/ "La Quête (reprise)"/"L'Homme de la Mancha (reprise)"/"De Profundis (reprise)"/"Le Final (reprise)".

CD 14 Ne me quitte pas (1972)

1. "Ne me quitte pas"
2. "Marieke"
3. "On n'oublie rien"
4. "Les Flamandes"
5. "Les prénoms de Paris"
6. "Quand on a que l'amour"
7. "Les biches"
8. "Le prochain amour"
9. "Le moribond"
10. "La valse à mille temps"
11. "Je ne sais pas"

CD 15 Les Marquises

Les Marquises

Les Marquises is Jacques Brel's final album. Also known as Brel, this was the first album of new songs by Brel in ten years. The album was released 17 November 1977. Brel's albums are sometimes known by different titles, and sometimes exist in different versions with the tracks arranged in...

(1977)

1. "Jaurès"
2. "La ville s'endormait"
3. "Vieillir"
4. "Le bon Dieu"
5. "Les F…"
6. "Orly"
7. "Les remparts de Varsovie"
8. "Voir un ami pleurer"
9. "Knokke-le-Zoute Tango"
10. "Jojo"
11. "Le lion"
12. "Les Marquises"
13. "Sans exigences"
14. "Avec élégance"
15. "Mai 40"
16. "L'amour est mort"
17. "La cathédrale"

CD Bonus Chansons ou Versions Inédites de Jeunesse

Chansons ou Versions Inédites de Jeunesse

Chansons ou Versions Inédités de Jeunesse is an album of rare recordings first issued as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons on 23 September 2003...

(1953)

1. "À deux"
2. "Dites, si c'était vrai (poème)"
3. "Les gens"
4. "La haine"
5. "Départs"
6. "Le diable"
7. "Qu'avons-nous fait, bonnes gens"
8. "L'ange déchu"
9. "Les pieds dans le ruisseau"
10. "La Bastille"
11. "Ce qu'il nous faut"
12. "L'accordéon de la vie"
13. "Je suis l'ombre des chansons"
14. "S'il te faut"
15. "Ballade"
16. "L'orage"
17. "Les pavés"
18. "Le fou du roi"
19. "La foire"
20. "Sur la place"
21. "Il peut pleuvoir"
22. "Les deux fauteuils"
23. "Les enfants du roi"
24. "Le troubadour"
25. "Il nous faut regarder"
26. "C'est comme ça"
27. "Si tu revenais"
28. "Le pendu"

• Coffret intégral 2003 "Boîte à bonbons" (Barclay 980 816-2)
• Coffret intégral 2003 "Boîte velours" (Barclay 981 4066)