Cadavrexquis is the teenth studio album by French

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 singer Amanda Lear

Amanda Lear

Amanda Lear is a French singer, lyricist, composer, painter, TV presenter, actress and novelist....

, first released in France 1993 on label Chène Music. This including her European comeback dance hit "Fantasy" plus updated versions of three of her hits from the seventies, her signature tune "Follow Me", "Fashion Pack (Studio 54)" and "Lili Marleen

Lili Marleen

"Lili Marleen" is a German love song which became popular during World War II.Written in 1915 during World War I, the poem was published under the title "Das Lied eines jungen Soldaten auf der Wacht" in 1937, and was first recorded by Lale Andersen in 1939 under the...

". This album, like other several predecessors, was a commercial failure and failed to chart.

Album information

After having been a television presenter and family entertainer in Italy for most of the eighties and early nineties, and musically confined to mainstream pop, "Cadavrexquis" marked a definite return to the disco genre - much to the delight of her ever loyal following in the European gay communities - and was largely a collaboration with German band and production team Bass Bumpers

Bass Bumpers

Bass Bumpers is a DJ and record production team, known for their dance/techno music. They are originally from Germany; with members: Henning Reith, Caba Kroll, CJ Stone, George Dee, Akira Yamamoto, and Reinhard "DJ Voodoo" Raith...

 whose blend of house

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

, rap and eurodance

Eurodance

Eurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...

 had previously generated club hits like "Can't Stop Dancing", "Get The Big Bass" and "The Music's Got Me".

She was back where she belonged and she was eventually welcomed after a hesitant start. "Cadavrexquis" was initially only released by minor French record company Chène Music and didn't gain much attention, but then lead single "Fantasy" slowly grew to be something of an underground hit in gay clubs in Continental Europe which resulted in German dance major Mint Records licensing and re-issuing both the single and the album.

Two tracks were left off "Cadavrexquis", "Voluptas" (Desire in Latin) and the auto-biographic ballad "Glad to Be Alive", paying tribute to Andy Warhol, John Lennon, Nico and other celebrities that Lear knew. Those tracks were replaced by new versions of "Fashion Pack" and "Lili Marleen". Both tracks are now available in file sharing network.

Track listing

1. "Fantasy" (Single Version) (A. Lear, H. Reith, C. Caba Kroll) - 3:55
2. "Sacrilege" (A. Lear, O. Brochart, I. MaeRam's) - 3:27
3. "Speak Of The Devil" (A. Lear, O. Brochart, I. MaeRam's) - 3:15
4. "Fashion Pack" (A. Lear, A. Monn) - 4:52
5. "Time To Change" (A. Lear, O. Brochart, I. MaeRam's) - 3:40
6. "What A Boy" (A. Lear, O. Brochart, I. MaeRam's) - 3:23
7. "Follow Me" (A. Lear, A. Monn) - 3:50
8. "Loving" (A. Lear, D. Laloue) - 3:42
9. "Lili Marleen" (N. Schulze, H. Leipe, T. Connor) - 4:28
10. "Fantasy" (Long Version) (A. Lear, H. Reith, C. Caba Kroll) - 6:18

Personnel

• Amanda Lear - vocals
• Felicia of Bass Bumpers - additional vocals on "Fantasy"
• Matildes Charles - additional vocals on "Fashion Pack" and "Loving"

Production

• Co-producer: Roland Ragaut
• Arrangements tracks 1, 7 & 10: Bass Bumpers
  Bass Bumpers
  Bass Bumpers is a DJ and record production team, known for their dance/techno music. They are originally from Germany; with members: Henning Reith, Caba Kroll, CJ Stone, George Dee, Akira Yamamoto, and Reinhard "DJ Voodoo" Raith...
  
   at Orange Room Studio, Germany. Produced by Bass Bumpers (Henning Reith and Carsten Caba Kroll)
• Arrangements tracks 2, 3, 5 & 6: Olivier Brochart at Imagine Studio, Paris
• Arrangements tracks 4 & 9: Philippe Chauveau and Eric Bono at SBC Studio, Paris
• Songs produced and recorded at Imagine Studio, Paris except tracks 4 & 9 recorded at SBC Studio.
• Licensed by S.E.M.M., Paris, J. C. Vallette, D. Ayachi and R. Ragaut
• Photo: Mario Pierotti - Italy, G. Morceau for Jet-Set & Denis Taranto
• Make-up artist: Canicule
• A selection by Jacky Giordano

Release history

Country	Label	Cat. No.	Release date
France	Chène Music	162042	1993
Germany	Arcade/Mint Records Mint Records Mint Records is a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based independent record label founded in January 1991, by friends and campus radio enthusiasts Randy Iwata and Bill Baker....	88 001 83	1993
Russia	ADA Sound/Mint Records	01001	1995

12"

• 1992: "Fantasy Face" (Long Version) / "Fantasy Face" (7") / "Fantasy Face" (Instrumental) / " Fantasy Mysterious" (Long Version) / "Fantasy Mysterious" (House Mix) (Belgium, Indisc
  Indisc
  Indisc was a Belgian Dutch company of Brothers Goemaere & Brothers Brandsteder.It was established in 1957 by ex-employees of the Belgian Fonior and the Dutch Dureco as Inelco .By 1979, most major record companies had their own distribution chanels and only the smaller labels like...
  
  DID 128450)

CD

• 1992: "Fantasy" (Long Version) / (Instrumental) / "Fantasy Mysterious" (Long Version) / "Fantasy Mysterious" (House Mix) (Germany, ZYX Music ZYX 7105-8)
• 1992: "Fantasy" (Long Version) / (Mysterious Mix) / (Mysterious Single) / "Follow Me" (1993 Re-Recording) (France, Chène Music 163 042)

External links

• Official Amanda Lear site
• ZYX Official site