Crouçie D'où Là
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Crouçie d'où là is the first album released by Icelandic singer, Emilíana Torrini
. It was released in 1995, followed by Merman
in 1996, and her best selling albums, Love in the Time of Science
in 1999, and Fisherman's Woman
in 2005. The title of the record is a play on words. It is spelled as if it were a French
phrase, but it is a homonym
of the Icelandic word Krúsídúlla which means cutie pie. The songs include "Crazy Love" written by Van Morrison
, "I" written by Japanese group Pizzicato Five
, and "Miss Celie’s Blues" (from the movie The Color Purple
).
Crouçie D'où Là is not available any more. When Emilíana Torrini
was asked by a French fansite in a 2008 interview, she responded:
Emilíana Torrini
Emilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir is an Icelandic singer, best known for her 2009 single Jungle Drum, 1999 album Love in the Time of Science and for performing "Gollum's Song" for Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.-Early life:Torrini grew up in Kópavogur, where, at the age of...
. It was released in 1995, followed by Merman
Merman (album)
Merman is a 1996 album by Emilíana Torrini. It includes a cover of Tom Waits' "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You".-Track listing:All songs written by Emilíana Torrini and Jón Ólafsson unless otherwise noted....
in 1996, and her best selling albums, Love in the Time of Science
Love in the Time of Science
Love in the Time of Science is an album by Emilíana Torrini. The album was recorded and released in 1999 with a variety of collaborators, including Roland Orzabal, Alan Griffiths, Eg White, Siggi Baldursson, and Mark Abis...
in 1999, and Fisherman's Woman
Fisherman's Woman
Fisherman's Woman is an album by Emilíana Torrini, released in 2005. The songs "Lifesaver", "Sunnyroad" and "Heartstopper" were released as singles.-Track listing:...
in 2005. The title of the record is a play on words. It is spelled as if it were a French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
phrase, but it is a homonym
Homonym
In linguistics, a homonym is, in the strict sense, one of a group of words that often but not necessarily share the same spelling and the same pronunciation but have different meanings...
of the Icelandic word Krúsídúlla which means cutie pie. The songs include "Crazy Love" written by Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Van Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
, "I" written by Japanese group Pizzicato Five
Pizzicato Five
Pizzicato Five was a Japanese pop group best known to audiences in the West in their later incarnation as a duo of Maki Nomiya and Yasuharu Konishi...
, and "Miss Celie’s Blues" (from the movie The Color Purple
The Color Purple (film)
The Color Purple is a 1985 American period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Alice Walker. It was Spielberg's eighth film as a director , and was a change from the summer blockbusters for which he had become famous...
).
Crouçie D'où Là is not available any more. When Emilíana Torrini
Emilíana Torrini
Emilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir is an Icelandic singer, best known for her 2009 single Jungle Drum, 1999 album Love in the Time of Science and for performing "Gollum's Song" for Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.-Early life:Torrini grew up in Kópavogur, where, at the age of...
was asked by a French fansite in a 2008 interview, she responded:
No I really don't want it to. I have a funny relationship with that record and I guess I have disowned it in someways. My mum proudly took it out of the shelves at Christmas and played it to my boyfriend. I hadn't heard it since I recorded it. It was too painful... I didn't like it. She laughed. He blushed.
Track listing
- "I'm a Bad Luck Woman" (Memphis MinnieMemphis MinnieMemphis Minnie was an American blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. She was the only female blues artist considered a match to male contemporaries as both a singer and an instrumentalist.-Career:...
) - "Crazy Love" (Van MorrisonVan MorrisonVan Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
) - "The Man With the Golden Gun" (Don BlackDon Black (musician)Don Black, OBE is an English lyricist. His works have included numerous musicals, movie themes and hit songs. He has provided lyrics for John Barry, Charles Strouse, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Quincy Jones, Jule Styne, Henry Mancini, Michael Jackson, Elmer Bernstein, Michel Legrand, Hayley Westenra,...
, John BarryJohn Barry (composer)John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987...
) - "Today I Sing the Blues" (Aretha FranklinAretha FranklinAretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
) - "I" (Pizzicato FivePizzicato FivePizzicato Five was a Japanese pop group best known to audiences in the West in their later incarnation as a duo of Maki Nomiya and Yasuharu Konishi...
, Yasuharu KonishiYasuharu Konishiis a Japanese musician, composer and DJ. He was a founding member of Pizzicato Five and the only founding member to stay with the group until its breakup in 2002...
) - "The Dirty Dozen" (Speckled RedSpeckled RedSpeckled Red was born Rufus Perryman in Monroe, Louisiana. He was an American blues and boogie-woogie piano player and singer, most noted for his recordings of "The Dirty Dozens", with exchanges of insults and vulgar remarks that have long been a part of African American folklore.The family moved...
) - "Tomorrow" (Paul WilliamsPaul Williams (songwriter)Paul Hamilton Williams, Jr. is an Academy Award-winning American composer, musician, songwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song", Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World",...
) - "Find It"
- "Miss Celie's Blues" (Jones, Temperton, Richie)
- "Aaaa..."