Comment te dire adieu
Studio album by
Françoise Hardy
Released1968
StudioCBE, Paris, France
GenreFrench pop
Length31:14
LabelVogue
Françoise Hardy chronology
En anglais
(1968)		 Comment te dire adieu
(1968)		 One-Nine-Seven-Zero
(1969)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Comment te dire adieu is the ninth studio album by French singer-songwriter Françoise Hardy, released in 1968 on Disques Vogue. Like many of her previous records, it was originally released without a title and came to be referred to, later on, by the name of its most popular song. The cover artwork was a drawing by Jean-Paul Goude.

Track listing

  1. "Comment te dire adieu" – 2:26
    Original title: "It Hurts to Say Goodbye"
    Lyrics by: Arnold Goland
    Music written by: Jack Gold
    First performed by: Margaret Whiting, 1966[2]
    Also performed by its composer as Jack Gold Orchestra, 1969 [3]
    French adaptation and arrangement by: Serge Gainsbourg
    Accompanist: Jean-Pierre Sabar
  2. "Où va la chance ?" – 3:14
    Original title: "There But for Fortune"
    Lyrics and music written by: Phil Ochs
    First performed by: Joan Baez, 1964
    French adaptation by: Eddy Marnay
    Accompanist: Arthur Greenslade
  3. "L’anamour" – 2:14
    Lyrics and music written by: Serge Gainsbourg
    Accompanist: Mike Vickers
  4. "Suzanne" – 3:08
    Lyrics and music by: Leonard Cohen (English version)
    First performed by: Judy Collins, 1966
    French adaptation by: Graeme Allwright
    First performed by: Graeme Allwright, 1967
    Accompanist: John Cameron
  5. "Il n’y a pas d’amour heureux" – 2:21
    Lyrics: poem by Louis Aragon
    Music written by: Georges Brassens
    First performed by: Georges Brassens, 1953
    Accompanist: Jean-Pierre Sabar
  6. "La mésange" – 2:16
    Original title: "Sabiá"
    Lyrics by: Antônio Carlos Jobim
    Music written by: Antônio Carlos Jobim and Chico Buarque de Holanda
    First performed by: Antônio Carlos Jobim, 1968
    French adaptation by: Franck Gérald
    Accompanist: Mike Vickers
  7. "Parlez-moi de lui" – 2:37
    Original title: "The Way of Love"
    Lyrics by: Al Stillman
    Music written by: Jack Diéval
    First performed by: Kathy Kirby, 1965
    French adaptation by: Michel Rivgauche
    First performed by: Michèle Arnaud and Dalida, 1966
    Accompanist: Arthur Greenslade
  8. "À quoi ça sert ?" – 3:31
    Lyrics and music written by: Françoise Hardy
    Accompanist: Jean-Pierre Sabar
  9. "Il vaut mieux une petite maison dans la main, qu’un grand château dans les nuages" – 2:23
    Lyrics by: Jean-Max Rivière
    Music written by: Gérard Bourgeois
    Accompanist: John Cameron
  10. "La rue des cœurs perdus" – 2:07
    Original title: "Lonesome Town"
    Lyrics and music written by: Baker Knight
    First performed by: Ricky Nelson, 1958
    French adaptation by: Pierre Delanoë
    First performed by: Richard Anthony, 1959
    Accompanist: Arthur Greenslade
  11. "Étonnez-moi Benoît...!" – 3:03
    Lyrics by: Patrick Modiano
    Music written by: Hughes de Courson
    Accompanist: John Cameron
  12. "La mer, les étoiles et le vent" – 1:51
    Lyrics and music written by: Françoise Hardy
    Accompanist: John Cameron

Editions

LP records: first editions in the English-speaking world

Reissue on CD

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Cover versions of It Hurts to Say Goodbye by Margaret Whiting | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
  3. ↑ "The Jack Gold Orchestra and Chorus - "It Hurts to Say Goodbye"/"On the Rebound"". YouTube.
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