“N°5” by Jacques Brel - album review
| features in: Album Chart of 1961 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s |
“N°5” represents the end of chapter one for Brel – his fifth and final album of new music for Philips Records. It’s a solid follow-up to “N°4” album, perhaps lacking the dynamic killer-classics, but plenty spirited all the same. The opening “Marieke” is a strong starter and sees Brel singing in both French and Flemish for the one and only time. Album highlight “Le Moribond” is a tale of a dying man that includes sarcasm and references to his wife’s infidelity. It would be tamely reinterpreted by Rod McKuen as “Seasons In The Sun”. Une tragédie pour musique!
The Jukebox Rebel
05–Jul–2008
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [02:41]  Jacques Brel - Marieke (Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A2 | [03:07]  Jacques Brel - Le Moribond (Jacques Brel) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A3 | [03:00]  Jacques Brel - Vivre Debout (Jacques Brel, François Rauber) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A4 | [03:06]  Jacques Brel - On N’Oublie Rien (Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A5 | [02:55]  Jacques Brel - Clara (Jacques Brel) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B1 | [03:32]  Jacques Brel - Le Prochain Amour (Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B2 | [04:03]  Jacques Brel - L’Ivrogne (Jacques Brel, François Rauber, Gérard Jouannest) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B3 | [02:37]  Jacques Brel - Les Prénoms De Paris (Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B4 | [03:04]  Jacques Brel - Les Singes (Jacques Brel) Crooner / Cabaret |
