3 (Nouvelle Vague album)
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| Studio album by Nouvelle Vague | ||||
| Released | 16 June 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2008–2009 | |||
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Jazz Bossa nova Lounge |
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| Label | Peacefrog | |||
| Producer | Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux | |||
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| BBC Music | Favourable |
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3, also known as NV3, is the third album by the French covers band Nouvelle Vague, released 16 June 2009. As with their previous release, the album consists entirely of cover versions, mostly of post-punk and new wave songs from the 1970s and 1980s. Four of the tracks are performed as duets, featuring the song's original vocalist performing alongside one of Nouvelle Vague's female singers.
The band draws on a broader range of musical styles compared to their earlier albums; the covers here are inspired by blues and country music in addition to the familiar bossa nova and jazz. Several of the tracks on 3 are performed as duets, with Nouvelle Vague's female singers joined by the artists who sang on the original recordings. The tracks performed as duets are "Master and Servant" (featuring Martin Gore of Depeche Mode), "All My Colours" (with Ian McCulloch of Echo & the Bunnymen), "Our Lips Are Sealed" (with Terry Hall of The Specials), and "Parade" (with Barry Adamson of Magazine).David Byrne of Talking Heads and David Sylvian of Japan turned down invitations to appear on the album. The appearance of the original artists covering their own songs led one commentator to describe the record as "without a doubt the most meta covers album released this decade."
In another departure from the earlier albums, 3 also features two French-language songs, including a version of Plastic Bertrand's "Ça plane pour moi". Nouvelle Vague's Olivier Libaux explained, "Ca Plane Pour Moi was supposed to be the first French punk single. The thing is, it was sung by Plastic Bertrand - who was Belgian - and many French people think this song is a bit stupid. But it has been covered by bands like The Damned - so it seems that, abroad, this song is very respected. We chose the song because of this paradox."
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