Ainsi soit je...
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| Studio album by Mylène Farmer | ||||
| Released | April 1988 | |||
| Studio | Studio Mega, Paris (France) | |||
| Genre | Synthpop, baroque pop, darkwave | |||
| Length | 45:47 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Laurent Boutonnat | |||
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Promotional edition - Europe
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| Singles from Ainsi soit je... | ||||
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Ainsi soit Je... (a play on ainsi soit-il, which can mean either "so be it" or "amen") is the second album by Mylène Farmer, released in April 1988. It contains the hit singles "Sans contrefaçon", "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" and "Sans logique". Generally well received by critics, it was very successful and remains to date the second best-selling album of the singer.
After the success of the album Cendres de lune and the hits "Sans contrefaçon" and "Ainsi soit je...", Farmer had no problem releasing a second album that would be well received by the public, enabling her to consolidate her growing popularity, thus preventing her from slipping back into anonymity. The album took from five to six months to be finished. It was recorded at studio Mega, Avenue Maréchal-Maunoury, in Paris (XVIe arrondissement) under the leadership of Thierry Rogen, a renowned sound engineer who had already worked in particular with Michel Sardou.
The cover of the album shows Farmer turned sideways, accompanied by the puppet used in the music video for "Sans contrefaçon". The photographs of the booklet were made by Elsa Trillat.
The album was released in April 1988 and met great success, both critically and commercially.
The texts, which contain many literary references to famous authors (such as Baudelaire, Poe, etc.), were written by Mylène Farmer, except "L'Horloge" (a poem by Charles Baudelaire), "Déshabillez-moi" (originally sung in 1966 by Juliette Gréco) and "The Farmer's Conclusion" (which is an instrumental song). The album has a melancholy and sad tone, and deals with death, suicide, madness with gloomy and desperate texts. Sexual ambiguity, sodomy and provocation are also tackled.
The album was generally well received in the media and remains sometimes considered as "one of the most successful", even the singer's "best album". When the album was released, the press said: "Mylène shows an imagination and a new maturity in these charming libertine poems and her synthetic hits containing literary references" (20 Ans). This "great" (Gaipied) and "successful" (Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace) album has "an intellectual and musical universe always so creative" (Gaipied). Its songs were described as "powerful, sometimes catchy and often spellbinding compositions" (Paris Nuit), whose texts are "chiseled but perfectly licentious" (France Soir). The "poetic quality of the texts" and "the sense of the melody" (Le Télégramme) were also mentioned. Rock and Folk said this Laurent Boutonnat's production is "impeccable", demonstrating his "undoubted talent". According to Télé Poche, "the time of success has come for Mylène Farmer" with this album. The journalist Caroline Bee said this album is "an ambiguous, bright, romantic and beautifully produced gem".
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