En Concert (Mylène Farmer album)
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| Live album by Mylène Farmer | ||||
| Released | 4 December 1989 | |||
| Recorded | October 20 and 21, 1989 in Brussels | |||
| Genre | Synthpop, darkwave, baroque pop | |||
| Length | 1:49:39 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Laurent Boutonnat | |||
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En concert is the first live album by Mylène Farmer, released on 4 December 1989. It retraces her two first albums, Cendres de lune and Ainsi soit je... and contains a cover, "Je voudrais tant que tu comprennes", originally sung by Marie Laforêt.
From May, 1989, Farmer began a series of concerts through all France, which was successful. After these performances, a live album, mixed by Thierry Rogen, was eventually recorded on October 20 and 21, 1989 in Brussels. The photos, made by Marianne Rosenstiehl, illustrate the booklet with images from various shows of the singer on stage. The album was released on December 4, 1989. It was the last album edited by Bertrand Le Page for Mylène Farmer, because he was later dismissed.
A video of the concert, released in May, 1990, was directed by Laurent Boutonnat who added to the concert some rather morbid sequences, such as satanic monks and cemeteries, giving thus to the video the look of a film. The editing was produced over a period of one year and was criticized, because certain scenes were re-filmed without the audience.
Two singles were released to promote En concert - what was rather rare at the time for a live album: "Allan" and "Plus grandir", which had a minor success, but were much aired in nightclubs. The album also contains the live version of a song which didn't appear then on Farmer's albums, "À quoi je sers...", and a cover version of Marie Laforêt's song, "Je voudrais tant que tu comprennes".
En concert was generally well received in media. For example, The Mag stated that this album is "a beautiful technical and musical performance".TV Hebdo considered that this album is "loan of emotion".La Voix du Nord qualified it as "real present", containing "the most successful songs" of Farmer, with a "very class presentation" and a booklet of photos. As for France Soir, it said that it is a very "beautiful object". However, according to French journalist Caroline Bee, "the production, a little bit smooth, does not pass on completely the emotion and the strength which emanated from the blazing show".
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