Sympathique
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| Studio album by Pink Martini | ||||
| Released | November 11, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | December 1996 – April 1997 | |||
| Genre | Alternative pop, World, Latin, Jazz | |||
| Length | 47:40 | |||
| Label | Heinz Records | |||
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Sympathique is the first full-length album from the Portland, Oregon band Pink Martini. It was released on November 11, 1997 by Pink Martini's own record label, Heinz Records. It was certified gold in Greece. It sold 650,000 copies.
It was awarded a platinum certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 500,000 copies throughout Europe.
The first and second lines of the first verse and the first line of the chorus of Sympathique are taken from Guillaume Apollinaire's poem "Hôtel" from Le guetteur mélancolique. The French composer Francis Poulenc used that poem as lyrics for his 1940 composition Banalités, FP 107 : II. Hôtel.
"Sympathique" was used in an advert for the Citroën Xsara Picasso car.
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