April March "Chick Habit" 1994 + "Dans les yeux d'April March" 1999

1995's Chick Habit was a complete turnaround from the ultra-twee and largely acoustic pop of April March's self-titled debut EP…...Taking off from a lifelong interest in French music and culture (the former Elinor Blake studied in the country as a teenager), Chick Habit is a note-perfect re-creation of French ye-ye music of the 1960s. March, whose voice is a dead ringer for France Gall's similarly perky tones, borrows heavily from Gall's style and repertoire. The title track is a fairly literal translation of one of Gall's biggest Serge Gainsbourg-penned hits, "Laisse Tomber des Filles," given a "Peter Gunn"-style twang guitar track and performed with a punky snarl. (The opening track is the same song performed in March's note-perfect French.) The remaining tunes are covers of other ye-ye songs, with the highlights being Jacques Dutronc's "Le Temps de L'Amour" (a 1966 hit for Dutronc's wife, Françoise Hardy), given a smoky reading highlighted by a Dick Dale-style surf guitar played by guest star Jonathan Richman (a friend of producer and multi-instrumentalist Andy Paley, who leads the excellent band), and another dip into Gall's catalog, the dreamy "Cet Air-La." April March would, in varying degrees, explore this French pop obsession over her next several albums, but this is its purest manifestation. (Stewart Mason, Allmusic)trax:
01 Laisse Tomber les Filles 02 Deux Garcons Pour Une Fille 03 Caribou 04 Le Temps De L'Amour 05 La Chanson De Prevert 06 Tu Mens 07 Cet Air La 08 Chick Habit
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April March "Chick Habit"
Original version of the song "Laisse tomber les filles" made by french singer named France GALL in 1964 (writen by Serge GAINSBOURG) La Grande Sophie interprète Laisse Tomber Les Filles (France Gall cover) en duo avec Ornette lors de son concert à Paris, à La Cigale 20/03/2013 Fabienne Delsol "Laisse Tomber les Filles" CALEXICO with GABY MORENO "Laisse Tomber Les Filles" (Vienna, 2015.11.04)  

 "Dans les yeux d'April March" '99
"Mon ange gardien" is a song originally performed by French singer and actress Chantal Goya in 1966, it was written by French actor Roger Dumas and American guitarist Mickey Baker. Once exclusive to this 10", during the years the song has been published on a few compilations.
"Glucide" is an instrumental version of "Sugar", one of the strongest tracks published on the album "Chrominance Decoder". As far as I know it was never re-released anywhere else.
"Magic Ass", written and performed along with Los Cincos, had already been released on CD in Japan in 1998 as part of the "April March & Los Cincos Featuring The Choir" mini-album.
"Ningette" is another instrumental piece, this time a voiceless version of "Mignonette" - also known as "No Parachute" in its English version - once again taken from the top-quality album "Chrominance Decoder".trax:
01. Mon ange gardien 02. Glucide 03. Magic Ass 04. Ningette
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