43 Songs

43 Songs
Box set by Etron Fou Leloublan
Released	1991 (1991)
Recorded	1976–1985
Genre	Avant-rock
Length	202:46
Label	Baillemont (France)
Producer	Etron Fou Leloublan, Guigou Chenevier, Fred Frith
Etron Fou Leloublan chronology
Face Aux Éléments Déchaînés (1985)Face Aux Éléments Déchaînés1985 43 Songs (1991)

43 Songs is a three-CD box set by French avant-rock band Etron Fou Leloublan (EFL). It contains all tracks from the band's five studio albums, Batelages (1977), Les Trois Fous Perdégagnent (Au Pays Des...) (1978), Les Poumons Gonflés (1982), Les Sillons de la Terre (1984) and Face Aux Éléments Déchaînés (1985). It was released in 1991. Some of the tracks were mastered from particularly noisy vinyl sources and there is no booklet included.

The box set cover depicts "Crazy Shit, The White Wolf" (the rough English translation of the band's name) on top of a broken Eiffel Tower.

Background

Etron Fou Leloublan (EFL), together with Henry Cow (England), Stormy Six (Italy), Samla Mammas Manna (Sweden) and Univers Zero (Belgium), was one of the five original Rock in Opposition (RIO) bands that performed at the inaugural RIO festival in London on 12 March 1978. RIO was a musical collective of experimental music groups united in their opposition to the music industry. EFL recorded five studio albums between 1976 and 1985, and their music has been described as "Art rock with a twisted A". Their compositions are "fractured" elements of jazz, rock and pop with unusual structures that sometimes sound like "demented and absurdist small-orchestra hymns". The 43 Songs box set covers EFL's entire recording career.

Track listing

Source:

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"L'amulette et le petit Rabbin"	Chenevier, Ruynat		18:07
2.	"Sololo Brigida"	Chenevier		3:18
3.	"Yvett'Blouse"	Etron Fou Leloublan		0:26
4.	"Madame Richard Larika"	Richard, EFL		9:23
5.	"Histoire de Graine"	Richard, EFL		11:20
6.	"Face à l'extravagante montée des ascenceurs, nous resterons fidèles à notre calme détermination"	EFL		6:13
7.	"Le fleuve et le manteau"	Richard, EFL		7:48
8.	"Percutant reportage au pays des fées"	EFL, Chenevier, Ruynat		0:35
9.	"a. Recherche pour un journal, des lunettes, une pipe et un bérêt b. 13h58, ou les petites aventures du médecin chef c. Je veux danser avec toi"	EFL		5:53
10.	"Le désastreux voyage de piteux Python"	Richard, EFL		10:40

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"P.O.I. (Pourissement des Organes Interieurs)"	Richard, EFL		6:56
2.	"Nave de bilande"	EFL		3:00
3.	"Nicolas"	Thirion, Jausserand		4:07
4.	"Mimi"	Richard		2:59
5.	"Exposition universelle"	Chenevier		1:43
6.	"Nicole"	Thirion, Richard		5:41
7.	"La musique"	Thirion, Baudelaire		3:03
8.	"Christine"	Richard		6:40
9.	"Those distant waters"	Chenevier, Richard		3:17
10.	"Upsalla"	Chenevier		2:06
11.	"Io prefero"	Thirion, Chenevier		4:30
12.	"Pas'l'sou"	Chenevier, Jausserand		3:14
13.	"Phare plafond"	Richard, Chenevier		4:14
14.	"Les vitres"	Richard, Thirion		4:47
15.	"Les alsaciennes"	Thirion		1:59
16.	"Nouveau"	Richard, Chenevier		4:14
17.	"L'enfance de guigou"	Chenevier, Meillier		6:08

Disc three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Emoi"	Chenevier, Richard		4:08
2.	"C'est pas bien"	Richard		4:00
3.	"Et qu'cet air-là"	Chenevier		2:54
4.	"Lavabo"	Richard, Meillier		5:09
5.	"Le jeu, l'alcool et les femmes"	Meillier		3:46
6.	"Lavés à la machine"	Richard		4:19
7.	"Tous le poussent"	Richard		3:39
8.	"Hors de son monde"	Chenevier		4:00
9.	"Paris 65"	Chenevier		4:04
10.	"Sous les draps"	Thirion		3:52
11.	"Comment choisir son infirmière"	Richard		3:14
12.	"Gifle Hubert"	Richard		4:45
13.	"Blanc"	Richard, Thirion		4:13
14.	"Binet d'eau froide"	Richard, Chenevier, Thirion		0:18
15.	"Plus rien ne nous retient dans ce pays"	Richard, Chenevier		3:34
16.	"Mon petit chorus"	Richard, Chenevier, Thirion		4:12

Personnel

Source:

Etron Fou Leloublan

• Ferdinand Richard – bass guitar, vocals
• Guigou Chenevier – drums, percussion, tenor saxophone, vocals
• Chris Chanet (Eulalie Ruynat) (1.1-5) – winds, vocals
• Francis Grand (1.6-10, 2.1-2) – alto and tenor saxophone, melodica, flute, harmonica, zither, vocals
• Jo Thirion (2.3-17, 3.1-16) – organ, piano, trumpet, vocals
• Bernard Mathieu (2.3-12) – soprano and tenor saxophone
• Bruno Meillier (2.13-17, 3.1-5) – alto, tenor and baritone saxophones

Guests

• Jean-Pierre Grasset (1.6-9) – guitars
• Michel Grezes (2.12) – voice
• Fred Frith (2.8, 2.12, 3.8-9, 3.13, 3.15) – guitar, violin

Production

• Batelages (1977)
  • Recorded in November 1976
  • Produced by Etron Fou Leloublan
• Les Trois Fous Perdégagnent (Au Pays Des...) (1978)
  • Recorded at Studio Tangara, Toulouse, France in November 1977
  • Produced by Etron Fou Leloublan
• Les Poumons Gonflés (1982)
  • Recorded at THC, Bernex, Switzerland in November 1981
  • Produced by Fred Frith
• Les Sillons de la Terre (1984)
  • Recorded at Studio THC, Geneva, Switzerland, 20–30 August 1983
  • Produced by Guigou Chenevier
• Face Aux Éléments Déchaînés (1985)
  • Recorded at Sunrise Studio, Kirchberg, Switzerland, August 1985
  • Produced by Fred Frith

External links

• 43 Songs at AllMusic
• Etron Fou Leloublan discography.
• Discography of Fred Frith.