La Valse à Mille Temps


La Valse à Mille Temps is Jacques Brel's fourth album. Also known as Jacques Brel 4 and American Début, the album was released in 1959 by Philips. The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title La Valse à Mille Temps as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à Bonbons by Barclay.

Track listing

TrackTitleTranslationComposerRecorded
1"La valse à mille temps"The thousand beats waltzJacques Brel1959-09-14
2"Seul"AloneJacques Brel1959-09-15
3"La dame patronnesse"The patronessJacques Brel1959-09-11
4"Je t'aime"I love youJacques Brel, François Rauber1959-09-17
5"Ne me quitte pas"Don't leave meJacques Brel1959-09-11
6"Les Flamandes"Flemish womenJacques Brel1959-09-14
7"Isabelle"IsabelleJacques Brel, François Rauber1959-09-15
8"La mort"DeathJacques Brel1959-09-14
9"La tendresse"TendernessJacques Brel1959-09-11
10"La colombe"The doveJacques Brel1959-09-15

Credits

The melody of "La Mort" is partly based, uncredited, on the traditional Gregorian chant Dies irae, which has been quoted in a large number of other works over the centuries.