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EMI Pathe 14498/1977 - French guitarist pop singer whose soothing but bland French songs lilt over piano and string arrangements. imagine parts of nick drake's bryter later sung by someone with one quarter as interesting of a voice, but then every word is in French. that's the good songs. the bad ones sound like something from a cafe in Paris that you'd see on a Bugs Bunny cartoon. the cover shows Duteil with button down shirt halfway open, feathered hair, holding a guitar in a meadow. i've had enough success with some of these to keep on trying, but this one falls short considering its all in French and its only so-so as far as quality of songs. some of the strings are very nice, however, and this might interest someone out there. my price was 5-/overall grade B-/doesn't suit me enough to play it again, and i probably will get rid of it.

Labels: Foreign Born