Not the Melanie of famous folk rock fame – but instead a cool contemporary artist from France, and one who's got this wonderfully laidback way of putting over a tune!

Melanie often speaks as much as she sings – a bit like Jane Birkin or Claudette Longet – and she works with these mellow backings that are mostly electric, but handled in a nicely subtle way – gentle currents of funk, loosely tinkling keyboards, and often this subtle sonic palette that really shades things in beautifully next to the vocals!

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Melanie
• A2. L'Alpha Beta
• A3. It's Not too Late
• A4. Paris
• A5. La Folia
• A6. Le Pornographe
• A7. La belle Histoire

• SIDE B
• B1. Nausicaa
• B2. Le Soleil
• B3. Cri D'Amour
• B4. C'est Dans L'Air
• B5. Folk Silencio
• B6. Les Croisés