Marie France - A Girl to Color In

More than thirty years after it was recorded, Marie France's Une fille à colorier is finally about to see the light of day. Long kept in the shadows, this unreleased album will be issued for the very first time on the 29 Music label.

Recorded with the Studio Garage team, the album is the result of a series of remarkably refined collaborations. Surrounding Marie France, a mythical figure of the Parisian underground, were some of the most creative artists of the era: Les Rita Mitsouko, who wrote an original song for her, singer Marc Almond (Soft Cell), lyricist Jacques Duvall, and Euston Jones.

At the heart of the album lies a completely unreleased gem: "Erotico Tico", a track never heard, never published. Composed by Serge Gainsbourg in the 1960s and written by Denise Glaser, the piece was originally conceived for the soundtrack of the film Les Cœurs verts (1966), before Gainsbourg ultimately released only an instrumental version for the film "Comme trouvez-vous ma soeur?". Marie France recorded her own interpretation in the early 1990s: it is now unveiled for the very first time.

Une fille à colorier also features a captivating rendition of the Spanish classic "Noche de ronda", a pop-wave take on "Autumn Leaves" (Les feuilles mortes) in duet with Marc Almond, and one of the most beautiful songs in Marie France's repertoire, "The Flame", a haunting torch-song that has become a cult favorite among her admirers. With Une fille à colorier, it's more than a previously unreleased album resurfacing: it's a hidden secret of French pop finally brought into the light.

01.    Ménage à trois
02.    A quoi ça sert l'amour ? ft. Marc Almond
03.    Tu changes
04.    Erotico Tico
05.    Purs anges du ciel
06.    Une fille à colorier
07.    Sheherazade
08.    Do the lingo ft. Euston Jones
09.    T'en reviendrais pas
10.    The flame
11.    Noche de ronda
12.    Bonsoir
13.    Autumn leaves ft. Marc Almond

EN :

More than thirty years after it was recorded, Une fille à colorier by Marie France is finally about to see the light of day. Long kept in the shadows, this unreleased album will be issued for the very first time on the label 29 Music.

Recorded with the team of Studio Garage, the album is the result of a series of remarkably refined collaborations. Surrounding Marie France, a mythical figure of the Parisian underground, were some of the most creative artists of the era:
Les Rita Mitsouko, who wrote an original song for her, Marc Almond (Soft Cell), lyricist Jacques Duvall, and Euston Jones.

At the heart of the album+A21:M29 lies a completely unreleased gem: “Erotico Tico”, a track never heard, never published. Composed by Serge Gainsbourg in the 1960s with lyrics by Denise Glaser, the piece was originally conceived for the soundtrack of the film Les Cœurs verts (1966), before Gainsbourg ultimately released only an instrumental version for the film Comment trouvez-vous ma sœur ?. Marie France recorded her own interpretation in the early 1990s, now unveiled for the very first time.

Une fille à colorier also features a captivating rendition of the Spanish classic “Noche de ronda”, a pop-wave take on “Autumn Leaves” (Les feuilles mortes) in duet with Marc Almond, and one of the most beautiful songs in Marie France’s repertoire, “The Flame”, a haunting torch-song cherished by her admirers.

With Une fille à colorier, it’s more than a previously unreleased album resurfacing: it’s a hidden secret of French pop finally brought into the light.