Music / folk

Personne d'autre


Reviews (3)


Pitchfork

d. 13. Apr. 2018

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Jazz Monroe

d. 13. Apr. 2018

"Her first album since 2012 is a reflective, characteristically elegant session, surveying the singer's advancing years in calm repose".


AllMusic

2018

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Thom Jurek

2018

"Hardy's voice is strong and resolute as it is also vulnerable throughout. While not as career-defining as her early-'70s work, or even 1996's Le Danger, Personne d'Autre finds Hardy in full command of her authority as a songwriter and, despite her voice's wear and tear, the full weight and charm of her signature as a singer. If this is indeed her final recording, it's one she can be proud of and one for fans to celebrate".


Mojo

2018 June

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Kieron Tyler

2018 June

"Atmospherically and musically, Françoise Hardy's follow-up to 2013's "L'amour fou" doesn't surprise. Reassuringly autumnal, it drifts by with the grace of a soaring kite. The surprise is that "Personne d'Autre" exists. Hospitalisations over the past few years and the 2015 publication of her book "Avis Non Autorisés..." suggested music had taken a back seat. The album's standouts are the subtly orchestrated "Quel Dommage" (with words by Hardy) and the ebbing-flowing "Le Large", written by modern chanson auteur La Grande Sophie".