État d'urgence

Description

1983. Bernard Lavilliers had just released two major albums in barely three years. He constantly wrote, traveled, lived life at a fast pace. This new studio album concluded a trilogy from a unique period, driven by an insatiable desire to create and assert an insolent freedom. The album kicks off with the title track, at high speed and high tension... And one grasps the full intensity of a singer's life on the edge... His extreme humanity too. The tracks follow one another, mixed with blood and sweat, lucidity and wandering; Lavilliers the poet has rarely been so honest, so relentless. It features hits like 'Idées Noires' with Nicoletta on backing vocals, 'À suivre' as well as 'État d’urgence', 'Le Clan Mongol' and 'Q.H.S'. Lavilliers drags his sad mood over superb rock music crafted by his favorite musicians (Arroyo, Drand, and Bréant).