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''Le Chat Bleu'', released in 1980, is the third album by the rock band Mink DeVille. The album received critical acclaim and elevated lead singer and composer Willy DeVille to star status. The ''Rolling Stone'' Critic’s Poll ranked ''Le Chat Bleu'' the fifth best album of 1980,〔''Rolling Stone'' magazine. (1980 - Critics. ) Rolling Stone End off Year Critics & Readers Polls. (Retrieved 3-14-08.)〕 and music historian Glenn A. Baker declared it the tenth best rock album of all time. The album cover is a photo of Willy's first wife Toots Deville's tattoo on her shoulder.〔Baker, Glenn A. (1987) ("Individual Critics Top 10s." ) The World Critics Lists ~ 1987. (Retrieved 3-14-08.)〕 == Recording == ''Le Chat Bleu'' was recorded in Paris. "I wanted that (French) sound," Willy DeVille told ''Rolling Stone.'' "French records are so much more vivid. I knew what I was going for—this record was my dream."〔Sears, Rufus (October 30, 1980) "Willy's back—and knocking 'em dead: Mink DeVille spurred on by success of 'Le Chat Bleu.'" ''Rolling Stone.'' p.20-22.〕 For the album, bandleader Willy DeVille dismissed the original members of Mink DeVille except for guitarist Louis X. Erlanger in favor of new musicians, including rhythm section Jerry Scheff (bass) and Ron Tutt (drums), who had recently toured with Elvis Presley. Instead of Jack Nitzsche, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Steve Douglas, another associate of Phil Spector, served as producer. ''Le Chat Bleu'' was the last Mink DeVille album to feature any original members of the band besides Willy DeVille. Willy DeVille wrote some songs with the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame member Doc Pomus. As well as classic rock (“Savoir Faire," "Lipstick Traces"), DeVille delved into Cajun music (the accordion-dominated dance music of French-speaking Louisiana) and the French cabaret tradition for this album. The album includes a cover of "Bad Boy," the 1957 hit by The Jive Bombers. Jean Claude Petit supervised the string arrangements of some songs. Joel Dorn did the remixing. In ''Lonely Avenue,'' a biography of Doc Pomus, Alex Halberstadt wrote about ''Le Chat Bleu'': (Willy DeVille) created a record that sounded like nothing that had come before... It was clear that Willy had realized his fantasy of a new, completely contemporary Brill Building record. To the symphonic sweetness of the Drifters he added his own Gallic romance and, in his vocal, a measure of punk rock's Bowery grit. Doc was elated when he heard it. Thinking they'd signed a new wave band, Capitol didn't know what to do with Willy's rock and roll chanson and shelved it for a year. When it was finally released in 1980, ''Le Chat Bleu,'' remixed by Joel Dorn, made nearly every critic's list of the year's best records.〔Halberstadt, Alex (2007) ''Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus.'' New York: De Capo Press. pp. 214-215.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Le Chat Bleu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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