Dominique/Soeur Adele/Fleur De Cactus/Complainte Pour Marie-Jaques/Je Voudrais/Tous Les Chemins/Plume De Radis/Mets Ton Joli Jupon/ Resurrection/Alleluia/J’ai Trouve Le Seineur/Entre Les Etoiles
The Singing Nun, the Belgian Soeur Sourire, enjoyed a most surprising mega hit with this collection of self composed folk tunes for children sung in French. It topped the US album chart for ten weeks. Includes Dominque a No. 1 hit single in the US, and No. 7 in the UK. However, her follow up US album and single releases stalled at No. 90 & No. 115 respectively. (US:1)
"Dominique, is her folksy tribute to the founder of her order, St. Dominic. With its lilting, repetitive chorus, her French-language song provided an upbeat antidote to a world rocked by the recent assassination of John F. Kennedy."
"There are twelve folk songs in all, the only accompaniment is the guitar, sparse backing vocals, and sometimes a few quick handclap percussive sounds."
"Dominique is far and away the best song on the album, which overall qualifies as a pleasant listening experience."
"This woman's voice was crisp, sincere, and innocent at a time when such virtue was becoming harder to find in the pop culture."
"The music is so light and cheery. The tunes are those that just easily stay in your head and run around your brain. Lifts my spirit every time I hear the beginning strum of the guitar to start each song."
"You don't need to know French to enjoy these songs. I can listen over and over again and leave with a perked up feeling."
"Began enjoying her pure and angelic voice long ago when this recording first came out. And it still represents for me such enjoyable little songs written by herself for children, fashioned and sung in a wonderful folk-like style."
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