Rue des cascades (international English title: Cascade Street) is the second studio album by the musician and composer
Yann Tiersen. It was released through Sine Terra Firma in 1996, and subsequently reissued in 1998, 2001, and 2009 through
Ici, d'ailleurs... and
Virgin Records in CD and
doubleLP formats. The album, with the exclusion of two pieces, "Naomi" and "La Vie quotidienne", is a collection of short pieces recorded with
toy piano,
harpsichord,
violin,
accordion,
mandolin, and other conventional and unconventional musical instruments such as an old typewriter in "Pas si simple". The title track, which was used about one year later for the
film score of the
Palme d'Or nominated
Frenchdrama filmThe Dreamlife of Angels,[2] was sung by French soloist singer
Claire Pichet, who also provided vocals on the track "Naomi", a song that features words from
Allen Ginsberg's poem "
Kaddish". François-Xavier Schweyer played the
cello on "C'était ici" and "La Fenêtre". Three tracks, "J'y suis jamais allé", "Pas si simple", and "Soir de fête", would find a wider audience five years later when they were featured on the
soundtrack to
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's acclaimed film Amélie.[3]
Track listing
Music and lyrics by Yann Tiersen, except on "Naomi", which also has words from
Allen Ginsberg's "
Kaddish".[4]
Rue des cascades (international English title: Cascade Street) is the second studio album by the musician and composer
Yann Tiersen. It was released through Sine Terra Firma in 1996, and subsequently reissued in 1998, 2001, and 2009 through
Ici, d'ailleurs... and
Virgin Records in CD and
doubleLP formats. The album, with the exclusion of two pieces, "Naomi" and "La Vie quotidienne", is a collection of short pieces recorded with
toy piano,
harpsichord,
violin,
accordion,
mandolin, and other conventional and unconventional musical instruments such as an old typewriter in "Pas si simple". The title track, which was used about one year later for the
film score of the
Palme d'Or nominated
Frenchdrama filmThe Dreamlife of Angels,[2] was sung by French soloist singer
Claire Pichet, who also provided vocals on the track "Naomi", a song that features words from
Allen Ginsberg's poem "
Kaddish". François-Xavier Schweyer played the
cello on "C'était ici" and "La Fenêtre". Three tracks, "J'y suis jamais allé", "Pas si simple", and "Soir de fête", would find a wider audience five years later when they were featured on the
soundtrack to
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's acclaimed film Amélie.[3]
Track listing
Music and lyrics by Yann Tiersen, except on "Naomi", which also has words from
Allen Ginsberg's "
Kaddish".[4]