La Question (album)

La Question
Studio album by Françoise Hardy
Released	November 1971 (France)
Recorded	Studio CBE & Studio Davout Paris, France
Genre	French pop
Length	32:25
Language	French
Label	Sonopresse
Producer	Françoise Hardy (Hypopotam[1])
Françoise Hardy chronology
Soleil (1970) La Question (1971) Et si je m'en vais avant toi (1972)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

La Question is a studio album by the French popular singer Françoise Hardy. It was released in France in 1971, on LP, production Hypopotam/Sonopresse (HY 30.902). Like many of Hardy's earlier albums, it was published with no title, except for her name on the cover; since its 1995 French reissue onto compact disc, it has been referred to with the title of its most commercially successful song: "La Question".^[3]

Reception

La Question is one of Francoise Hardy's most acclaimed albums, as well as one of her most well known in America. Richie Unterberger, writing for Allmusic, gave the album four-and-a-half out of five stars, speculating that it may be her best post-60's album: "As far as fireside romantic music goes, it beats the hell out of José Feliciano."^[4] The album is also ranked in the Guardian's 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die,^[5] and is one of her two albums bubbling under the top 3000 albums on acclaimedmusic.net (the other is Comment te dire adieu?).

Track listing

It was around this time Hardy began to collaborate with Brazilian guitarist Tuca, so Françoise Hardy serves as a co-writer for some songs, although less than her previous albums. All music, in fact, was arranged by Tuca and Raymond Donnez.

Side A
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Viens"	Pascal Bilat	Tuca	2:11
2.	"La Question"	Françoise Hardy	Tuca	3:00
3.	"Même sous la pluie"	Franck Gérald	Tuca	2:01
4.	"Chanson d’O"	Bob du Pac	Tuca	3:14
5.	"Le Martien"	Franck Gérald	Tuca	2:44
6.	"Mer"	Françoise Hardy	Tuca	2:04
Total length:				15:14

Side B
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Oui, je dis adieu"	Françoise Hardy	Tuca	4:02
2.	"Doigts"	Françoise Hardy	Françoise Hardy	1:25
3.	"La Maison"	G. G.	Tuca	2:51
4.	"Si Mi Caballero"	Franck Gérald	Tuca	3:00
5.	"Bâti mon nid"	Franck Gérald	Tuca	2:53
6.	"Rêve" (original title "À Transa"[6])	ad. Françoise Hardy		3:00
Total length:				17:11

Editions

LP records: first editions in anglosphere

•  Canada, 1971: Viens, Reprise Records (RSC 8006).
•  Australia, 1972: La Question?, Interfusion (SITFL 934 441).
•  New Zealand, 1972: La Question?, Interfusion (SITFL 934 441).
•  South Africa, 1972: Rêve, MVN (MVC 3538).

Reissues on CD

•  Japan, 1979: Un recueil de mes poésies, Epic (25.3P.73).
•  France, 1988: Viens, Kundalini/Musidisc/Flarenasch (180172).
•  France, 1995: La Question, Kundalini/Virgin (7243 8 40506 2 7).
•  Great Britain, 2000: The Françoise Hardy Collection, HMV/EMI Records (7243 5 26054 2 2).^[7]

Reissue on 180g Vinyl

•  France, 2016: La Question, Parlophone/Warner Music (4145 5315107 8).

References

1. Production company created by Françoise Hardy to the end 1969.
2. Unterberger, Richie. La Question at Allmusic. Retrieved October 14, 2012. Note: This review is of the American release entitled La Question
3. Published to Virgin France s.a.
4. Unterberger, Richie. "La Question". Allmusic. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
5. "Artists beginning with H (part 1)". The Guardian. November 19, 2007. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
6. First performer: Taigara on LP "Viagem", Odeon Records, 1970 & CD "Viagem", Emi Music Brasil, 2003.
7. An compilation containing album’s songs and also those album: One-Nine-Seven-Zero.