= 5 stars

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I have to thank reader Podophile who told me about France Gall, in a comment on my earlier review of April March’s Chick Habit. France Gall is the original, sixties-era French pop chanteuse, with a few songs written by Serge Gainsbourg. I guess this brand of cutesy, flippant girly wimp-rock stuff is called “Ye-ye“. Who knew?

Anyhow, this whole sugary parfait a hoot, and while my respect for April March’s Chick Habit is somewhat lessened (it’s an English version of a France Gall song Laisse Tomber Les Filles) in other ways it survives, as I prefer April’s sweeter, romantic version of Cet Air La to the strange, frenetic one on this album (that features a dippy organ and some teasing girl-group background vocals).

But each song is its own, self-contained music box behind a lace curtain, with a separate mood and luxurious feel. I don’t understand a lick of the lyrics, but while listening to this stuff, I think of Francois Truffaut, chocolate, cats, knee socks, and canaries in cages. All this means “I like it.” Ye-ye!

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