Chatterton (album)
Chatterton is the ninth studio album by French rocker Alain Bashung, issued in 1994 on Barclay Records.
Production
The music melt the use of pedal steel guitar with synths, for instance on "J'passe pour une caravane", and the style was dubbed "country new age" by Bashung himself. The most well-known track on the album in France is "Ma petite entreprise" which was popularized when it was used as the theme song to the movie My Little Business by Pierre Jolivet in 1999.Reception
Critical reception
In 2010, the French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 40th greatest French rock album.Personnel
Musicians
- Alain Bashung - vocals, guitars
- Michael Brook - guitar, drums, percussions
- Eddie Martinez - guitar
- Pierre Van Dormael - guitar, acoustic guitar
- Nicolas Fiszman - bass guitar, bass bow, acoustic guitar, guitar
- Stéphane Belmondo - trumpet
- Marc Ribot - guitar
- Link Wray - guitar
- Jean-Marc Lederman - keyboards, drums, percussion
- Jean-Pierre Pilot - drums, percussion
- Sonny Landreth - guitar, slide guitar
- Dony Wynn - percussion, drums
- Ally McErlaine - guitars
- Jean Fauque - drums, percussion, keyboards
Production
- Alain Bashung: production
- Djoum: recording, mixing, production
- Phil Delire: recording, mixing, production
- Michel Diericks: recording
- Marc Thonon: executive production
- Jean-Baptiste Mondino: photos
- Huart / Cholley: graphism