Un Jour Parfait
Un Jour Parfait is the second solo album by the Stranglers' bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel, released on 23 September 1988 by Epic Records. The album was aimed at the French market and its release limited to certain territories, but was available in the UK as an import. All songs were written in French, except "Garden of Eden".
Background
In a 1992 interview, Burnel explained: "with this I wanted to do something with French sounds and sensibilities". Pat Gilbert of Record Collector magazine described the album as a "collection of melodic pop songs... including a number of Latin-tinged tracks which faintly echoed the light, whimsical strains of the Stranglers' Feline album." In his book Peaches: A Chronicle of The Stranglers 1974-1990, Robert Endeacott described it as having "a gentle Euro disco vibe mixed in with a strong sense of melancholy, soaked in majestic keyboards."The track "Weekend" is a reworking of "Les Dames de Rochefort", a 1988 song by Belgian band Glacier Georges.
The album was reissued on CD in 1994 by Stranglers Information Service and again in 1998 by Eastworld Recordings. Both reissues featured new cover artwork and bonus tracks.
Track listing
All lyrics and music written by Jean-Jacques Burnel, except where noted.;1998 CD reissue bonus track
This reissue includes the same 3 bonus tracks, and in the same order, as the 1994 reissue.
Personnel
Adapted from the album liner notes.;Musicians
- Jean-Jacques Burnel - bass, guitar, programming, drums
- Dave Greenfield - keyboards
- Glaciers George - keyboards on "Weekend"
- Alex Gifford - saxophone
- Chris Lawrence - trombone
- Jason Votier - trumpet
- Jean-Jacques Burnel - producer, engineer
- Owen Morris - engineer
- Dave Greenfield - engineer
- Bang Hai Ja - cover painting
- Jean-Yves Legras - photography
- Grant Louden - graphics
- Jean-Luke Epstein - graphics
- Simon J. Webb - cover design