Bulles (album)

Bulles
Studio album by Michel Polnareff
Released	1981
Label	AZ
Producer	Michel Polnareff
Michel Polnareff chronology
Coucou me revoilou (1978) Bulles (1981) Show télé 82/Public (1982)

Bulles is an album by French singer-songwriter Michel Polnareff released in 1981.
With this album, the singer found more success, as it sold 800,000 copies. "Radio", "Je t'aime", and "Tam-Tam" were put into heavy rotation on French radio stations. Although mostly rock-oriented, Polnareff maintains his personality lyrically and musically. In 2001, the album was re-issued by Universal-Polygram.^[1]

Track listing

Music by Michel Polnareff, lyrics by Michel Polnareff and J.P. Dréau.

Side A

1. "Tam tam"
2. "Elle rit" (Translation: "She Laughs")
3. "Radio"
4. "Je t'aime" (Translation: "I Love You")

Side B

1. "Où est la tosca?"
2. "Joue moi de toi"
3. "365 jours par an" (Translation: "365 Days A Year")
4. "Bulles de savon" (Translation: "Soap Bubbles")

Personnel

• Ricky Hitchcock — guitars
• Mo Foster — bass
• Michel Polnareff — vocals, piano, keyboards, percussion, male and female chorus,^[2] arranger
• Richard Myhill — piano, keyboards, male chorus, musicians director
• Graham Preskett — keyboards, violin solo
• Hans Zimmer — keyboards, keyboards layout
• Robin Landridge — keyboards
• Peter Van Hooke — drums
• Brett Morgan — drums
• Frank Ricotti — drums
• Mac Tontoh — drums
• Daku Potato — drums
• Allan Parker — banjo
• Linda Jardim — female chorus
• Modesty Forbids — female chorus
• Ray Springfield — flute

Production

• Producer – M. Polnareff
• Engineer – Brad Davis, Steve Allan
• Mixing – R. Myhill, M. Polnareff, G. Preskett
• Mastering – B. Davis
• Album cover design – Hicks and Hayes
• Photography – John Thornton

Recorded at studios Snake Ranch, Nova, Marcus Music.

References

1. ↑ Allmusic link
2. ↑ stated as this in inlet printing