''Couleurs sur Paris'' is the fourth album by the French covers band
Nouvelle Vague
French New Wave (french: La Nouvelle Vague) is a French art film movement that emerged in the late 1950s. The movement was characterized by its rejection of traditional filmmaking conventions in favor of experimentation and a spirit of iconocla ...
, released 16 November 2010.
The album is the group's first to be sung mostly in French, consisting largely of covers of French
new wave and
post-punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of punk music that emerged in the late 1970s as musicians departed from punk's traditional elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a variety of avant-garde sensibilities and non-roc ...
songs from the 1970s and 1980s.
The album attracted mixed reviews in the French-speaking press.
Release
The album peaked at number 52 in the French album charts, spending a total of 9 weeks in the top 200.
It reached number 35 in Greece, number 73 in Switzerland, and number 47 in Belgium (Walloon chart).
Track listing
References
{{Authority control
2009 albums
Nouvelle Vague (band) albums
Covers albums