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, released in 1970. Considered an enduring classic of

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and

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music, the album was named the 71st greatest Canadian album of all time in

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''. It was the only francophone album from Quebec named to the list besides the three studio albums by

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. In 2005 Ferland released a 35th anniversary box set version of the album, which included the original album, new recordings of the album's songs by Ferland himself, an audio DVD including a

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remastering of the album, and a disc including covers of the album's songs by musicians such as

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, Montag,

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and Carl Bastien. "Le Chat du café des artistes" was covered by

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, bassist

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& drummer Jim Young played on this album. On keyboards - mainly piano -, synthesizer and arrangements, Michel Robidoux was the leader. In 2018, the album won the Polaris Heritage Prize Jury Award in the 1960-1975 category."Rush, Alanis Morissette, Kid Koala Among Polaris Heritage Prize Winners"
'' Exclaim!'', October 23, 2018.

Track listing

# "Prologue" # "Le Petit roi" # "Quand on aime on a toujours 20 ans" # "Sing Sing" # "God Is an American" # "Le Chat du café des artistes" # "..." # "Y'a des jours" # "Ce qu'on dit quand on tient une femme dans ses bras" # "Épilogue" # "It Ain't Fair"

Personnel

* Jean-Pierre Ferland ; vocals * Michel Robidoux ; piano, organ,, Moog synthesizer, arrangements *

; acoustic and electric guitars *

; bass * Jim Young ; drums * Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal ; chorus * Josianne Roy ; strings, arrangements * Guido Basso ; brass, arrangements

References

1970 albums Jean-Pierre Ferland albums French-language albums Barclay (record label) albums {{1970s-album-stub