''Je dis aime'' (1999) is the second studio album by French singer-songwriter

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, in his persona as -M-, described by reviewers as a "conceptual icon to rival Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and

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". The album manages to take a remarkable variety of musical directions and pull them together into a consistent whole. Another reviewer describes the album as sounding like a 'French

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' and notes the 'vintage 70s sound and textures'.

Wordplay

''Je dis aime'' is a play on words in French as 'aime' (love) is pronounced exactly the same as '-M-'. Many of the tracks use similar word play as is common in French songs but particularly rich in -M-'s work.

Track listing

# ''Monde virtuel'' # ''Je dis aime'' (written by

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, -M-'s famous grandmother) # ''Onde sensuelle'' # ''À celle qui dure'' # ''Faut oublier'' # ''Le Festival de connes'' (pokes fun at the pretentiousness of the Cannes film festival changing Cannes to connes – i.e. idiots) # ''Le Mec hamac'' # ''Close to Me'' (loosely a cover of the

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but using only one line in English from the original) # ''Émilie 1000 Volts'' (salsa flavoured track) # ''Qui est le plus fragile'' # ''Le Complexe du corn flakes'' # ''Au lieu du crime'' # ''Bonoboo'' (written by Andrée Chedid, the song refers to a type of

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that shares over 98% of its DNA with humans) # ''Le Commun des motels'' # ''Mama Sam'' (Mama Sam as compared to Uncle Sam. Spot some of the punning like Nike for Nique)

References

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