''The Best of Nudimension'' is a
greatest hits
A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be crea ...
album by 1980s French Canadian
synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...
group
Nudimension
Nudimension were a francophone French Canadian new wave/synthpop band from Montréal, Canada who were active between 1982 and 1989. The band were composed of lead singer/composer Louie Louie (real name Louis Rondeau), non musician Marc Fontaine ...
. It includes the majority of their tracks recorded between 1981 and 1989. Songs are in French and English including the singles "
Amour Programmé" and "Rendez-vous" (the anglophone version of original release "
Obsession").
Nudimension stopped recording around 1991. ''The Best of'' is a re-master and re-release by Musi-Video Records (Canada) in July 2009, produced by original band member Marc Fontaine.
Track listing
The track list on the original album:
Album Notes
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# " Amour Programmé" (Fontaine, Rondeau) – 4:11
# "Another Broken Heart" – 4:04
# "Automatique" – 3:56
# "Big Boy" – 3:40
# "Femme En Amour" – 4:28
# "Hors La Loi" (Louie Louie version) – 4:17
# "Hors La Loi (Anne-Marie Cyr version) – 3:47
# "Hot Pursuit (instrumental" – 2:50
# "Mondo Erotico (instrumental)" – 5:01
# "Model Blues (instrumental" – 4:06
# "Nudimension Theme Song" – 3:11
# "I Need Your Loving" – 6:59
# "Planête Sauvage" – 3:40
# "Petite Fille" – 4:59
# "Reminiscing" – 3:01
# "Rendez-vous" – 3:41
# "Save a Little Love" – 4:18
# "Amour Programmé (instrumental)" – 6:05
# "Femme En Amour (instrumental)" – 4:59
# "I Need Your Loving (instrumental" – 8:22
Released as a single 1983
Personnel
*Patrick Bourgeois – Electric Guitar
*Anne-Marie Cyr
Anne Marie Cyr (born 1963) is a French Canadian singer, TV presenter and occasional model; who was active during the early 1980s. Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Cyr came to prominence in her late teens on Montreal cable television as ...
: Vocals
*Francois Laberge: Synthesizer
*Laurie Ann Gill – Vocals
*Louie Louie (real name Louis Rondeau): Vocals, Drums, Keyboards
*Marla – Vocals
References
External links
Nudimension Article and recent interview (In French)
2009 greatest hits albums
Synth-pop compilation albums
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