''Boîte à bonbons'' (''Box of Candies'') is a 16-CD box set compilation of the recorded songs of
Jacques Brel
Jacques Romain Georges Brel (; 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed theatrical songs. He generated a large, devoted following—initially in Belgium and France, but later throughout the world ...
. The limited edition box set was released to mark the 25th anniversary of Jacques Brel's death. The box set includes 15 albums remastered from the original records. CD digipacks are presented in their original sleeve with lyrics. The box set also includes an illustrated booklet with various pictures, a biography, and Brel's citations and testimonies. Also included are five never before released songs from the recording sessions of the album ''
Les Marquises
''Les Marquises'' () is Jacques Brel's fourteenth and final album. Also known as ''Brel'', the album was released 17 November 1977 by Barclay (96 010). This was the singer's first album of new songs in ten years and was released a year before his ...
''. Included with the booklet is a bonus CD containing 28 titles: 26 songs from Radio Hasselt recorded 14 and 21 August 1953, a recording from the Brel family's private collection, and a 1962 recording from the Dutch television show AVRO. The box set is also available in an alternate velvet box format with CDs in crystal cases.
Track listing
CD 1 ''
Grand Jacques'' (1955)
# "La haine"
# "Grand Jacques (C'est trop facile)"
# "Il pleut 'Les carreaux'"
# "Le diable 'Ca va'"
# "Il peut pleuvoir"
# "Il nous faut regarder"
# "Le fou du roi"
# "C'est comme ça"
# "Sur la place"
# "S'il te faut"
# "La Bastille"
# "Prière païenne"
# "Il y a"
# "La foire"
# "Sur la place"
CD 2 ''
Quand on n'a que l'amour'' (1957)
# "Quand on a que l'amour"
# "Qu'avons-nous fait, bonnes gens"
# "Les pieds dans le ruisseau"
# "Pardons"
# "La bourrée du célibataire"
# "L'air de la bêtise"
# "Saint-Pierre"
# "J'en appelle"
# "Heureux"
# "Les blés"
# "Quand on n'a que l'amour"
CD 3 ''
Au printemps'' (1958)
# "Demain l'on se marie (La chanson des fiancés)"
# "Au printemps"
# "Je ne sais pas"
# "Le colonel"
# "Dors ma mie, bonsoir"
# "La lumière jaillira"
# "Dites, si c'était vrai (poème)"
# "L'homme dans la cité"
# "Litanies pour un retour"
# "Voici"
# "Voir"
# "L'aventure"
# "Dites, si c'était vrai (poème)"
CD 4 ''
La Valse à mille temps'' (1959)
# "La valse à mille temps"
# "Seul"
# "La dame patronnesse"
# "Je t'aime"
# "
Ne me quitte pas
"Ne me quitte pas" (''"Don't leave me"'') is a 1959 song by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also been translated into and performed in many other languages. A well-known ...
"
# "Les Flamandes"
# "Isabelle"
# "La mort"
# "La tendresse"
# "La colombe"
CD 5 ''
Marieke
Marieke (), also spelled Marike, is a Dutch-language feminine given name, a diminutive of Maria. The Polish, Greek and Japanese equivalent is Marika.
The ''-ke'' suffix is characteristic for Flemish, Brabantian and Limburgish dialects, indi ...
'' (1961)
# "
Marieke
Marieke (), also spelled Marike, is a Dutch-language feminine given name, a diminutive of Maria. The Polish, Greek and Japanese equivalent is Marika.
The ''-ke'' suffix is characteristic for Flemish, Brabantian and Limburgish dialects, indi ...
"
# "
Le Moribond
Seasons in the Sun is an English-language adaptation of the 1961 Belgian song ("The Dying Man") by singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, with lyrics rewritten in 1963 by singer-poet Rod McKuen, depicting a dying man's farewell to his loved ones. It ...
"
# "Vivre debout"
# "On n'oublie rien"
# "Clara"
# "Le prochain amour"
# "L'ivrogne"
# "Les prénoms de Paris"
# "Les singes"
# "
Marieke
Marieke (), also spelled Marike, is a Dutch-language feminine given name, a diminutive of Maria. The Polish, Greek and Japanese equivalent is Marika.
The ''-ke'' suffix is characteristic for Flemish, Brabantian and Limburgish dialects, indi ...
" (in Dutch)
# "
Laat me niet alleen (Ne me quitte pas)"
# "De apen (Les singes)"
# "Men vergeet niets (On n'oublie rien)"
# "Le prochain amour"
CD 6 ''
Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1961'' (1962)
# "Introduction / Les prénoms de Paris"
# "Les bourgeois"
# "Les paumés du petit matin"
# "Les Flamandes"
# "La statue"
# "Zangra"
# "
Marieke
Marieke (), also spelled Marike, is a Dutch-language feminine given name, a diminutive of Maria. The Polish, Greek and Japanese equivalent is Marika.
The ''-ke'' suffix is characteristic for Flemish, Brabantian and Limburgish dialects, indi ...
"
# "Les biches"
# "Madeleine"
# "Les singes"
# "L'ivrogne"
# "La valse à mille temps"
# "
Ne me quitte pas
"Ne me quitte pas" (''"Don't leave me"'') is a 1959 song by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also been translated into and performed in many other languages. A well-known ...
"
# "
Le moribond
Seasons in the Sun is an English-language adaptation of the 1961 Belgian song ("The Dying Man") by singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, with lyrics rewritten in 1963 by singer-poet Rod McKuen, depicting a dying man's farewell to his loved ones. It ...
"
# "Quand on a que l'amour"
CD 7 ''
Les Bourgeois'' (1962)
# "Les bourgeois"
# "Les paumés du petit matin"
# "
Le Plat Pays
"Le Plat Pays" (Translation: ' The Flat Country') is a French-language song by Belgian singer Jacques Brel about his home country. It also exists in a Dutch-language version as "Mijn vlakke land" ('My Flat Country'), also performed by him. The Fr ...
"
# "Zangra"
# "Une île"
# "Madeleine"
# "Bruxelles"
# "Chanson sans paroles"
# "Les biches"
# "Le caporal Casse-Pompon"
# "La statue"
# "Rosa"
# "
Il neige sur Liège"
# "Pourquoi faut-il que les hommes s'ennuient"
CD 8 ''
Les Bonbons'' (1964)
# "Les bonbons"
# "
Les vieux"
# "La parlote"
# "Le dernier repas"
# "Titine"
# "Au suivant"
# "Les toros"
# "La Fanette"
# "J'aimais"
# "Les filles et les chiens"
# "Les bigotes"
# "Les fenêtres"
# "Quand maman reviendra"
# "Les amants de cœur"
CD 9 ''
Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964'' (1967)
# "
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
"
# "Les timides"
# "Le dernier repas"
# "Les jardins du casino"
# "
Les vieux"
# "Les toros"
# "Tango funèbre"
# "
Le plat pays
"Le Plat Pays" (Translation: ' The Flat Country') is a French-language song by Belgian singer Jacques Brel about his home country. It also exists in a Dutch-language version as "Mijn vlakke land" ('My Flat Country'), also performed by him. The Fr ...
"
# "Les bonbons"
# "
Mathilde"
# "Les bigotes"
# "Les bourgeois"
# "Jef"
# "Au suivant"
# "Madeleine"
CD 10 ''
Ces gens-là'' (1966)
# "
Ces gens-là"
# "Jef"
# "
La chanson de Jacky"
# "Les bergers"
# "Le tango funèbre"
# "Fernand"
# "
Mathilde"
# "L'âge idiot"
# "Grand-mère"
# "Les désespérés"
# "
Mijn vlakke land (Le plat pays)"
# "Rosa (in Dutch)"
# "De burgerij (Les bourgeois)"
# "De nuttelozen van de nacht (Les paumés du petit matin)"
CD 11 ''
Jacques Brel 67
''Jacques Brel 67'' is Jacques Brel's tenth studio album. Originally released in 1967 by Barclay (B 8024), the album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title ''Jacques Brel 67'' as part of the 16-CD box set ''Boîte à bonbons'' by Bar ...
'' (1967)
# "Mon enfance"
# "Le cheval"
# "Mon père disait"
# "La… la… la…"
# "Les cœurs tendres"
# "Fils de…"
# "Les bonbons 67"
# "La chanson des vieux amants"
# "À jeun"
# "Le gaz"
# "Les moutons"
CD 12 ''
J'arrive
''J'arrive'' () is Jacques Brel's eleventh studio album. Originally released in 1968 by Barclay (80373), the album was reissued on 23 September 2003 as part of the 16-CD box set ''Boîte à bonbons'' by Barclay (980 816-3). The album has been pr ...
'' (1968)
# "J'arrive"
# "Vesoul"
# "L'Ostendaise"
# "Je suis un soir d'été"
# "Regarde bien petit"
# "Comment tuer l'amant"
# "L'éclusier"
# "Un enfant"
# "La bière"
# "La chanson de Van Horst"
# "L'enfance"
CD 13 ''
L'Homme de la Mancha
''L'Homme de la Mancha'' () is Jacques Brel's twelfth studio album. Released in 1968, it is the cast recording of the French adaptation of '' The Man of la Mancha'' by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion. Brel adapted the book, translated the lyrics, dir ...
'' (1968)
# "L'homme de la Mancha"
# "Un animal"
# "Dulcinea"
# "Vraiment je ne pense qu'à lui"
# "Le casque d'or de Mambrino"
# "Chacun sa Dulcinea"
# "Pourquoi fait-il toutes ces choses"
# "
La quête"
# "Sans amour"
# "Gloria"
# "Aldonza"
# "Le chevalier aux miroir"
# "La mort/Dulcinea (reprise)"/ "La Quête (reprise)"/"L'Homme de la Mancha (reprise)"/"De Profundis (reprise)"/"Le Final (reprise)".
CD 14 ''
Ne me quitte pas
"Ne me quitte pas" (''"Don't leave me"'') is a 1959 song by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also been translated into and performed in many other languages. A well-known ...
'' (1972)
# "
Ne me quitte pas
"Ne me quitte pas" (''"Don't leave me"'') is a 1959 song by Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also been translated into and performed in many other languages. A well-known ...
"
# "
Marieke
Marieke (), also spelled Marike, is a Dutch-language feminine given name, a diminutive of Maria. The Polish, Greek and Japanese equivalent is Marika.
The ''-ke'' suffix is characteristic for Flemish, Brabantian and Limburgish dialects, indi ...
"
# "On n'oublie rien"
# "Les Flamandes"
# "Les prénoms de Paris"
# "Quand on a que l'amour"
# "Les biches"
# "Le prochain amour"
# "
Le moribond
Seasons in the Sun is an English-language adaptation of the 1961 Belgian song ("The Dying Man") by singer-songwriter Jacques Brel, with lyrics rewritten in 1963 by singer-poet Rod McKuen, depicting a dying man's farewell to his loved ones. It ...
"
# "La valse à mille temps"
# "Je ne sais pas"
CD 15 ''
Les Marquises
''Les Marquises'' () is Jacques Brel's fourteenth and final album. Also known as ''Brel'', the album was released 17 November 1977 by Barclay (96 010). This was the singer's first album of new songs in ten years and was released a year before his ...
'' (1977)
# "Jaurès"
# "La ville s'endormait"
# "Vieillir"
# "Le bon Dieu"
# "Les F…"
# "Orly"
# "Les remparts de Varsovie"
# "Voir un ami pleurer"
# "Knokke-le-Zoute Tango"
# "Jojo"
# "Le lion"
# "Les Marquises"
# "Sans exigences"
# "Avec élégance"
# "Mai 40"
# "L'amour est mort"
# "La cathédrale"
CD Bonus ''
Chansons ou versions inédites de jeunesse
''Chansons ou versions inédites de jeunesse'' (''Early Unreleased Songs or Versions'') is an album of Jacques Brel rare early recordings first issued as part of the 16-CD box set ''Boîte à bonbons'' on 23 September 2003. This CD contains 28 tit ...
'' (1953)
# "À deux"
# "Dites, si c'était vrai (poème)"
# "Les gens"
# "La haine"
# "Départs"
# "Le diable"
# "Qu'avons-nous fait, bonnes gens"
# "L'ange déchu"
# "Les pieds dans le ruisseau"
# "La Bastille"
# "Ce qu'il nous faut"
# "L'accordéon de la vie"
# "Je suis l'ombre des chansons"
# "S'il te faut"
# "Ballade"
# "L'orage"
# "Les pavés"
# "Le fou du roi"
# "La foire"
# "Sur la place"
# "Il peut pleuvoir"
# "Les deux fauteuils"
# "Les enfants du roi"
# "Le troubadour"
# "Il nous faut regarder"
# "C'est comme ça"
# "Si tu revenais"
# "Le pendu"
* ''Coffret intégral 2003 "Boîte à bonbons"'' (Barclay 980 816-2)
* ''Coffret intégral 2003 "Boîte velours"'' (Barclay 981 4066)
References
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Jacques Brel albums
2003 compilation albums
French-language compilation albums
2000s French-language albums
Universal Music Group compilation albums
Barclay (record label) compilation albums
Albums conducted by François Rauber
Albums conducted by Michel Legrand
Albums conducted by André Popp