''C'est La Vie'' is the third studio album by
Swedish
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singer and songwriter
Johan Christher Schütz
Johan Christher Schütz is a Swedish songwriter and music producer. He has also released music as a solo performer.
Life and career
Early years
Born and raised outside the small town of Mjölby, Östergötland, he started singing and playing ...
, released in May 2009 worldwide, with a pre-release in Japan in December 2008.
All songs are written, arranged and produced by Schütz. This international edition of C'est La Vie has five of the songs in English, whereas the original Swedish version, ''C'est La Vie - 11 sånger på svenska (C'est La Vie - 11 songs in Swedish)'', has all songs performed in Swedish.
The album received good reviews although some questioned why Schütz was singing in Swedish after two albums in English. Östgöta Correspondenten called it "well written" and "well played", and the music magazine Lira put more attention to detail, noticing that "Schütz has got a lot on his mind, a kind of nicely laid-back observations on life, where a smile is never far away". They continued, "Here we see an artist more down-to-earth, even if the world music influences are still evident. It's a bunch of songs where the lyrics have been given considerably more space than earlier".
The quality of Schütz songwriting on this album was also mentioned by Lira, in a different review of the Swedish version ''As If It's Never Taken Place (Som om ingenting har hänt)'' in the 2008 recording by Brazilian singer Aline de Lima from her album ''Açai''. They wrote "It would be helpful for
Lisa Nilsson
My Lisa Karolina Nilsson (born 13 August 1970) is a Swedish singer.
She was discovered by the producer William (Billy) Butt and she is perhaps best known in Sweden for her 1992 hit, '' Himlen runt hörnet'', written by Mauro Scocco and Johan ...
and
Lisa Ekdahl
Lisa Ekdahl (born 29 July 1971) is a Swedish popular music singer and songwriter. She has so far released 10 albums, most of them in Swedish, but some entirely in English. Her voice has been described as "child-like" and "soft, supple and smoot ...
to listen to ''Som om ingenting har hänt''. That is a Stockholm
bossa nova that will conquer your heart instantly."
The musicians playing on ''C'est La Vie'' include awarded Swedish instrumentalists such as Olle Linder (bass, drums and percussion), Roman Andrén (rhodes & keyboards), Karin Hammar (trombone), Stefan Persson (trumpet), and a
pandeiro
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The drumhead is tunable, and the rim holds metal jingles (''platinelas' ...
performance by
Sebastian Notini.
''Participating Musicians section of C'est La Vie - Press release'', Terrinha Records, April 27th, 2009
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During the recording in 2008, Terrinha Records also made a short documentary about the recording sessions, which also included a section with Schütz singing acoustic versions of the songs. The subtitled
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documentary is now available on .
Track listing
#"C'est la vie"
#"Hey it's gonna be ok"
#"Kan vi hjälpa att vi älskar att dansa"
#"As if it's never taken place"
#"Skuggor"
#"Jabuticaba"
#"Allt har sin tid"
#"Balans"
#"Hur ska man glömma"
#"Svar"
#"I guess it's ok"
#"Quintessencia (club edit)" - bonus track
#"As if it's never taken place (acoustic edit)" - bonus track
References
External links
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J. C. Schütz albums
2009 albums