Valerie Lagrange - Les Trottoirs De L'eternité (1983)

Valérie Lagrange was born as Danielle Charaudeau in Paris. Her parents ran a hardware business at the Porte de la Chapelle. Having more artistic ambitions she started to frequent castings and auditions in search of an acting role. She scored her first job at the age of 17 when Claude Autant-Lara picked her out to play Bourvil's daughter in the film 'La jument verte'. It was then when she took up the pseudonym Valérie Lagrange. She starred in more movies in this period of which the one as Jean-Paul Belmondo’s fiancée in Philippe de Broca’s film 'Les tribulations d’un chinois en Chine' is the most memorable.

After her marriage to photographer Serge Beauvarlet in 1962 she broadened her perspective by taking up singing after she met songwriters Francis Lai and Pierre Barouh. She released a first single in 1964. Finally in 1980 Lagrange hit the jackpot with ‘Faut plus me la faire’, an album featuring a vibrant fusion of rock and reggae. With this album she also became the first French artist signing to the Virgin label. A string of three more albums followed with the biggest international hit being ‘"La folie", from the album "Les Trottoirs De l'Eternité (1983).

 

01.  "La Folie"  - 4:14  

02.  "On Meurt Tous D'Amour"  - 4:34  

03.  "Héroïne De Série Noire"  - 4:45  

04.  "Je Ne Peux Plus"  - 4:33  

05.  "A Contre Courant"  - 4:05  

06.  "Personne N'Entend"  - 3:37  

07.  "Oublie"  - 4:00  

08.  "Je Suis L'Homme"  - 3:20  

09.  "Conditionné"  - 5:08 

Credits
Vocals – Valérie Lagrange
Producer: Barry Reynolds
Engineer: Bob Potter
Lyrics By – Valérie Lagrange
Music By – Ian Jelfs, Rob Freeman

Notes
Genre: Pop, Synthpop
Length: 38:16
© 1983 Virgin Records