Both a crooner and pop goldsmith, the Biolay in a suit offers an interesting cover of Sinatra’s “It Was A Very Good Year,” which becomes very successful, and even surprising, rereading of “Comment est ta Pain,” the big hit of the year 2020. Which was not a given. Phew! Confident, the fifty-year-old distills an outlet version of “À l’origine” punctuated by a feverish and angry voice, while “La Superbe,” which already had an orchestral dimension, reaches its full ecstatic potential. It all ends with the twilight “La Route.” Biolay remains, in the pure Gainsbourg tradition, a high-flying lyricist with an undeniable sense of narrative. Under the direction of Belgian conductor and composer Dirk Brossé, the Lyon National Symphony Orchestra and Biolay were able to find the right tone to marry symphonic majesty to a work that already had these versions in its DNA.
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