| La maison où j'ai grandi | ||||
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| Released | October 1966 (France) | |||
| Studio | StudioPye London, United Kingdom | |||
| Genre | French pop | |||
| Length | 29:45 | |||
| Language | French | |||
| Label | Disques Vogue | |||
| Producer | Claude Wolfsohn | |||
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La maison où j'ai grandi is a studio album of French pop singerFrançoise Hardy. It was released in France in November 1966, on LP,Disques Vogue/Vogue international industries (CLD 702-30). Published without title, except for the wordFrançoise on the cover, but has become known by the title of the most successful song on the album, "La maison où j'ai grandi" ("The House where I Grew Up").
In Italy from the 27th to the 29 January 1966, Françoise Hardy participated in the 16th Italian Song Festival of Sanremo to perform "Parlami di te", written by Vito Pallavicini, to music by Edoardo Vianello.[1] Vianello wrote another song, "Ci sono cose più grandi", which Françoise took as basis for her French version ("Il est des choses"). Another participant, the singer Adriano Celentano, wrote an autobiographical song, "Il ragazzo della via Gluck", which Hardy adapted in French for her fifth album.[2]
"Il ragazzo della via Gluck" was ranked 2nd in the month of June 1966, in the hit parade of the radio show "Salut les Copains". "Rendez-vous d'automne" ranked 7th in this same Top 50 in November.[3]
Hardy's lyrics express "romantic longing, reflecting on what it means to lose love once you find it, or when it doesn't live up to your fantasies".[4]
Hardy plays Spanish guitar on the record, alongside aharpsichord.[4]
Hazel Cills, writing forPitchfork, deemedLa Maison Où J'Ai Grandi to be a "more grown-up", "most well-produced", and "well-written record", compared to Hardy's previous discography. It achieved a "baroque sound [..] that matched the depth of her sorrow and its complexities", and became "cohesive in sound and subject matter". Cillis was particularly impressed by the song "Si C'est Ça", where Hardy's "whispery voice and hushed guitar playing operate on the same frequency".[4]
Words and music were written by Françoise Hardy, except where noted. She is accompanied by the Johnny Harris orchestra.[5]
South Africa, 1966: LP, Vogue (VGL 7022).
United Kingdom, 1966: LP, Vogue/Vogue international industries (VRL 3028).
Australia, 1968: Vogue (SVL 933.540).
Canada, 1968:La maison où j'ai grandi, Vogue/Vogue international industries (VC 6024).
New Zealand, 1968: Vogue (SVL 933-540).
France, 1996: Disques Vogue/Sony BMG (7 43213 80052 3).
United States, 16 October 2015: CD,La maison où j'ai grandi,Light in the Attic Records/Future Days Recordings (FDR 618).United States, January 2016:La maison où j'ai grandi,Light in the Attic Records/Future Days Recordings (FDR 618).
