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Cirque Du Soleil: Quidam

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Artist: Cirque Du Soleil
Title: Quidam
Released: 1996
Label: RCA Records
Time: 46:29
Producer(s): Carl Marsh, André Waquant
Appears with:
Category: Pop/Rock
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD Enhanced
Purchase date:  1999
Price in €: 15,99
Web address: www.cirquedusoleil.com

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[1] Atmadja (Jutras) - 3:21
[2] Incantation (Jutras) - 5:22
[3] Marelle (Jutras) - 1:27
[4] Rivage (Jutras) - 5:24
[5] Zydeko (Jutras) - 1:17
[6] Let Me Fall (Corcoran/Jutras) - 4:46
[7] Innocence (Jutras) - 1:55
[8] Carrousel (Jutras) - 3:05
[9] Steel Dream (Jutras) - 5:13
[10] Séisouso (Jutras) - 5:23
[11] Réveil (Jutras) - 3:21
[12] Quidam (Corcoran/Jutras) - 5:37

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Claude Arsanault - Bass
Jean Marie Benoit - Banjo, Classical Guitar
Christopher Best - Cello
Pierre Hebert - Drums
Daniel Hubert - Double Bass
Carl Marsh - Arranger, Conductor, Keyboards, Fairlight, Orchestration
Lorraine Desmarais - Viola
Marie-Andrée Benny - Flute
Vincent Bernard - Cello
Luc Boivin - Washboard
Philippe Dunningan - Violin
Annie Gadbois - Cello
Pascale Giguère - Violin
Benoit Jutras - Arranger, Programming, Orchestration
Francine Lupien - Viola
Véronique Potvin - Viola
Christian Prévost - Violin
Jean Pierre Zanella - Soprano Saxophone
Carol Ryan - Guitar
Pierre Côté - Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Mandolin
Andy Czerny - Accordion

Audrey Brisson-Jutras - Singer
Ingried Boussaroque - Alto (Vocal)
Patrick Doane - Tenor (Vocal)
Éric Jasmin - Bass (Vocal)
Pascale Beaulieu - Soprano (Vocal)
Éric Parizeault - Bass (Vocal)
Julien Patenaude - Bass (Vocal)
Marianne Patenaude - Soprano (Vocal)
Rachel Patenaude - Soprano (Vocal)
Julien Proulx - Tenor (Vocal)
André-Anne Doane - Alto (Vocal)

Xavier Marchand - Programming
Glenn Meadows - Mastering
André Waquant - Director, Writer

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1997 CD RCA 68601
1997 CS RCA 68601



Composed by Circque collaborator Benoit Jutras, Quidam draws inspiration from both classical music and contemporary sounds. The enhanced disc also includes pictures, sound samples and special effects.

Jason Ankeny, All-Music Guide



Cirque Du Soleil decided to try something completely new on this album. The experiment worked, but the resulting piece of music is very different from any other album in the renowned company's discography. Instead of hiring one or two lead female singers, the production team went with a male baritone (Richard Price, Craig Jennings) and a child soprano (Amelie Landry). Some songs are duets, some are solo, and some are performed with the backing vocals of an entire choir. On certain tracks, most notably "Atmadja," the piping, sweet voice of the young female soloist is surreal and spooky in classic Cirque fashion. However, overall the vocals do not have the exotic, wild tone of Mystere or Alegria. A pre-pubescent singer could never claim the versatility and range of a Francine Poitras type, and, as a result, composer Benoit Jutras seems to have settled upon a more sweet, ethereal tone for the lead vocals, leaving any dramatic effects up to the male soloist or the backing choir. Interestingly, Jutras also brings some pop sensibilities into play at rather unpredictable times: "Let Me Fall" is closer to a pop ballad than anything Cirque has ever released. When the instruments dominate, there is a markedly more dramatic tone to the music -- but eventually they hush and drop to the background, leaving the air uncluttered but for one angelic voice. [This release includes enhanced content.]

Lena Katz, All Music Guide
 

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