Stella Vander - Stella (Expanded Edition) (2015)

Stella was France’s anti-yé-yé girl. A Parisian schoolgirl, she was the agent provocateur who lampooned jolly pop girl Sheila, lamented that France was in thrall to American archetypes, reconfigured Bob Dylan and satirised weekend trendies. This expanded edition, first-ever reissue of the only album Stella issued in the Sixties irresistibly captures all facets of who she was before she abandoned pop to begin working with the jazz-influenced band Magma in the 1970s, whose Christian Vander she would marry. France had never heard anything like her. She laid the table for the raspberry-blowing musical cheek of Jacques Dutronc and echoed Serge Gainsbourg’s raised eyebrows. Her records were fantastic – pop art-style cut-ups, inside-out psychedelia, wonky soul and rough-edged garage rock. Stella took on French pop and made it her own.

TRACKLIST
1. Un Air De Folklore Auvergnat
2. Adieu Micro, Bonjour Sillon
3. J'achetes Des Disques Americains
4. Pauvre Figaro
5. Tu Dis Toujours Oui
6. Cauchemard Auto-Protestateur
7. Si Vous Connaissez Quelque Chose De Pire Que Qu'un Vampire Parlez M'en Toujours, Ca Pourra
8. Le Vieux Banjo
9. Gaspard
10. Pas De Chanson Sur Les Vacances
11. La Flemme
12. Pourquoi Je Chante
13. La Vielle Chanson D'amour
14. Beatnicks D'occasion
15. Tout Va Bien
16. Je Ne Peux Plus Te Voir En Peinture
17. Le Silence
18. J'aurais Voulu
19. Carnet De Balles
20. Je Ne Me Reconnais Plus Dans La Glace
21. Poesie 67
22. Duo Du Sacre-Coeur
23. Matiere a Reflexion
24. L'idole Des Jaunes
25. Vous Devriez Avoir Honte
26. Pauvre Cloche