Album Rating: 5.0
I love this album. I wish I could speak French, so I could fully appreciate it, but I find it musically intoxicating despite the language barrier.
Hope to have it on vinyl someday. It's been a tough find here in the states.
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Album Rating: 4.5
The lyrics are definitely worth understanding, especially on L'Heptade in my opinion. Yet I would be stupid to blame you for not speaking French
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Album Rating: 5.0
Onirium - Haven't heard all of L'Heptade yet, I'm ashamed to say. Need to get on that.
French is a beautiful language and I wish I had gained an appreciation for it sooner. I would like to experience the full message of these records as closely as possible though. Is there maybe a reliable translation of the lyrics that I could reference?
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Album Rating: 5.0
Aside from signing up for a few years of language courses (I've considered it), a decent translation seems like the next best thing.
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Album Rating: 4.5
@bnelso you can find Harmonium's three albums easily on Ebay and Discogs. This one is all over Ebay for not too much.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Thanks Frippertronics. I checked Discogs. I'll probably order from there this week. I may just throw L'Heptade in the cart while I'm at it. I'm exciting to hear the rest of that album.
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Album Rating: 4.5
An appropriate, literal translation would be hard to find, since it generally rhymes, and often plays on expressions and words proper to the French-canadian culture. I could try translating some specific parts if you want, but it wouldn't catch the essence
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Album Rating: 4.5
no prob, I got L'Heptade a while back but never bothered to buy the rest. To be honest, they're not as much of a priority to me as L'Heptade was. Though I can see myself completing the collection soon enough.
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Album Rating: 4.5
as for the language, I have no desire to translate it. The mystery of what these guys are even saying and how foreign it is to me is part of the beauty of this stuff.
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Album Rating: 5.0
I understand. Thanks Onirium. I won't burden you with that. I know that takes time. It seems you need to have an understanding of French-Canadian culture to fully grasp the essence these guys were pulling from.
I don't have that, unfortunately. However, I feel I can still hold this record in high regard based on the power of the music and the feelings I get from its overall atmosphere. The experience is incomplete, but it is still so moving. I suppose that speaks to the quality of Harmonium's music. Even when separated from the culture that defines it, it is still pretty powerful.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Agreed Frippertronics.
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Album Rating: 4.5
The vocals are so pleasent I honestly wouldn't care if they were singing complete gibberish.
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Album Rating: 5.0
Yeah fripp knows, I'm content knowing what the song titles mean in english, just gotta let the music and vocal melodies fill in the blanks
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Reading this album's lyrics has definitely helped me learn a lot of French vocabulary that I probably wouldn't have learned until I got to the point of taking upper-level French courses.
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Well a lot of it comes from French-Canadian expressions and of course the French-Canadian accent. It's not the most universal French which makes it even harder for most to understand. I showed some France French people En Pleine Face and they barely understood anything lol
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Album Rating: 4.2
This band at times sounds like a mellower Comus
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Album Rating: 5.0
Talons - I think I can kind of here what you mean. They have moments that feel similar in spirit to Comus' more pastoral moments (eg, The Herald).
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Album Rating: 4.5
Best canadian band, sorry kill
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Album Rating: 4.0
KILL isn't alone...WE RUSH FANS SEE EVERYTHING AND PUNISH ALL BLASPHEMERS
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Album Rating: 4.5
Sorry dude but l'Heptade is easily the best thing to ever come out of Canada
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