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Title: Louis Philippe? Post by: frightfulhog on October 16, 2015, 01:32:19 PM Has anyone else heard this guy? He covered ""Guess I'm Dumb" and I think some other BBs tracks. Obsessing over his song "Martine" right now, honestly kinda brilliant.
Title: Re: Louis Philippe? Post by: dogear on October 19, 2015, 05:30:16 AM He's French, lives in London and has released a couple of CDs.
Title: Re: Louis Philippe? Post by: Smilin Ed H on October 19, 2015, 09:24:59 AM Does some Prefab Sprout covers too. Where do you start with his stuff?
Title: Re: Louis Philippe? Post by: Summertime Blooz on October 22, 2015, 11:18:25 PM I think Louis Philippe is an amazing talent. He writes gorgeous twisty melodies, is an excellent producer and arranger, and also has one of the prettiest man-voices this side of Brian Wilson. He remains largely unknown, but I think any Beach Boys fan should check him out. There's one compilation of his work called 'A Kiss In the Funhouse' which is a really good starting point, but all of these other albums are easy recommendations too:
How I would rank them starting with the best: Sunshine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFsQO3MrSGw&index=9&list=PLQ7p6m0GiM8lsr7J-giNPlvD0qcKVlzYR Delta Kiss Azure (recorded with a full orchestra) Jackie Girl My Favorite Part Of You Yuri Gagarin Then, if one was hooked on the guy and wanted to explore the rest of his output there's also: An Unknown Spring (his most recent, from 2007) Jean Renoir (a collaboration with Dean Broderick- somewhat more experimental than usual) Rainfall (another Dean Broderick collaboration) Ivory Tower (a bit hit-and-miss but with some great stuff) The Wonder Of It All (very good but a bit subdued) For completists only: Appointment With Venus Let's Pretend (pretty rough sounding) He also produced and oversaw these Psych-Sunshine Pop compilations (think XTC's Dukes of Stratosphear) where you can hear him prominently. They're both worth tracking down: Algebra Spaghetti Simultaneous Ice Cream To respond to the other above posts, looking over Philippe's discography, I see only one other Brian Wilson cover that he ever released, a version of 'I Just Wasn't Made For These Times' from Rainfall. If he ever did a Prefab Sprout cover, I don't know what that would be. I'm pretty familiar with Prefab Sprout too. Title: Re: Louis Philippe? Post by: Smilin Ed H on October 26, 2015, 03:27:38 AM Thanks for that!
Nightingales, at least. I thought he'd done more, but maybe not. Like the first poster, I'm also pretty sure I've heard Guess I'm Dumb covered Title: Re: Louis Philippe? Post by: JK on October 26, 2015, 05:37:05 AM Oh yes. I first came across his name in Abbott's Pet Sounds book, where he mentions Azure (on p. 165):
"With obvious and subtle Pet Sounds mood influences on an album's worth of totally beatiful songs, this is a magnificent record. 100% recommended to anyone reading this book." Some tracks here: https://www.youtube.com/results?q=louis+philippe+azure |