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Fantaisie militaire (Military fantasy) is the tenth studio album by the French rock musician Alain Bashung, released in January 1998 by Barclay Records.




Production


For this album, Bashung worked with the English record producer and engineer Ian Caple and with artists such as the Valentins, Rodolphe Burger, Joseph Racaille and Adrian Utley of Portishead. Most of the songs were written by Jean Fauque.
The song "Samuel Hall" is a drum and bass reworking of the folk song "Sam Hall".




Reception






= Commercial performance

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The album reached #1 on the French charts. It is one of Bashung's greatest successes, helped by the successful single "La nuit je mens".




= Critical reception

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Fantaisie militaire marked a turn in Bashung's career. He was awarded three Victoires de la musique awards in 1999: Male Artist of the Year, Best Album of the Year, and Video of the Year for the single "La nuit je mens". In 2005, the Victoires ranked it the best French album since 1985. The Belgian rock historian Gilles Verlant included the album in his book La discothèque parfaite de l'odyssée du rock, lauding it as a "chef d'œuvre" and the "shining diamond of the winter of 1998". He added that the album showed "Bashung mix the sounds and his inspiration with a perfect mastery of studio incidents" and that "its precision is that of a goldsmith, a jeweler, a maniac watchmaker". In 2010, the French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named Fantaisie militaire the ninth greatest French rock album ever made.




Track listing






Personnel






= Musicians

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Alain Bashung - vocals
Édith Fambuena - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar (8), programming
Jean-Louis Pierot - synthesizers, Hammond organ, harpsichord, Leslie piano, vibraphone, piano, programming
Martyn Barker - drums, Turc and African percussion
Simon Edwards - electric bass guitar, sentir, percussions, harpsichord
Adrian Utley - electric guitars
Rodolphe Burger - guitars (8), programming (8)
Joseph Racaille string arrangements
Alhambra - string ensemble
Virginie Michaud musical direction




= Production

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Ian Caple: producer, engineer, programming and mixing
Jean Lamoot: assistant sound engineer, Pro Tools assistant, preproduction direction, programming, recording
Anne Lamy: executive production
Pascale Jaupard: management




Charts






Certifications






References

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• Victoires de la Musique
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