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- Release Date: July 27, 1999
- Total Time: 62:52
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: World
Review
From heavy metal to rap and dance-pop, just about any style of music that has been embraced by English-speaking Americans has also been performed in France. Because of the language barrier, however, very little of France's popular music has enjoyed exposure in the U.S. -- Americans know about Edith Piaf, but not many of them could tell you a lot about France's hip-hop, rock, or dance music of the 1980s and 1990s. In an ideal world, the language barrier wouldn't prevent non-French speaking audiences from enjoying Saga's debut album Face á Face, an intriguing pop-rock effort that manages to be sleek and bluesy at the same time. Evocative, poetic items like "Sax," "C'etait Pour Te Dire," and "L'ancien" don't actually have a 12-bar format -- none of the songs do. Even so, the vocalist's love of both southern and northern blues comes through in a major way. Ironically, Saga uses the French language to paint vivid pictures of the U.S.-- "Baton Rouge," for example, expresses the artist's admiration for Mississippi and Louisiana's blues greats, while "Indien" reflects on the history of Native Americans. A CD that is as unpredictable as it is unorthodox, Face á Face makes one hope that Saga is among the French artists to reach U.S. audiences. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Louisette | (3:43) | ||
| Ti Peux Me Dire | (4:05) | ||
| Face À Face | (4:43) | ||
| Devil Blues | (3:30) | ||
| Sax | Saga | (5:50) | |
| Láncien | (3:32) | ||
| An Nom du Quoi | (4:55) | ||
| Automne | (3:27) | ||
| Indien | (6:07) | ||
| Baton Rouge | (3:49) | ||
| Dans Tes Yeux | (3:59) | ||
| C'Etait Pour Te Dire | (2:56) | ||
| Mois de Mai | (4:12) | ||
| Au Bal du Roi | (3:41) | ||
| [Untitled] | (:06) | ||
| [Untitled] | (:06) | ||
| [Untitled] | (:06) | ||
| [Untitled] | (:06) | ||
| [Untitled] | (:06) | ||
| [Untitled] | (3:53) |
