Les Retrouvailles

Les Retrouvailles
Studio album by Yann Tiersen
Released	May 23, 2005
Length	43:33
Label	Ici d’Ailleurs
Producer	Yann Tiersen and F. Loi
Yann Tiersen chronology
Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright (2004) Les Retrouvailles (2005) On Tour (2006)

Les Retrouvailles is an album by French musician Yann Tiersen. Released in 2005, it features a number of high-profile guest vocalists, both French and Anglophone alike: Christophe Miossec, Dominique A, Elizabeth Fraser (of the Cocteau Twins), Jane Birkin, and Stuart Staples (of the Tindersticks). As is customary with his albums, Tiersen showcases his multi-instrumental skills, which on the album encompasses the accordion, piano, mandolin, and harpsichord, among others.

Les Retrouvailles also includes a DVD short film entitled La Traversée, directed by Aurelie du Boys, which documents the making of the album and incorporates an animated video for the non-album track, "Le Train," and also live versions of a handful of songs.

Track listing

1. "Western" - 2:23
2. "Kala" - 4:09 (Sung by Elizabeth Fraser)
3. "Loin des villes" - 3:19
4. "La Veillée" - 3:11
5. "Plus d'hiver" - 2:23 (Sung by Jane Birkin)
6. "A ceux qui sont malades par mer calme" - 3:30
7. "A Secret Place" - 3:26 (Sung by Stuart A. Staples)
8. "Le Matin" - 1:58
9. "Les Enfants" - 2:00
10. "Le Jour de l'ouverture" - 3:38 (Sung by Miossec and Dominique A)
11. "La Boulange" - 2:46
12. "La Plage" - 1:57
13. "Mary" - 3:38 (Sung by Elizabeth Fraser)
14. "7:PM" - 2:40
15. "Les Retrouvailles" - 1:30
16. "La Jetée" - 1:05

Note: The Virgin Records version of the CD has a defect on the beginning of “Kala”.^{[citation needed]}

Credits

• Yann Tiersen
• Elizabeth Fraser - vocals on "Kala" and "Mary"
• Jane Birkin - vocals on "Plus d'hiver"
• Stuart A. Staples - vocals on "A Secret Place"
• Dominique A - vocals on "Le Jour de l'ouverture"
• Miossec - vocals on "Le Jour de l'ouverture"
• Jean-François Assy - violoncello on "Kala", "La Veillée", "A Secret Place", and "La Boulange"
• Orchestre National de Paris on "Kala", "La Veillée", "Le Jour De L'Ouverture", "Mary", and "Les Retrouvailles"
• Frederic Dessus - violin on "La Veillée", "Plus d'hiver" and "Mary"
• Guillaume Fontanarosa - violin on "La Veillée" , "Plus d'hiver" and "Mary"
• Bertrand Causse - vertical viola on "La Veillée", "Plus d'hiver", and "Mary"
• Anne Causse Biragnet - violoncello on "La Veillée", "Plus d'hiver", and "Mary"
• Armelle Legoff - violin on "Plus d'hiver" and "Mary"
• Frédéric Haffner - violin on "Plus d'hiver" and "Mary"
• Elliott - flute on "Les Enfants"
• Ludovic Morillon - drums on "La Boulange"
• Christine Ott - ondes Martenot on "La Boulange"