Pierre Lapointe

Pierre Lapointe

Pierre Lapointe (born May 23, 1981 in Alma, Quebec) is a Canadian singer. He has won many prizes since his debut, including six Félix in 2005 and at least one in 2006. He is well known for his voice and his obscure, esoteric lyrics, which tend to be melancholic. Another distinctive characteristic of his lyrics is their literary style.^[1] Lapointe has created the persona of an egotistical dandy on stage, but he does this mostly to deflect attention from himself.^[2][3]

Albums

• 2002: Promotional CD (limited release - impossible to find as of August 2006)
• 2004: Pierre Lapointe
• 2006: La Forêt des Mal-Aimés
• 2007: 2x2
• 2007: 25-1-14-14 (Vinyl)
• 2009: Sentiments humains^[4]

Lapointe announced his forthcoming album, Sentiments humains, with a music video of Je reviendrai.^[5] The first 15,000 copies of the album will also ship with Les Vertiges d'En Haut, a bonus disc.^[6] Les Vertiges d'En Haut has also been released on iTunes later and then as a separate album, so it can be bought individually.

• 2011: Pierre Lapointe seul au piano

Videos

• 2004: Le Columbarium
• 2005: Tel un seul homme
• 2006: Deux par deux rassemblés
• 2007: Qu'en est-il de la chance?
• 2009: Je reviendrai
• 2009: Au bar des suicidés

Participations

• 2004: Varied artists, Un dimanche à Kyoto, songs, tales and nursery rhymes by Gilles Vigneault: La Petite Adèle, La Petite Annette, C'est le vieux Pipo, Comptine en mode zen (with Ariane Moffatt, Garou, Luce Dufault, Luc De Larochellière, Martin Léon and Jessica Vigneault)
• 2005: Varied artists, Aujourd'hui encore... Hommage à Charles Aznavour, Les plaisirs démodés (avec le Consort contemporain de Québec)
• 2006: Malajube, Trompe-l'oeil vocals on Montréal-40°
• 2006: Varied artists, Salut Joe! Hommage à Joe Dassin, Les yeux d'Émilie
• 2007: Plaza Musique, L'amour et l'Occident, vocals on La ville aux deux soleils
• 2010: Young Artists for Haiti, K'naan's Wavin' Flag

Trivia

• The cover for his second CD had to be changed when it was released in France because it was found that the European audience did not like the lumberjack theme in the Québécois version.

References

1. ^ [1] Interview by RFI Musique
2. ^ [2] The Globe and Mail Article: "Pierre the Who?"
3. ^ [3] Montreal Mirror Article: "Pierre pressure"
4. ^ Sentiments humains
5. ^ Audiogram
6. ^ Les Vertiges d'En Haut (Album Bonus à Sentiments humains en Édition Limitée)

External links

• Pierre Lapointe (official website)
• Audiogram (Record Label with streaming of albums available)