J'arrive

J'arrive
J'arrive
Studio album by Jacques Brel
Released	1968
Recorded	7–23 September 1968
Genre	Chanson
Length	41 minutes
Label	Barclay/Universal
Producer	Francois Rauber
Jacques Brel chronology

J'arrive (English: I'm arriving) is Jacques Brel's eleventh studio album. Originally released in 1968 by Barclay (80373), the album was reissued on 23 September 2003 as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à bonbons by Barclay (980 816-3).^[1]^[2] The album has been praised for Brel's ability to transmit a wide-range of feelings onto the listener, including melancholy, nostalgia and optimism.^[3]

Track listing

Track	Title	Loose translation	Composer	Recorded
1	"J'arrive"	I'm arriving	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1968-09-14
2	"Vesoul"	Vesoul	Jacques Brel	1968-09-23
3	"L'Ostendaise"	The Ostend Girl	Jacques Brel, François Rauber	1968-09-23
4	"Je suis un soir d'été"	I Am a Summer Evening	Jacques Brel	1968-09-15
5	"Regarde bien petit"	Watch Well, Kid	Jacques Brel	1968-09-14
6	"Comment tuer l'amant de sa femme quand on a été élevé comme moi dans la tradition"	How to Kill One's Wife's Lover When One Was Raised Like Me in Tradition	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1968-09-12
7	"L'Éclusier"	The Lock Keeper	Jacques Brel	1968-09-07
8	"Un enfant"	A Child	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1968-09-14
9	"La Bière"	Beer	Jacques Brel	1968-09-14
10	"La Chanson de Van Horst"	The Song of Van Horst	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1972
11	"L'Enfance"	Childhood	Jacques Brel, François Rauber	1973-05-24^[2]

Tracks 1–9 constituted the original 1968 album.
Tracks 10–11 were added to the album when it was reissued as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à bonbons.

Personnel

Jacques Brel – composer, vocals
François Rauber – orchestra conductor, musical director
Marcel Azzola - accordion on "Vesoul" and "L'éclusier"
Janine De Waleyne - backing vocals on "Je suis un soir d'été" (uncredited)
Gerhardt Lehner – recording engineer & audio mixing (uncredited)
Jean-Marie Guérin – mastering
Jean-Pierre Leloir – photography

References

^ "J'arrive". Discogs. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Discography". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
^ "BELGIUM: J'arrive - Jacques Brel". 200worldalbums.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.

[1] "J'arrive". Discogs. Retrieved 5 September 2011.

[autogenerated1-2] "Discography". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2011.

[3] "BELGIUM: J'arrive - Jacques Brel". 200worldalbums.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.

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v t e Jacques Brel
Studio albums	Jacques Brel et ses chansons Quand on n'a que l'amour Au printemps La Valse à mille temps Marieke Les Bourgeois Ces gens-là Jacques Brel 67 J'arrive L'Homme de la Mancha Ne me quitte pas Les Marquises
Live albums	Olympia 1961 Olympia 1964
Compilation albums	Les Bonbons Infiniment
Rarities	Chansons ou versions inédites de jeunesse
Box sets	Boîte à bonbons
Songs	"Amsterdam" "Ces gens-là" "Jacky" "Ne me quitte pas" ("If You Go Away") "Marieke" "Mathilde" "Il neige sur Liège" "Vesoul" "Le Moribond" "Le Plat Pays" "The Impossible Dream"
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