Julien Clerc - No.7 (1975)

Artist:  Julien Clerc
Title:  No.7
Release:  1976
Format:  LP
Label:  EMI
Catalog# 5C 062-14242

“No. 7” is the seventh studio album by Julien Clerc released in 1975, he was also appointed “This melody”. It is the last album where lyricists are still exclusively Étienne Roda-Gil and Maurice Vallet. They write 5 songs each. This is the only time where Maurice Vallet composed so many songs on the same album. This album is an ode to the separation and the emotions felt. The first title of the a-side, “Souffrir Par Toi N'est Pas Souffrir” is a song commissioned at Étienne Roda-Gil, dedicated to France Gall after his break with Julien Clerc, petition for a possible return, but without really believing. Julien Clerc lived with her from 1970 to 1975. In November 1967, Claude François, for the same reasons, had composed the music and lyrics of as usual with Jacques Revaux and Gilles Thibaut.
In Holland the first single taken from this album was “Elle Voulait Qu'on L'Appelle Venise”
The second single, “This melody”, true declaration of love, with side B, “Dors Bien”.


Side one
1.  Souffrir Par Toi N'est Pas Souffrir  (3:43)  
2.  Prends Ton Coeur Par La Main  (3:18)  
3.  Une Journee Pour Rien  (3:44)  
4.  Dors Bien  (3:57)  
5.  Les Cafards  (2:48) 

Side two
1.  This Melody  (4:10)  
2.  Bien Longtemps Apres  (3:14)  
3.  Je Voyage  (4:30)  
4.  Elle Voulait Qu'on L'Appelle Venise  (3:00)  
5.  Just Comme Un Enfant  (3:32)

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