I just love this album and listening to it is somewhat inebriating…I could stop there but you want and need to know more!
Pink Martini's debut album, Sympathique, was released in 1997 on the band's own label, Heinz Records (so named after the dog of the founder of the group, Thomas Lauderdale, ... Read review
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Advantages: A wide variety of music CD contains lyric booklet Disadvantages: Not easy to find in strores
...on by hearing the song Sympathique at a village festival in Switzerland and I just had to buy it! And I discovered a new world of music which had previously been dominated in my collection by Pink Floyd, Beatles, Genesis, and a cluster of pop artistes imposed upon me by my daughters!
The album and title track were nominated for "Song of the Year" and "Best New Artist" in France's Victoires de la Musique awards. Sympathique has gone Platinum in France ... ...Que Sera Sera
Sympathique track listing: 1. Amado Mio (Fisher / Roberts) 4:46
2. No Hay Problema (Marray) 6:09
3. Sympathique (Forbes / Lauderdale) 2:47
4. Qué Sera Sera (Livingston / Evans) 4:11
5. La Soledad (Raphael / Lauderdale / Chopin) 5:37
6. Donde Estas, Yolanda? (Jimenez) 3:22
7. Andalucia (Leçouna) 3:36
8. Song of the Black Lizard (Miwa) 4:07
9. Bolero (Ravel) 6:08
10. Never on Sunday (Hadjidakis) 4:53
11. Brazil (Barroso) 5:15
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Album Notes: Pink Martini: China Forbes, Pepe Raphael (vocals); Dan Faehnle (guitar); Aaron Meyer (violin); David Eby (cello); Maureen Love (harp); Gavin Bondy (trumpet); Robert Taylor (trombone); Thomas M. Lauderdale (piano); Doug Smith (vibraphone, percussion); John Wager (bass); Richard Rothfus (bongos, drums, percussion); Brian Davis (congas, timbales, percussion); Derek Rieth (percussion)
Titles on disc 1
1.: Amado Mio
2.: No Hay Problema
3.: Sympathique
4.: Que Sera Sera
5.: La Soledad
6.: Donde Estas Yolanda
7.: Andalucia
8.: Song Of The Black Lizard
9.: Bolero
10.: Never On Sunday
11.: Brazil
12.: Lullaby
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