Osez Joséphine


Osez Joséphine is the eighth studio album by French rocker Alain Bashung, issued in 1991 on Barclay Records. Rolling Stone magazine considered it the greatest French album of all time.

Reception

Commercial performance

The singles "Osez Joséphine", "Volutes" and "Madame rêve" were successful, as was the album which peaked at 14th on the French charts. With this album, Bashung broke into the mainstream. The album sold 300,000 copies rather quickly for a French album at the time.

Critical reception

In 2010, the French edition of Rolling Stone magazine gave this album the top spot of their list of the greatest French rock albums. The album is included in the book La discothèque parfaite de l'odyssée du rock by Gilles Verlant, who calls Madame rêve, Osez Joséphine and Volutes "new classics from his repertoire" and the guitar riff by Sonny Landreth on Osez Joséphine "historical".

Legacy

In 2016, Australian psychedelic rock artist Nicholas Allbrook conceived his video for his single "A Fool There Was" as a tribute to the video for the title track of Osez Joséphine.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians