She’s a musical icon in the French speaking world, releasing a staggering fifty studio albums since debuting in the musical world in 1962. The Bulgarian born talent follows up her 2018 Johnny Halliday cover album Avec toi … with a new original collection dubbed Merci pour le regard created in partnership with songwriters Léonard Lasry, Joseph d’Anvers and Clara Luciani.
Pre-release album track Le Bleu de la Mer Noire opens with Sylvie crooning “We reached the estuary / And braved the sobs / From the sky and its anger / We were afraid we were hot,” with her elegant vocals shining against beautifully melancholic piano tones. The full album delves into themes of childhood, love and abandonment – with this track in particular centring on the idea of exile from the world.
The album’s orchestral arrangements come from the talented Philippe Russo, with Sylvie noting: “I think this album is really one of my best, everything is coherent and each song corresponds to me.” Check out the full tracklist below:
- Le bleu de la mer noire
- Tout bas, tout bas
- Les vents contraires
- On s’aime encore, mais autrement
- Avec tous ces Ne me quitte pas
- Merci pour le regard
- J’emporterai
- A deux pas de vous
- Une fille attend
- Ce jour-la
- Une derniere danse
- Du cote de ma peine
- Ma tendre enfance
- Tout reste a dire
The album is available now in numerous formats from white vinyl editions to collector’s box sets. You can also stream it below:
