Albert Marcoeur (1974)
I had originally thought to put these in the journals, but what the heck, I'll make a post. This collection has the first four LPs from Monsieur Marcouer, of which I'd heard three of them in my past. And I owned this title on LP, surprisingly enough. During my "intellectual 20s" I guess, not that I was any kind of raving scholar. Maybe the guy who cleaned the chalkboard late at night.
Generally known as the French Frank Zappa, Marcoeur's music is largely unclassifiable. And, at times, unlistenable. I'm all for creativity, but you know, a melody doesn't hurt every once in a while. Even Frank understood that, especially on an album like Hot Rats. Expect a completely random listen here with lots of "fou" / "folle" all in French, of course. He's doing his own thing, so have to admire that. And that's about as far as I go in my praise.
Perhaps the most surprising aspect of this album is that it was released on a major label. Of course it was in France, and goodness knows, innovative art ruled supreme there in those days. Sometimes you win, sometimes you don't.
Source: 1974 Atlantic (LP). Gatefold.
1/23/26 (review)
I have his next three albums to go. I'm determined to listen to them all the way through (and maybe more as I'm doing with the debut). I'll space out the listens for certain. Not sure I'll have as much narrative though. We shall see.
1/23/26 (new entry)
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