À peu près

À peu près
Studio album by
Pomme
Released6 October 2017 (2017-10-06)
Studio
  • Dare Dare Studio
  • Melodium Studio
Genre
Length39:41
LabelPolydor Records
Producer
  • Benjamin Hekimian
  • Matthieu Joly
  • Yann Arnaud
  • Siméo
Pomme chronology
En cavale
(2016) 		À peu près
(2017) 		Les failles
(2019)
Singles from À peu près
  1. "De là-haut"
    Released: September 8, 2017
  2. "A Lonely One"
    Released: September 15, 2017
  3. "On brûlera"
    Released: September 22, 2017
  4. "Pauline"
    Released: September 28, 2017
  5. "À peu près"
    Released: June 21, 2018

À peu près (transl. "Nearly") is the debut studio album by French singer Pomme, released on October 6, 2017 through Polydor Records.

Deluxe edition

On April 20, 2018 a deluxe edition of À peu près was released in digital download format, featuring five bonus tracks recorded live in the "Sessions Montréalaises",[1] those five tracks were also released separately the next day in vinyl format as an EP with the title A Peu Près - Sessions Montréalaises.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Le Devoir[3]

Madmoizelle's Lucie Kosmala said that accepting the album is "accepting to let oneself be enveloped by a melancholy folk and delightful for the time of thirteen titles", and also praised the lyrics: "Her poetic lyrics interweave metaphors into profound and even spiritual songs". She also referred to the influence of chanson française in her music saying that "other titles finally come to flirt with the chanson française that one could describe as more patrimonial, but at the same time they're being completely modernized, like "Ceux qui rêvent"".[4]

Le Devoir's Sylvain Cormier praised Pomme's voice: "[...] and that voice with a deliciously porous tone, this voice with an astonishing register that goes from the ultra-acute to the subtle melodies".[3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."À peu près"Pomme3:26
2."Même robe qu'hier"Ben Mazué2:45
3."Ce garçon est une ville"Abel K12:33
4."Comme si j'y croyais"Yannick Marais3:15
5."La gare"Pomme3:34
6."Adieu mon homme"Julien Bensenior3:17
7."La lavande"Pomme4:19
8."De là-haut"Pomme, Jean Felzine2:43
9."A Lonely One"Don Cavalli3:25
10."Pauline"Jean Felzine2:39
11."Ceux qui rêvent"Julien Bensenior1:58
12."On brûlera"Pomme3:27
13."De quoi te plaire"Siméo2:20
Total length:39:41
Deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."De quoi te plaire" (live Session Montréalaise, featuring Les Sœurs Boulay)Siméo2:25
15."A Lonely One" (live Session Montréalaise, featuring Elliot Maginot)Don Cavalli4:04
16."Pauline" (live Session Montréalaise, featuring Fanny Bloom)Jean Felzine2:28
17."Comme si j'y croyais" (live Session Montréalaise, featuring Philémon Cimon)Yannick Marais2:55
18."On brûlera" (live Session Montréalaise, featuring Safia Nolin)Pomme3:49

Personnel

Credits adapted from À peu près liner notes.[5][6]

Musicians

  • Pomme – lead vocals, acoustic guitar (track 1, 3, 6, 12), autoharp (track 1 to 3, 6, 8, 10), backing vocals (track 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11), cello (track 3, 5, 8), electric guitar (track 7, 12), double bass (track 2), omnichord (track 4), glockenspiel (track 9)
  • Benjamin Hekimian – acoustic guitar (track 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11), bass (track 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12), electric guitar (track 1, 2, 4, 5), drums (track 8, 12), percussion (track 1, 6, 8, 10, 12), ukelele (track 2), lap steel guitar (track 3)
  • Matthieu Joly – drum programming (track 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12), keyboards (track 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12), mellotron (track 9), organ (track 1, 6, 8, 10, 12), piano (track 3, 10, 11), synthesizer (track 4), omnichord (track 4)
  • Rémi Sanna – drums (track 1, 7, 8, 11, 12)
  • Olivier Marguerit – bass (track 4), acoustic guitar (track 4), piano (track 4), synthesizer (track 4)
  • Rafael Angster – bassoon (track 4)
  • Jean Thévenin – drums (track 4)
  • Sammy Decoster – electric guitar (track 4)
  • Yann Arnaud – percussion (track 4)
  • Stéphane Bellity – synthesizer (track 4)
  • Julien Bensenior – backing vocals (track 6)
  • Siméo – guitar (track 13)

Design

  • Marta Bevacqua – photograph
  • Frank Loriou – artwork

Production

  • Waxx & Matt (Benjamin Hekimian & Matthieu Joly) – production (track 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
  • Yann Arnaud – production (track 4)
  • Siméo – production (track 13)
  • Nicolas Risser – mastering
  • Antoine Gaillet – mixing
  • Matthieu Joly – recording (track 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
  • Yann Arnaud – recording (track 4)
  • Siméo – recording (track 13)
  • Christopher Colesse – recording assistance (track 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)

Recording

  • Recorded at Dare Dare Studio and Melodium Studio (Montreuil, Paris)
  • Mixed at Studio Soyouz
  • Mastered at Studio Kilohertz
  • Produced at Melodium Studio

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 200 Wallonia)[7] 200
France (SNEP)[8] 91

References

  1. ^ À peu près (Deluxe) de Pomme, retrieved 22 November 2019
  2. ^ "Pomme - A Peu Près - Sessions Montréalaises". Discogs (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b Cormier, Sylvain (27 October 2017). "À peu près, Pomme". Le Devoir (in French). Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  4. ^ Kosmala, Lucie (6 October 2017). "Pomme sort son premier album " À peu près ", pour un moment musical envoûtant et impertinent". Madmoizelle (in French). Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Pomme - À Peu Près". Discogs (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Pomme - À Peu Près". Discogs. Archived from the original on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Discographie Pomme". ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Pomme discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2019.