Sinnerismes

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Author: Les Sinners
Edition: Vinyl
Music Label: Jupiter

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Music Review: review
Rating: 3 Stars

With a line up featuring singer Francois Guy, keyboardist Charles Prevost Linton, drummer Louis Parizeau, and new lead guitarist Ernest Rock (replacing Ricky Johnson), in 1966 Pierre Noles signed the band to London Records' Jupiter subsidiary.

The band's choice for their label debut was interesting - a largely rote Francophile version of The Beatles 'Penny Lane' b/w 'Les Greves d'aujourd'hui' (Jupiter catalog number JP 1088). Musically the song wasn't really different from the original, though there was something fascinating in hearing the song with French lyrics and occasionally ragged group harmonies. The single's ensuing success led Jupiter to rush the band into the studio, resulting in the release of 1967's Pierre Noles produced "Sinnerismes". (From a marketing standpoint the album title was odd since the debut LP had the same title. Must have been a Canadian thing ... ). With the exception of The Beatles cover the album featured all original material largely written by Guy, Linton and Rock. Exemplified by tracks like 'Notre Etang', 'Les Dentes Grilles' and the snarling 'Les Greves d'aujourd'hui' the results offered up an interesting mix of their earlier garage roots with occasional nods to lite-psych and the outright weird (check out the freaked out 'L.S.D. Ha! Ha!' and the a capella snippet 'Les Ledgende des Nymphes Perdues'). Personal highlights included the jangle rocker 'Les Bouffons' (I guess it translated as the the buffoons, or the clowns) and the super strange ' La Petite Souris'.

- Complete with the same horn arrangement, musically their cover of 'Penny Lane' was pretty much a rote cover of the original. That said, hearing the song in French was definitely an interesting experience. In case anyone cared, their vocals were nowhere near as smooth as The Fab Four. Here's a link to a YouTube black and white television promo clip of the band performing the song: [...] rating: *** stars
- Even though it sounded like it had been recorded in a restroom stall, 'Notre Etang' offered up a nice slice of jangle, garage rock. Kudos to Ernest Rock for the nice Byrds-styled guitar. rating: *** stars
- 'Les Ledgende des Nymphes Perdues' was a harmony rich, folk-ish number. Pretty, but not exactly a typical slice of garage rock. rating: ** stars
- Opening up with some tasty fuzz guitar from Rock, 'Les Dentes Grilles' showed the band could convincingly pull off a slice of greasy blues-rock. Nothing particularly original, but Canned Heat would have been proud of this one. rating: **** stars
- Well, in case you couldn't guess, the title pretty much told you want to expect with respect to this one. Basically three minutes of spaced out weirdness, 'L.S.D. Ha! Ha!' had little or no musical merit, though I guess it would have served as a nice reminder that illicit drugs did not necessarily improve one's creative. Pretty dreadful and hard to imagine it's something they look back on with any degree of pride. rating: * star
- 'L'hymne a Ti-Pop' found the band returning to a more conventional pop sound. A bit on the goofy side, it was still preferable to the previous outing. rating: *** stars
- 'Les Greves d'aujourd'hui' started side two with a nice mid-1960s rocker that sounded a bit like The Beach Boys recording a true rocker (albeit in French). Once again Rock turned in a nice guitar solo. rating: *** stars
- A pretty ballad, 'Je Reve a Toi' sported a great bass line and some cool Who-styled backing vocals. rating: *** stars
- Complete with a great melody and plenty of jangle guitars, 'Les Bouffons' was the album's best garage-rocker. rating: **** stars
- Opening up with some nice harpsichord from Charles Prevost Linton, 'Versailles 1667' was a mildly interesting slice of soft pop - imagine a French version of The Left Banke and you wouldn't be all that far off the mark. 'Course if you didn't like The Left Banke you were gonna hate this one ... rating: *** stars
- 'La Petite Souris' (I think it translates as 'the little mouse') was another slice of out-and-out weirdness. This time the results sounded like a mixture of backward tapes, American Indian chants, and freakout guitar ... really didn't do much for my ears. rating: ** stars
- With a great beat and more Rock fuzz guitar, 'Les Disc-Jockeys' was easily the album's best rocker. rating: **** stars

Not my favorite Sinners album, but all told, worth hearing.

"Sinnerismes" track listing:
(side 1)
1.) Penny Lane (John Lennon - Paul McCartney - S. Veonne) -
2.) Notre Etang (Francois Guy - C.P. Linton) -
3.) Les Ledgende des Nymphes Perdues (Francois Guy - C.P. Linton) -
4.) Les Dentes Grilles (C.P. Linton) -
5.) L.S.D. Ha! Ha! (Francois Guy - C.P. Linton) -
6.) L'hymne a Ti-Pop (Francois Guy - C.P. Linton) -

(side 2)
1.) Les Greves d'aujourd'hui (Francois Guy - C.P. Linton) -
2.) Je Reve a Toi (Francois Guy - Ernest Rock) -
3.) Les Bouffons (Francois Guy - Ernest Rock) -
4.) Versailles 1667 (Francois Guy - C.P. Linton) -
5.) La Petite Souris (Francois Guy - C.P. Linton - Ernest Rock) -
6.) Les Disc-Jockeys (Francois Guy) -

Description of Sinnerismes

"Sinnerismes" track listing: (side 1) 1.) Penny Lane (John Lennon - Paul McCartney - S. Veonne) - 2.) Notre Etang (Francois Guy - C.P. Linton) - 3.) Les Ledgende des Nymphes Perdues (Francois Guy - C.P. Linton) - 4.) Les Dentes Grilles (C.P. Linton) - 5.) L.S.D. Ha! Ha! (Francois Guy - C.P. Linton) - 6.) L'hymne a Ti-Pop (Francois Guy - C.P. Linton) - (side 2) 1.) Les Greves d'aujourd'hui (Francois Guy - C.P. Linton) - 2.) Je Reve a Toi (Francois Guy - Ernest Rock) - 3.) Les Bouffons (Francois Guy - Ernest Rock) - 4.) Versailles 1667 (Francois Guy - C.P. Linton) - 5.) La Petite Souris (Francois Guy - C.P. Linton - Ernest Rock) - 6.) Les Disc-Jockeys (Francois Guy) -