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ANGGUN'S DEBUT: TITLES, RELEASES & CONTENTS

anonomouse | World | 08/17/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Anggun's international debut album comes in several album titles and release versions, with some differences in contents. A run down: [...]FRENCH: #(F1). AU NOM DE LA LUNE, French release (France), 16 tracks (11 songs + 5 fillers). #(F2). AU NOM DE LA LUNE, French international release (la Francophonie), 16 tracks (11 songs + 5 fillers). #(F3). ANGGUN, French international release, 16 tracks (11 songs + 5 fillers), as currently listed in Sony Music's Pan European catalogue..... All 3 French version releases have exactly the same contents. They include La Memoire des Rochers (original song of Memory of Your Shores), and do not include Life on Mars. The French version (any of above 3 releases) is the original version. The poetical romanticism of the lyrics is at its most natural in French. Five tracks (Le Départ, Gita, Blanca, Pluies, Ceria) are not full songs but "fillers" (interludes, short music to bridge between songs). The effects of these fillers are tangible if you listen to this album from beginning to end. They make the transition between songs better, they add to the overall color of this rich album, and they make the album more well-rounded.ENGLISH - REGULAR: #(E1). ANGGUN, international release, 16 tracks (12 songs + 4 fillers). #(E2). SNOW ON THE SAHARA, international release, 16 tracks (12 songs + 4 fillers)..... These 2 versions have exactly the same contents. They contain the same track-set as the French version (Memory of Your Shores and fillers included), except that ending-filler Ceria is omitted and song Life on Mars added.ENGLISH - 'DIFFERENT': #(E3). ANGGUN, Indonesian/Malaysian release, 16 tracks (12 songs + 4 fillers)..... Same as (E1/E2), except By the Moon is sung in French (titled Au Nom De La Lune), and A Rose in the Wind is sung in Indonesian/Malay (titled Kembali).ENGLISH - 'FAT': #(E4). ANGGUN, Japanese release, 19 tracks (15 songs + 4 fillers)..... Contains all the tracks in (E1/E2) plus 3 additions: French versions of 3 of the songs. Thus there are 3 double songs here, in English and French -- Snow On The Sahara/La Neige au Sahara, A Rose in the Wind/La Rose des Vents, Dream of Me/De Soleil et d'Ombres. (Note: if I get it correctly, previously Sony Music Japan also marketed a 16 track version titled "Anggun.")ENGLISH - 'SLIM': #(E5). SNOW ON THE SAHARA, US release, 11 tracks (11 songs, no fillers except Blanca which becomes part of the song Valparaiso here)..... Contains 11 out of the 12 songs in (E1/E2), Memory of Your Shores is omitted. If you're in the US, this one costs the least -- but also contains the least."