Au nord de notre vie (In the North of Our Lives) is an album by CANO, released in 1977.Jacques Paquin, Nouveaux territoires de la poésie francophone au Canada 1970-2000.University of Ottawa Press, 2012. . p. 212. It was the band's second album and its last with founding member André Paiement.
The album's centrepiece track was a suite of three poems by writer Robert Dickson, including the poem that gave the album its title.
The 1980 National Film Board documentary, Cano - notes sur une expérience collective, documents the recording of this album and highlights each member in the studio.
Track listing "Che-Zeebe" (3:33) - (Rachel Paiement, Marcel Aymar) "Automne" (4:37) - (Aymar) "À la poursuite du nord (Suite)" (10:55) (a) "Au nord de notre vie" - (Robert Dickson, Michel Kendel, A. Paiement, R. Paiement) (b) "En mouvement" - (Robert Dickson, J. Doerr, R. Paiement) (c) "Viens suivre" - (Dickson, David Burt) "La Première fois" (4:41) - (A. Paiement) "Mon pays" (12:10) - (A. Paiement, Burt, Kendel, John Doerr, Wasyl Kohut) "Frère Jacques" (3:22) - (trad. arr. Burt) "Spirit of the North" (5:59) - (Kohut)
Personnel Marcel Aymar - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion David C. Burt - electric guitar, vocals Michel Dasti - percussion John Doerr - electric bass, synthesizer Michel Kendel - piano, synthesizer, vocals Wasyl Kohut - violins Rachel Paiement - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion André Paiement vocals, acoustic guitar, electric bass, percussion Kim Deschamps - dobro Monique Paiement - flute, vocals Matt Zimbel - percussion Alison Reynolds - cello Rick Francis - guitar Don Oriolo - producer Ed Stasium - recording engineer
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