Un Jour Parfait (French for "a perfect day") is the second solo album by the Stranglers' bassist Jean-Jacques Burnel, released on 23 September 1988 by Epic Records. The album was aimed at the French market and its release limited to certain territories, but was available in the UK as an import. All songs were written in French, except "Garden of Eden".
Background In a 1992 interview, Burnel explained: "with this I wanted to do something with French sounds and sensibilities". Pat Gilbert of Record Collector magazine described the album as a "collection of melodic pop songs ... including a number of Latin-tinged tracks which faintly echoed the light, whimsical strains of the Stranglers' Feline album." In his book Peaches: A Chronicle of The Stranglers 1974-1990, Robert Endeacott described it as having "a gentle Euro disco vibe mixed in with a strong sense of melancholy, soaked in majestic keyboards."
The track "Weekend" is a reworking of "Les Dames de Rochefort", a 1988 song by Belgian band Glacier Georges.
The album was reissued on CD in 1994 by Stranglers Information Service and again in 1998 by Eastworld Recordings. Both reissues featured new cover artwork and bonus tracks.
Track listing All lyrics and music written by Jean-Jacques Burnel, except where noted.
1998 CD reissue bonus track This reissue includes the same 3 bonus tracks, and in the same order, as the 1994 reissue.
Personnel Adapted from the album liner notes. Musicians Jean-Jacques Burnel - bass, guitar, programming, drums Dave Greenfield - keyboards Glaciers George - keyboards on "Weekend" Alex Gifford - saxophone Chris Lawrence - trombone Jason Votier - trumpet Technical Jean-Jacques Burnel - producer, engineer Owen Morris - engineer Dave Greenfield - engineer Bang Hai Ja - cover painting Jean-Yves Legras - photography Grant Louden - graphics Jean-Luke Epstein - graphics Simon J. Webb - cover design (1994 and 1998 reissues)
References
External links Worldwide Discography - JJ Burnel page