L'Aventura (English: The Adventure) is the sixth studio album by French musician Sébastien Tellier, released on 17 July 2014 by Record Makers.
Background The album was inspired by Tellier's childhood and Brazil, where the video to one of its songs, "L'adulte" (English: "The Adult"), is set in. Tellier states: "For this album, I wanted to rewrite my childhood. I chose to set this adventure in Brazil, a country of splendor and joy with an eternally childlike soul." The album was recorded during the promotion period for Tellier's previous album Confection in the studios of Arthur Verocai, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Philippe Zdar.
The album, consisting of ten tracks, is sung entirely in French.
Critical reception L'Aventura was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 70, based on 10 reviews.
Track listing
Personnel Sébastien Tellier – vocals, guitar, bass, composer, producer Daira Saboia – backing vocals Jurema de Cândia – backing vocals John Carroll Kirby – keyboards Johan Holmegard – drums Robertinho Silva – percussion Daniel Garcia – tenor saxophone, flute Dirceu Leite – flute Ana Catto – violin Ana de Oliveira – violin Andre Cunha – violin Her Agapito – violin Karolin Rosalie Broosch – violin Marco Catto – violin Pedro Mibielli – violin Priscila Rato – violin Déborah Cheyne – viola Eduardo Pereira – viola David Chew – cello Marcus Ribeiro – cello Arthur Verocai – arrangement, conductor David Mestre – engineering Mike Marsh – mastering Philippe Zdar – mixing Bastien Vandevelde – mixing Julien Torb – mixing
Charts + Chart performance for L'Aventura Chart (2014) Peakposition
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