L'autre...

High school French class kindled my love of French pop music, and a friend of mine who spent some time in France kept that love kindled by sending cassettes with French pop hits after high school. I believe that is how I was already familiar with Désenchantée - a fantastic song that I was thrilled to listen to after all these years. The rest of the album is great. Love this blast of great French 90’s pop!

I've always liked Mylène Farmer and I happened to live in France when this album came out. It was huge, and this very dramatic French pop makes me think so vividly of 1991 there.

Obviously never heard this before given it's a French album from 1991, but it obviously won a few awards so it's a bit of a BIG DEAL, ya know? Anyway it sounds like Madonna crossed with Enya. Not my chosen style but I honestly can't say it's an awful sound. Flows easily, just enjoys a happy little space for a while. There's even a song that sounds like a direct knockoff of Vogue! Good addition to the user list. 4/5.

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Désenchantée, L’autre, Je t’aime melancolie

Magnéfique. Good early 90s vibes

Ooh. It's like Madonna if Madonna were more interesting. Lovely stuff.

Chill and too cool for school French music

An interesting mix. Landing somewhere between a cool, international 90s trip hop and cheesy 80s smash pop hits. I’d happily listen again.

It was a big frustration to get hold of this album anywhere. On the streaming services I can only find an instrumental version (no idea why that exists). In the end I succeeded. I'm not sure if it was the worth the effort. The music is commercial French pop. Not bad, but it does not make me very happy either. I was surprised that I recognized the hit single Désenchantée. I'll give it three (instead of two) stars for the fact it is not from the UK or USA.

Amazing album..

I liked this, it was pretty cool and reminded me of bits of other artists.

Like a French Kate Bush. pretty cool.

Most of this vocal-focused fare from the early '90s has aged about as well as rotting meat, and this LP is no different. The instrumentals are what date this so badly, the airy synth pads and gated reverb drums firmly damning this album to forever sound like a product of its time. Farmer's singing itself is great, but unfortunately is caked over by a heavy layer of production and reverb that obscure the real star of the show!

Meh

I've never heard Mylène Farmer before, but this was pretty good for what it is. Torchy, well-produced pop. It gets a little overwrought in tone to the point where it gets silly in places, but I enjoyed it well enough. The reviewer who described this as a blend of Madonna and Enya is so on point. Fave Songs: Je t'aime mélancolie, Beyond My Control, L'autre..., Regrets, Pas de doute

A little too Euro-synthpop for me, not an edge in sight. Anime music comes to mind. Inoffensive, and she has a nice voice; I don't have even a little French so the lyrical side is lost on me.

Pleasant enough, not that interesting though. 3 stars.

A pleasant french Enya pop vibe. Pretty and smooth, though nothing really engaged me... beyond my control was the most surprising with its Art of Noise attempt.

It's pretty. She looks like Reba, but doesn't sound anything close to Reba... The album is interesting. but really seems trapped in the 80s/90s techno-pop of Kylie, etc...

Floaty frenchness, enjoyed it

Decent french electro pop stuff. I'm still stuck on my last two albums, honestly.

3 Not bad

I didn't care for this much I'm afraid. I'm not sure it was bad I just generally didn't mind it in anyway. Ambivalence

oh a 90s french pop/dance album? This is exactly what I thought it would be. No more, and no less. Enjoyed my time! Don't need to go back.

The dang French at it again

Beautiful voice, good musical production, a different pop style and although not all the songs are excellent, it maintains a good balance.

Ew French (again)

When something is in a language I’m not strong in I try to focus on other aspects. I’ll listen for vibe in the music, overall flow or vocal emotion maybe for production quality. This record just didn’t hit it on any of those for me.

A well-picked French pop artist to help bridge the gap between Jacques Brel and Christine & the Queens. Riding the synthpop wave of Depeche Mode and New Order, Farmer channels an artistic presentation that delivers an album not dissimilar to Kate Bush's work. Was it pretty good? Yeah! Was it for me? Not really... CONTENDER FOR THE LIST: Only on the pretense that the list should expand on non-English language albums. Otherwise, no.

nope

Pop francés. Aburrido. Un 2.

The background synth pop was v bland and uninspiring. Can't say much about thd breathy vocals as they were French. Dull.

I don't know what to say about this. I'm just going to steal another review. It's a combination of Enya and Madonna. And it didn't really vibe with me.

Don’t have much to say about this one. It was decent soft pop with a little bit of 90s electronic sound. It was also in French and I had no idea what was being said but the singer was pretty good. 2.5/10

A complete and utter waste of time. So boring I decided to get that root canal I've been putting off.

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I can see this would be a trip down memory lane for some but it's pretty insipid really.