Manu - La Vérité

An energy that catches you up!
Although I had followed Dolly since the beginning (do we still have to recall their hit "Je N'Veux Pas Rester Sage", 1997?), then naturally their singer Manu’s work alone (2008), I had dropped her around the time her genius guitarist Nikko Bonnière left to join Eiffel, another major French rock band.

So for this third studio CD by the name of Manu, which I had listened a little right after its release, I was about to pass one more time. Mistake! Fortunately, two facts brought me back to it.

First, Manu launched on her website le "Solo de l'infini", a funny contest with a rather simple principle: all amateurs could propose their own solo over the master of "Toi et Moi", whereas in the same time solos from professionals and guests were uploaded, at the pace of one per week. Good opportunity to listen to rich and various things (at the risk of reaching saturation point with this song!), and to get interested in those musicians. (I confess a soft spot for Manu Lanvin’s version.)

Then, La Grosse Radio Rock, already regularly broadcasting the singer from Nantes, organised a concert: le "Gros Bœuf" of Manu. Since the striking side of the songs being played live captured me, I went back to swallow the album.

After several plays, I was won over at last and I can’t do anything but recommending you, from "Bollywood" to "Comme un Gant", by way of "La Vérité" or "Juste une Chance", this succession of fruity tracks which will make you move, jump, stamp... – at the very least shake your head. Always with this smile you can hear very well in the acid intonations of the singing.

"Je Pense à Toi", with its harp and cello, will be your only resting break, and there you’ll go again to juicy pieces until the end, in this crazy energy that catches you up!