La Valse à mille temps (English: The Waltz With A Thousand Beats) is Jacques Brel's fourth album. Also known as Jacques Brel 4 and American Début, the album was released in 1959 by Philips. The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title La Valse à mille temps as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à bonbons by Barclay (980 816-6).[1][2]
The album received the Francis Carco prize from l'Académie du disque français.[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Jacques Brel except where noted
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
1.
"La Valse à mille temps" (The Waltz with a Thousand Beats)
The melody of "La Mort" is partly based, uncredited, on the traditional Gregorian chant Dies irae, which has been quoted in a large number of other works over the centuries.