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4th English Album
Studio album by
Françoise Hardy
Released1971 (South Africa)
Studio
GenreFolk rock
Length37:28
LanguageEnglish
LabelMvN
ProducerFrançoise Hardy
Françoise Hardy chronology
La question
(1971) 		4th English Album
(1971) 		Et si je m'en vais avant toi
(1972)
Alternative covers
French edition (1972)
Alternative cover
French reissue (2000)

4th English Album is a studio album by the French singer Françoise Hardy released in South Africa in 1971. A French edition was released with no title in 1972. Since its French reissue in 2000 on CD, the album has a new cover and bears the title of its most commercially successful song: If You Listen (See section: "Other editions").

First edition

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Background

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  • Arrangements and artistic direction: Tony Cox (A1 to A5 + B1 to B4), Hervé Roy (A6), Tommy Brown and Micky Jones (B5)
  • Sound engineers: Victor (A1 to A5 + B1 to B4 + B6), Bernard Estardy (A6), René Ameline (B5)

Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."If You Listen"Tommy Brown, Micky JonesTommy Brown, Micky Jones3:34
2."Ocean" (original title: The Ocean[1])Beverley MartynBeverley Martyn3:50
3."Until It's Time for You to Go"Buffy Sainte-MarieBuffy Sainte-Marie2:57
4."The Garden of Jane Delawnay"Bias BoshellBias Boshell3:34
5."Sometimes"Miles WoottonAllan Taylor[2]3:10
6."Let My Name Be Sorrow" (original title: Quand je te regarde vivre[3])Martine HabibBernard Estardy3:05
Total length:20:17
Side B
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Brûlure" (Sung in French language.)Françoise HardyFrançoise Hardy2:52
2."Can’t Get The One I Want"Beverley Martyn[1]Beverley Martyn2:50
3."I Think It's Going to Rain Today"Randy NewmanRandy Newman2:41
4."Take My Hand for A While"Buffy Sainte-Marie[4]Buffy Sainte-Marie2:58
5."Bowm Bowm Bowm" (original title: Bown, Bown, Bown[5])Tommy Brown, Micky JonesTommy Brown, Micky Jones3:50
6."Till The Morning Comes"Neil Young[6]Neil Young1:32
Total length:17:11

Others editions

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  •  Australia, 1972: LP, Let My Name Be Sorrow, éd. Kundalini/Interfusion (SITFL 934.290).
  •  New Zealand, 1972: LP, Let My Name Be Sorrow, éd. Kundalini/Interfusion (SITFL 934.290).
  •  France, September 1972: LP, Kundalini Editions[7] (KUN 65057).
  •  Netherlands, 1972: LP, Kundalini/CBS (S 65057).
  •  Brazil, 1974: LP, Kundalini/Som Livre (404.7039).
  •  Japan, 1975: LP, Love Songs, Kundalini/Epic (ECPO 18).

Reissues

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  •  Japan, 1979 : LP, Love Songs, éd. Kundalini/Epic/Sony (25-3P-75).
  •  Japan, 1990: CD, Love Songs, éd. Kundalini/Epic/Sony (ESCA 5190).
  •  France, September 2000: CD (digipak), If You Listen, Virgin (7 24384 99452 5).
  •  Great Britain, April 2013: CD, Midnight Blues – Paris . London . 1968-72, Ace International (CDCHD 1358).[8]
  •  Europe, June 2017: CD (digipak), If You Listen, Parlophone/Warner Music.
  •  Europe, June 2017: LP (black 180 g), If You Listen, Parlophone/Warner Music.

References

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  1. ^ a b First performers: John Martyn & Beverley Martyn, album Stormbringer!, Island Records (1970).
  2. ^ First performers: album Sometimes, United Artists Records (1971).
  3. ^ Song written by Georges Chatelain et Gilles Marchal (sung by Gilles Marchal on SP, Disc AZ (1970)). Mary Hopkin sang the English adaptation on SP, Apple Records (1971).
  4. ^ First performer, album I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again, Vanguard Records (1968).
  5. ^ First performer: Françoise Hardy in Portuguese on words of Nara Leão, for a record exclusively distributed in Brazil, SP, Philips Records (1971).
  6. ^ First performer, album After the Gold Rush, Reprise Records (1970).
  7. ^ Publishing company created by Françoise Hardy to the end 1969.
  8. ^ A compilation containing this album and the album One-Nine-Seven-Zero.
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