Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités

Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités
Studio album by Art Zoyd
Released	1976
Recorded	August 30 – September 9, 1976 at Toulouse Studio, Toulouse, France
Genre	Progressive rock contemporary classical
Length	44:00
Label	AZ Production Michel Besset
Producer	Michel Besset
Art Zoyd chronology
Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités (1976) Musique pour l'Odyssée (1979)

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Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités (French: Symphony for the day when the cities will burn; originally released as Art Zoyd 3) is the debut album of Art Zoyd, released in 1976 through AZ Production Michel Besset. In 1981, the entire album was re-recorded and released on Atem Records. Re-issues of both versions of the album in 2008 contain different bonus tracks.

In 1992, the 1981 re-recording would be reissued as a double compact disc with Musique pour l'Odyssée, Génération sans futur and Archives 1.

Track listing

Original 1976 recording

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités: 1er Mouvement – Brigades spéciales" (Symphony for the day when the cities will burn: First Movement – Special brigades)	Gérard Hourbette	12:52
2.	"Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités: 2ème Mouvement – Masques" (Symphony for the day when the cities will burn: Second Movement – Masks)	Hourbette	8:29

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités: 3ème Mouvement – Simulacres" (Symphony for the day when the cities will burn: Third Movement – Simulacra)	Hourbette	7:33
2.	"Deux images de la cité imbécile: Les fourmis" (Two images of the foolish city: The ants)	Rocco Fernandez	5:54
3.	"Deux images de la cité imbécile: Scènes de carnaval" (Two images of the foolish city: Scenes from the carnival)	Fernandez, Hourbette, Thierry Zaboitzeff	9:11

2008 bonus tracks: Archives I

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Sangria"	Fernandez	2:32
7.	"Something in Love"	Jean-Paul Dulion, Fernandez	3:12
8.	"Live Golf Drouot Paris"	Fernandez	4:09

1981 re-recording

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités: 1er Mouvement – Brigades spéciales" (Symphony for the day when the cities will burn: First Movement – Special brigades)	Gérard Hourbette	13:25
2.	"Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités: 2ème Mouvement – Masques" (Symphony for the day when the cities will burn: Second Movement – Masks)	Hourbette	9:03

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités: 3ème Mouvement – Simulacres" (Symphony for the day when the cities will burn: Third Movement – Simulacra)	Hourbette	7:01
2.	"Deux images de la cité imbécile: Les fourmis" (Two images of the foolish city: The ants)	Rocco Fernandez	5:35
3.	"Deux images de la cité imbécile: Scènes de carnaval" (Two images of the foolish city: Scenes from the carnival)	Fernandez, Hourbette, Thierry Zaboitzeff	8:56

2008 bonus tracks: Archives 2

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Don Juan – Danse macabre"	1:23
7.	"Don Juan – Le bain" (The bath)	1:39
8.	"Don Juan – La sainte famille" (The holy family)	3:10
9.	"Un jour au château – Le parc" (One day in a castle – The park)	3:10
10.	"Un jour au château – Le satin" (One day in a castle – Satin)	3:10
11.	"Un jour au château – Le secret" (One day in a castle – The secret)	3:10
12.	"Don Juan – Le bain (final)" (The bath (final))	3:10

Personnel

Art Zoyd

• Alain Eckert – guitar, percussion, vocals
• Gérard Hourbette – violin, viola, flute
• Jean-Pierre Soarez – trumpet, percussion
• Thierry Zaboitzeff – bass guitar, percussion, vocals

Production and additional personnel

• François Artige – engineering
• Michel Besset – production
• Jean-Pierre Grasset – engineering
• H2L Publicité Valenciennes – design

External links

• Art Zoyd 3 at Discogs (list of releases)