Track Listing

1. Paris
2. Too Long
3. New Soul
4. Levater
5. Shelcha
6. Lonely
7. Far Far
8. Yashanti
9. 7 Baboker
10. Lachlom
11. Toxic
12. Pachad
13. Endless Song Of Happiness

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #104 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-18
• Number of discs: 1

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To begin with, this album was meant to focus solely on guitar and vocals. But little by little Yael and David Donatien, who encouraged her to sing in Hebrew, padded out the architecture and formed a team. Xavier Tribolet (drums), Laurent David (bass), Voed Nir (cello) and Julien Feltin (electric guitar) joined them as well as S.Husky Huskolds for the mix (Tom Waits, Fiona Apple, Me'Shell Ndegeocello). The instrumentation is pretty minimalist here yet incredibly colourful with the participation of the brass section, the Mellotron, the cello and some programming. Recorded in the young woman's flat in Paris the 13 songs contain a part of Yael happy (Endless Song of Happiness) and a melancholic (Paris, Lonely) existence. Some of them, like Yashanti or Lachlom dive into dreams, others like Baboker bathe in the serenity found at the break of day. Shelcha looks at a love with no future. The most outrageous is of course the cover of Britney Spears' Toxic. Listening to these little marvels could possibly remind us of old friends like Tori Amos or Fiona Apple. Yet the ensemble isn't witness to excessive borrowing or exaggerated marking, but quite the contrary revealing a sincerity and absolute musical clarity. In fact it is quite astonishing how something that sounds so familiar could seduce our ears with such a nude and original beauty. Perhaps it is due to the dominance of Hebrew, a language so rarely sung in this context, that comes across as universal as Cesaria Evora's Portuguese Creole? Or is it the simply the very freshness exhaled by the personality of this young woman who discovers in New Soul - sung in English with a contagious optimism - that she is "a new soul, in this foreign world, hoping to learn a little"? "It was when I was really young that I sincerely believed to be an old soul reincarnated and I could even say it gave me a sense of superiority over others. But then as I subsequently did everything the wrong way round I concluded that it was actually my first time on earth and that I should learn to be a more humble." On Far Far, she herself delivers this other perspective, that of a little girl who chases her dreams but who can only achieve them by accepting the "beautiful mess inside". In short both her own personal history and that of this simply magical record.

Album Description
2007 sophomore album from the Paris-born and Israel raised singer, songwriter and musician who has also recorded under the name Yael. This album, which features songs sung in French, English and Hebrew, features the worldwide sensation 'New Soul', a track that has gained fame as being the music played during Apple's Macbook Air ad campaign in 2008. . 13 tracks total. Warner.

Customer Reviews

Okay
Based off of her popular single, I expected much more from this album which wasn't delivered. Her voice is beautiful but her "songs" are a bit out there

Whata song!
I bought this album because of the song "New Soul". I was entranced with the song and her voice in the Apple commercial. Then I saw her on CBS Morning show and heard "Paris" and decided I really wanted the album. It is great, all the songs worth listening to over and over again.

Bought it for New Soul song, but there is more
Well, as the subject says, I did buy this album because of the TV commercial Apple played for their Notebook Air PC. I just had to have it.
I searched on the Internet for who sings that song and found it was Yael Naim. Who? Then I found she was on video clips on You Tube.

Anyway, her voice is beautiful and different, with her French and Israeli accents. The languages are a mix of French, English and Hebrew.

The songs are easy to listen to and refreshingly different from what I consider all the crap on the radio ( I am 65 years old). She is no raving beauty, not that that matters, but she is very attactive and so full of life. I bought the CD and do not regret it at all. In fact, I am listening to it as I write this.

Really easy listening!