1 	Le Métèque 	2:31
2 	La Mer M'a Donné 	2:40
3 	Gaspard 	2:47
4 	Voyage 	2:15
5 	Le Facteur 	4:02
6 	Natalia 	1:51
7 	Ma Solitude 	2:57
8 	Il Est Trop Tard 	2:38
9 	La Carte Du Tendre 	3:01
10 	Le Temps De Vivre 	3:00
11 	Joseph 	2:27
12 	Rue Des Fosses Saint-Jacques 	1:25

Jacques Bedos 	Art Direction
Henri Belolo 	Producer
Alain Goraguer 	Arranger, Musical Director
Georges Moustaki 	Primary Artist 

This compilation serves as a good showcase for the work of singer/songwriter Georges Moustaki. Though Moustaki spent a decade composing for such French notables as Edith Piaf, Yves Montand, and Barbara, his solo career didn't take off until the huge success of "Le Métèque" in 1969. Like his mentor Georges Brassens, Moustaki performs mostly to the accompaniment of an acoustic guitar, occasionally adding simple string arrangements. He is very much a touring artist who has a great rapport with the audience and who finds his inspiration in different cultures from around the world. This collection features some of his greatest hits, including "Le Métèque," "Ma Liberté," "Ma Solitude," and "Joseph." Moustaki's Brazilian influences are evident in the compositions "Danse" and "Eaux de Mars"; the latter is a reworking of "Aguas de Março" by Antonio Carlos Jobim. ---Yuri German, AllMusic Review

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01. Les Amis De Georges (02:28)
02. Sarah (03:31)
03. Portugal (Fado Tropical) (04:05)
04. L'Habitude (01:55)
05. Kapou Iparkhi I Agapimou (03:57)
06. Dans La Maison Trop Grande Et Trop Vide (01:11)
07. Ce Soir Mon Amour (03:12)
08. Le Droit A La Paresse (02:48)
09. Les Amours Finissent Un Jour (02:35)
10. Lettre A Marianne (01:51)
11. Je Suis Une Guitare (02:11)
12. Chanson Pour Elle (04:22)
13. Sans La Nommer (03:04)
14. Aphorismes (03:47)

1934, Alexandria, Egypt. A singer, songwriter, actor and film music composer of Greek ancestry, early in his life Moustaki studied French which enabled him to work in Paris as a journalist. He began to write songs, and played the piano and guitar in the College Inn in Montparnasse. He also met the gypsy musician Henri Crolla, a cousin of Django Reinhardt. Crolla introduced him to the legendary performer, Edith Piaf, and in 1958, he became her guitarist and lover. With Marguerite Monnot, who was involved with many of Piaf’s songs, he wrote ‘Milord’, which became Piaf’s last big hit before she died three years later. Her record spent 15 weeks in the UK chart in 1960, easily beating a version by Frankie Vaughan, which had an English lyric by Decca Records recording manager Bunny Lewis. Moustaki was driving the car late in 1959 when Piaf had her third serious car accident. He escaped unscathed, and accompanied the singer on her ninth tour of the USA, where their relationship was terminated following her collapse onstage at the Waldorf Astoria, and subsequent four-hour operation. In the 60s, long haired, with a grey beard, Moustaki toured the music festivals, writing and performing his own songs. These included the dramatic ‘Le Gitan Et La Fille’, ‘Un Etranger’, ‘Les Orgues De Barbarie’, ‘Les Gestes’, which was memorably sung by Serge Reggiani and ‘Le Meteque’ (the outcast), perhaps the song most identified with Moustaki, which ran: ‘Look at me, a bloody foreigner/A wandering Jew, a Greek peasant/Hair all over the place, eyes washed out...’ In the 70s Moustaki worked with Jacques Potrenaud on the film of Albert Cosseri’s book, Mendiants Et Orgueilleux, and played the central character, Hadjis. He also composed the music for movies such as The Man With Connections, Solo, The Five Leaf Clover and At The Brink Of The Bench. Although little known outside the French-speaking world, in the early 90s Moustaki had several albums in the UK catalogue. --- oldies.com

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1	J'Aimerais la Vie	3:39	
2	Tom	4:55	 
3	Les Meres Juives	4:34	
4	Femme Ronde	2:41	 
5	Cet Amour D'Ete	4:09	
6	Vagabond			
7	Le Soldat	3:20	 
8	J'ai Grand Faiblesse pour les Femmes	2:57
9	Bahia	3:54

It was doubtless during this tour that Moustaki was inspired to write his new album, "Vagabond" - a suitable title for a singer born in Alexandria to a Greek-Jewish family, who grew up speaking Arabic before eventually moving to France and launching a career that took him to the four corners of the world!

The album "Vagabond", released in September 2005, was mostly recorded in Rio de Janeiro, and featured a number of tributes to the late Brazilian star Tom Jobim, who had been a close friend of Moustaki's. Working with Paula Morelenbaum (one of Jobim's former backing singers) and Philippe Gérard, Moustaki recorded a reworking of "Les Eaux de Mars" (the French adaptation of Jobim's "Aguas de Março" which Moustaki had already immortalised in French) and the song "Tom." Francis Hime, Milton Nascimento's arranger, also collaborated on the album.

Musically speaking, many of the songs on "Vagabond" were coloured with Brazilian influences. But thematically speaking, Moustaki's songs did not revolve around Brazil, the singer preferring to explore more universal human themes. On the title track of the album, "Vagabond", for instance, Moustaki delved into male-female relations via the Greek myth of Ulysses and Penelope. Given his eternal reputation as French lover and Don Juan, it came as no surprise to find that love and passion were also major themes on the album, Moustaki celebrating everything from summer romances to filial affection.

At the age of 71, the inimitable "Métèque" hit the road again for an impressive concert-packed tour, playing dates in Spain (October 2005), Beirut and France, where he brought the house down in Paris at the Théâtre du Rond-Point (27 – 31 December 2005).

At the end of 2006, Georges Moustaki reached a new level of fame when his name was included in the Who's Who section of Larousse (the famous French dictionary). This inclusion appears to be further confirmation - if any were indeed necessary! - of Moustaki's official status as a legendary figure of French chanson. --- rfimusique.com

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