Arabesque (DVD)
01/01/2002
Lyrics from Arabesque (DVD)
All Music Guide Review
The luscious companion to Jane Birken's career-reinvigorating Arabesque live album, the DVD of the same title captures the same performance as it was on the night at L'Odeon-Theatre de l'Europe in March 2002. It is an electrifying performance; though the DVD adds only four songs (three further Serge Gainsbourg compositions among them) to Arabesque's own 16-track running order, still Birken herself is a sight to behold, teasing and seducing the audience through both her pre-song introductions and the songs themselves.
Familiarity with the album itself renders the track listing unsurprising. But still the visual dimension adds a great deal. Birken herself is mesmerizing, but her actual stage performance is nevertheless intercut with a few minutes' worth of nostalgic home video, while the bonus material serves up a 15-minute offstage interview with Birken and the band. The 5.1 surround sound mastering, too, is spectacular, all adding up to a DVD that is worth so much more than the four extra songs that are its initial calling card. ~ Dave Thompson, All Music Guide
Arabesque (DVD) Track Listing
Credits of Arabesque (DVD)
- Jacques Rouveyrollis
- Lighting Design
- Stéphanie Cretin
- Engineer
- Dominique Blanc-Franchard
- Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Isabelle Babanini
- Assistant
- François Vatin
- Monitor Engineer
- Aziz Boularoug
- Percussion
- Gabrielle Crawford
- Director, Photography
- Fred Maggi
- Piano
- Bénédicte Schmidt
- Engineer, Mixing
- Henry Stein
- Editing
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Adaptation
- Jane Birkin
- Main Performer
- Dave Barnard
- Director











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