"Le Temps de l'Amour" is a Francoise Hardy song covered here by an American francophile named April March. Born Elinor Blake, she showed an interest in all things French at a young age and that is the inspiration for most of her musical output. Even a lot of her songs in English were translated French songs. The most well known one was Serge Gainsbourg's "Laisse tomber les filles" which she translated to "Chick Habit." The "Chick Habit" EP is where her version of "Le Temps de l'Amour" came from. The surf guitar is from a special guest named Jonathan Richman. After I had discovered Serge Gainsbourg and Francoise Hardy and became a francophile myself, April March was my next stop and she didn't let me down. The fact that she isn't French is not an issue when you sound this authentic... and having Bertrand Burgalat produce her later in her career is testament to that. Ye Ye, Yay!
The original by Francoise Hardy
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