Anne Pigalle

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smack bang in the middle of arguably the best run of production in british pop history, you know the one that goes from 'lexicon of love' thru to 'a secret wish'? you know the trevor horn stuff?
well there's that name right there - anne pigalle - and i have never heard of her.

who is she?
what good stuff did she do?
how is the lp 'Everything Could Be So Perfect... '?
and how come she isn't as well known as the other
artists from the TH golden era?

― piscesboy, Thursday, 4 August 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

I think Mr. Reynolds muttered something about her in the postpunk book...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 4 August 2005 16:55 (twenty years ago)

Can't remember anything about her except she was on The Tube once. I think she was a wacky auteur.

― everything, Thursday, 4 August 2005 17:57 (twenty years ago)

she was amazingly performing at Glasto this year .. i didn't catch her. but this was always an album i i had picked up.

there is a site out there with her happenings somewhere ..

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 4 August 2005 18:20 (twenty years ago)

please add 'wished' to the approp place in the above. thanks

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 4 August 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

what i have heard of her stuff still sounds fresh despite (or because of) those 80's trappings and the production is interesting, considering that she's basically a torch singer. her voice reminds me of someone but i can never place the comparison. she was gorgeous though and always makes me think of Blitz Magazine (which she appeared on the cover of) - those Morley connections!

http://paris70.free.fr/annpigal.jpg

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 4 August 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago)

there's a YSI on the way. maybe two if you're lucky!

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 4 August 2005 18:25 (twenty years ago)

ahh now i recall why i always wished i had picked up the album, the covers were gorgeous .. the glamour of abc meets the mystery of propaganda.

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 4 August 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

Always loved that album in all its glorious over-the-top-ness. I played "Why Does It Have To Be This Way?" on WFMU a few years ago and got a very nice email from her in reply...

― Douglas (Douglas), Thursday, 4 August 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

yousendit seems to be on a go-slow. i'll try and upload it later. "Why Does It Have To Be This Way?" is the track i'm uploading, Douglas.

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 4 August 2005 19:03 (twenty years ago)

"Why Does It Have To Be This Way?"

http://s63.yousendit.com/d.php?id=11US2PYQ8TYOO1NL1F6DLMG74S

― jed_ (jed), Friday, 5 August 2005 09:54 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Still haven't heard a thing by this lady.

― pisces, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 12:48 (eighteen years ago)

she was hidden away on the glastonbury'05 lineup - but i forgot to check her out, the fool that am

― mark e, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 13:41 (eighteen years ago)

nine years pass...

comprehensively represented on Spotify. messy production on much of it. sounds sorta like demos buried under all the chintz but some good
stuff in there.

reminds me a lot of Christine And The Queens weirdly.

― piscesx, Thursday, 6 October 2016 20:45 (nine years ago)

<3 Pigalle

also one of my favourite examples of "people who have obviously written their own wikipedia articles"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Pigalle

― soref, Thursday, 6 October 2016 20:57 (nine years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsAbzYYuTRk

― soref, Thursday, 6 October 2016 20:58 (nine years ago)

changed my mind, Why Does It Have To Be This Way is amazing!

― piscesx, Thursday, 6 October 2016 21:22 (nine years ago)

this is one of the few classic era ZTT albums i have yet to get.

reviews are mixed.

that said, i am very tempted ..

― mark e, Thursday, 6 October 2016 21:33 (nine years ago)

and yeah, 'why ... ' is the pull factor, its brilliant.

― mark e, Thursday, 6 October 2016 21:34 (nine years ago)

ordered : after years of desire.

― mark e, Thursday, 6 October 2016 21:51 (nine years ago)

Why Does It Have To Be This Way is truly great, but I don't think the rest of the album really holds up. There are some good things there, but it all sounds too much of what it actually is, which is a mid-80s pastiche of all that 50s/60s chanson/accordion stuff. It was a bit of a micro-trend at the time.

― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 13 October 2016 01:42 (nine years ago)

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