Ces gens-là

This article is about the album. For its title track, see Ces gens-là (song).

Ces gens-là (English: Those people) is the ninth studio album by Jacques Brel. Also known as Jef, it was released in 1966 by Barclay (80323). The album was reissued on 23 September 2003 under the title Ces Gens-Là as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à bonbons by Barclay (980 817-2).^[1][2]

Ces gens-là
Studio album by Jacques Brel
Released	1966
Recorded	7 January 1964 – 6 November 1965
Studio	Studios Barclay-Hoche Enregistrements, Paris
Genre	Chanson
Length	49 minutes
Label	Barclay/Universal
Jacques Brel chronology
Les Bonbons (1966) Ces gens-là (1966) Jacques Brel 67 (1967)

Track listing

Track	Title	Translation	Composer	Recorded
1	"Ces gens-là"	Those people	Jacques Brel	1965-11-06
2	"Jef"	Jef	Jacques Brel	1964-01-08
3	"La Chanson de Jacky"	The song of Jacky	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1965-11-02
4	"Les Bergers"	The shepherds	Jacques Brel	1964-01-07
5	"Le Tango funèbre"	The funeral tango	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1964-03-07
6	"Fernand"	Fernand	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1965-11-06
7	"Mathilde"	Mathilde	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1964-01-09
8	"L'Âge idiot"	Coming of age	Jacques Brel	1965-11-02
9	"Grand-mère"	Grandmother	Jacques Brel	1965-11-03
10	"Les Désespérés"	The desperate	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1965-11-06
11	"Mijn vlakke land (Le Plat Pays)"	The flat country	Jacques Brel	1963-01-08
12	"Rosa (in Flemish)"	Rosa	Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest	1963-01-08
13	"De burgerij (Les bourgeois)"	The middle class	Jacques Brel, Jean Corti	1963-01-08
14	"De nuttelozen van de nacht (Les paumés du petit matin)"	The lost ones of the morning	Jacques Brel, François Rauber	1963-01-08[2]

• Tracks 1–10 constituted the original 1966 album.
• Tracks 11–14 were originally issued on EP Barclay 70907 EP 45, of which the orchestral sessions were recorded on 8 January 1963, with separate vocals by Brel added later. These tracks do not belong to the original album 'Ces Gens-là' but were added when it was reissued as part of the 16-CD box set Boîte à bonbons.

Personnel

• Jacques Brel – composer, vocals
• François Rauber – orchestra conductor
• François Rauber et Son Orchestre - accompaniment
• Gérard Jouannest – piano
• Jean Corti - accordion
• Gerhardt Lehner – recording engineer & audio mixing (uncredited)
• Jean-Marie Guérin – mastering
• Hubert Grooteclaes – photography