# La Chanson Perdue

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{{Infobox album
| name       = La Chanson Perdue
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Geno Delafose](/source/Geno_Delafose)
| cover      = La Chanson Perdue.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1998
| recorded   = 
| venue      =
| studio     = [Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans](/source/Ultrasonic_Studios%2C_New_Orleans)
| genre      = 
| length     =
| label      = [Rounder](/source/Rounder_Records)<ref>{{cite news |title='Creole Cowboy' set to perform at city club |work=Charleston Daily Mail |date=29 July 1999 |page=2D}}</ref>
| producer   = [Scott Billington](/source/Scott_Billington)
| prev_title = That's What I'm Talkin' About!
| prev_year  = 1996
| next_title = Everybody's Dancin'
| next_year  = 2003
}}
'''''La Chanson Perdue''''' is an album by the American musician [Geno Delafose](/source/Geno_Delafose), released in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/geno-delafose-mn0000197890/biography|title=Geno Delafose Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific |date=1999 |publisher=Rough Guides Ltd |page=566}}</ref> He is credited with his band, French Rockin' Boogie.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.offbeat.com/music/geno-delafose-and-french-rockin-boogie-la-chanson-perdue-rounder/|title=Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie, La Chanson Perdue|magazine=OffBeat}}</ref> Delafose considered the album to be a combination of Creole zydeco and Cajun music; however, the title of the album ("The Lost Song") in part refers to the popularity of zydeco overtaking traditional Creole music.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/separate-but-equal-6397143|title=Separate but equal|first=Rob|last=Patterson|work=Dallas Observer}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Himes |first1=Geoffrey |title=Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie: 'La Chanson Perdue' |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=17 July 1998 |page=N14}}</ref> Delafose supported the album with a North American tour.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wolgamott |first1=L Kent |title=Musical Smorgasbord |work=Omaha World-Herald |department=Ground Zero |page=3}}</ref>

==Production==
Recorded at [Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans](/source/Ultrasonic_Studios%2C_New_Orleans), the album was produced by [Scott Billington](/source/Scott_Billington).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cpVeEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT201|title=Making Tracks: A Record Producer's Southern Roots Music Journey|first=Scott|last=Billington|date=June 16, 2022|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781496839169}}</ref><ref name=MH/> Delafose switched between [piano accordion](/source/piano_accordion) and [diatonic button accordion](/source/diatonic_button_accordion).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6BrMDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA30|title=The Real Singing Cowboys|first=Charlie|last=Seemann|date=October 3, 2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781493022328}}</ref> Most of the songs are sung in French.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Sam |title=Foot-Stompin' Style |work=Daily Press |date=3 Feb 2002 |location=Newport News |page=K1}}</ref> [Christine Balfa](/source/Christine_Balfa) played acoustic guitar on several songs; [Dirk Powell](/source/Dirk_Powell) played fiddle.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/la-chanson-perdue-mw0000039001|title=Geno Delafose La Chanson Perdue|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmAHLojPN64C&pg=PA165|title=Disenchanting Les Bons Temps: Identity and Authenticity in Cajun Music and Dance|first1=Charles J.|last1=Stivale|date=June 26, 2003|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0822330202}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
{{music ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="auto"/>
|rev2 = ''[The Baltimore Sun](/source/The_Baltimore_Sun)''
|rev2score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="BS">{{cite news |title=Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie La Chanson Perdue |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=17 Sep 1998 |department=LIV |page=12}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide](/source/MusicHound)''
|rev4score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide |date=2000 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=210}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[Orlando Sentinel](/source/Orlando_Sentinel)''
|rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name=OS>{{cite news |last1=Gettelman |first1=Parry |title=Zydeco Master Favors Tradition |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=11 Sep 1998 |department=Calendar |page=12}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Blues_Recordings)''
|rev6score = {{rating|4|4}}<ref name="PG">{{cite book |title=The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings |date=2006 |publisher=Penguin Books |page=161}}</ref>
}}
''[The Province](/source/The_Province)'' deemed the album "edgy and raw with all the moonshine-fuelled fire of a jam session at a back-porch crawfish boil."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Derdeyn |first1=Stuart |title=Cajun/Zydeco Music |work=The Province |date=20 Aug 1998 |page=B9}}</ref> The ''[Orlando Sentinel](/source/Orlando_Sentinel)'' noted that "Delafose is not a commanding singer, but his simple, unadorned vocals are full of the restrained longing that infuses the old Cajun and Creole tunes."<ref name=OS/>

''[The Baltimore Sun](/source/The_Baltimore_Sun)'' wrote that, "in Creole and Cajun French, accordionist Delafose pines away for lost love, launches lilting waltzes and kicks back with an irresistible dance beat."<ref name=BS/> ''[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)'' determined that Delafose, "perhaps zydeco's ultimate neo-traditionalist, borrows heavily from the Cajun repertoire and forges a distinctive approach that is at once rhythmic and romantic."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Havighurst |first1=Craig |title=Zydeco Picks Up the Beat |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=19 Apr 1999 |page=A20}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = 
| title1 = Je Va's Jamais la Voir Encore (I'll Never See Her Again)
| length1 = 
| title2 = Bernadette
| length2 =
| title3 = 'Tite Monde (Little One)
| length3 = 
| title4 = Bon Soir Moreau (Goodnight Moreau)
| length4 = 
| title5 = Chère Ici, Chère là Bas (Dear One Here, Dear One There)
| length5 = 
| title6 = La Chanson Perdue (The Lost Song)
| length6 = 
| title7 = Une Autre Soir Ennuyante (Another Night Without You)
| length7 = 
| title8 = Mon Vrai Amour (My True Love)
| length8 = 
| title9 = Bayou Pon Pon
| length9 = 
| title10 = I Want It All
| length10 = 
| title11 = Double D Two Step
| length11 = 
| title12 = Valse de Opelousas (Opelousas Waltz)
| length12 = 
| title13 = 'Quo Faire/Jolie Bassette (What to Do?/Pretty Bassette)
| length13 = 
| title14 = 'Tits Yeux Noirs (Little Dark Eyes)
| length14 = 
| title15 = [Save the Last Dance for Me](/source/Save_the_Last_Dance_for_Me)
| length15 = 
}}

==References==
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