Album lore

Aimer d’amour, issued in 1978 by UNIDISC MUSIC INC., assembles Boule Noire’s distinctive blend of chanson québécoise with touches of soul, funk, and lounge. The album’s seventeen tracks navigate a pop-inflected terrain, rooted in the cultural milieu of Québec’s late 1970s music scene. The title track, “Aimer d’amour,” exemplifies this fusion with its smooth grooves and French-language lyricism, a signal of Boule Noire’s place in the region’s evolving rock and pop canon.Though not widely known beyond niche circles, the album has accrued modest recognition, tallying over 7,000 listeners and 32,000 scrobbles on Last.fm, a testament to its enduring resonance among crate-diggers and francophone music aficionados. The record’s blend of funk rhythms and chanson sensibilities makes it a subtle artifact for those tracing the lineage of Québec’s pop and soul cross-pollinations during this period.

Album lore

Aimer d’amour, issued in 1978 by UNIDISC MUSIC INC., assembles Boule Noire’s distinctive blend of chanson québécoise with touches of soul, funk, and lounge. The album’s seventeen tracks navigate a pop-inflected terrain, rooted in the cultural milieu of Québec’s late 1970s music scene. The title track, “Aimer d’amour,” exemplifies this fusion with its smooth grooves and French-language lyricism, a signal of Boule Noire’s place in the region’s evolving rock and pop canon.Though not widely known beyond niche circles, the album has accrued modest recognition, tallying over 7,000 listeners and 32,000 scrobbles on Last.fm, a testament to its enduring resonance among crate-diggers and francophone music aficionados. The record’s blend of funk rhythms and chanson sensibilities makes it a subtle artifact for those tracing the lineage of Québec’s pop and soul cross-pollinations during this period.