Merci (album)
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Merci is a studio album by French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 progressive rock
Progressive rock
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 group Magma
Magma (band)
Magma is a French progressive rock band founded in Paris in 1969 by classically trained drummer Christian Vander, who claimed as his inspiration a "vision of humanity's spiritual and ecological future" that profoundly disturbed him. In the course of their first album, the band tells the story of a...

. It was released in 1984. (See 1984 in music
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). It is usually regarded by fans as one of Magma's less successful releases. It was originally released on Jaro
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, and later reissued on Seventh.

Side One

  1. "Call From The Dark (Ooh Ooh Baby)" - 7:20 (C. Vander, J. Dassin, R. Dassin)
  2. "Otis" - 5:20 (C. Vander)
  3. "Do The Music" - 4:25 (C. Vander)
  4. "Otis (Ending)" - 1:32 (C. Vander)

Side two

  1. "I Must Return" - 6:32 (C. Vander, J. Dassin, R. Dassin)
  2. "Eliphas Levi" - 11:15 (R. Garber)
  3. "The Night We Died" - 3:40 (C. Vander)

Personnel

  • Christian Vander
    Christian Vander (musician)
    Christian Vander is a French drummer, musician, and founder of the band Magma. Besides his work with Magma, he has also performed solo, with the Christian Vander Trio and Christian Vander Quartet, and in Offering....

      - Vocals, Piano, Celeste, Keyboards, Percussion
  • Stella Vander
    Stella Vander
    Stella Vander is a French singer and musician.-Early years:Born in Paris into a family of Polish immigrants, she began writing music in the early sixties together with her uncle Maurice Chorenslup. Their songs were parodies of the Yé-yé style that was popular at the time...

     - Vocals
  • Guy Khalifa - Vocals
  • Benoit Widemann - Synthesizer
  • Francois Laizeau - Drums, Drum Programming
  • Marc Eliard - Bass
  • Liza Deluxe - Backing Vocals
  • Simon Goubert - Synthesizer (1, 3)
  • Phillipe Slominski - Trumpet (1, 3, 4)
  • Christian Martinez
    Christian Martínez
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     - Trumpet (1, 4)
  • Michel Goldberg - Saxophone (1, 3)
  • Freddy Opsepian - Trumpet (2)
  • Christian Guizen - Trombone (2)
  • Alex Ferrand - Vocals (3)
  • Jean Luc Chevalier - Guitar (3)
  • Patrick Gauthier - Synthesizer (3)
  • Paul Bayle - Saxophone (3)
  • Denis LeLoup - Trombone (3, 4)
  • Arrigo Lorenzi - Soprano Sax (3)
  • Maria Popkiewicz - Backing Vocals (4)
  • Jerome Naulay - Trombone (4)
  • Zaka
    Zaka
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     - Percussion (4)
  • Michel Graillier
    Michel Graillier
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     - Rhodes Piano (5)
  • Camille Lievaux - Back Cover Photo
  • Jean-Loup Morette - Assistant
  • Jean-Paul Fenneteau - Front & Inside
  • Stella Vander
    Stella Vander
    Stella Vander is a French singer and musician.-Early years:Born in Paris into a family of Polish immigrants, she began writing music in the early sixties together with her uncle Maurice Chorenslup. Their songs were parodies of the Yé-yé style that was popular at the time...

     - Engineer
  • Francis Linon - Engineer
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