00:00 Love Will Tear Us Apart 03:16 Just Can't Get Enough 06:27 In A Manner Of Speaking 10:25 Guns Of Brixton 14:32 This is not a Love Song 18:20 Too Drunk to F -- Does YT censor comments? 20:37 Marian 24:30 Making Plans for Nigel 28:04 A Forest 31:44 I Melt with You 35:45 Teenage Kicks 38:00 Psyche 42:12 Friday Night Saturday Morning
I saw these guys live 2 nights ago and I'm still buzzing from it. If you ever get the chance to see them, take it. So many different styles, such energy, and I can't remember the last time was that live music nearly moved me to tears but Melt with You did it. My only regret was that they didn't introduce themselves and I have no idea who the vocalists were...
In a Manner of Speaking is such a wonderful song. Using words to express that the love they feel for another person is beyond words is a frustration so poetically written.
When I first heard these songs on a jazz radio stream I wasn't really sure if I liked it………but after a while got these bossa nova arrangements of almost all of my old favorite new wave songs from my youth, a very unique charm. Especially the way of singing/speaking in this “French girl style” makes it something very special.
If you are here, welcome to the next evolution in your music journey. With great knowing that you have excuisite music tastes, comes greater need to explore farther. God speed explorer.
Dün kütüphanede karşılaştığımız çocuk bu şarkıyı dinliyordu kendisiyle ara ara bakıştık umarım bu arada karşılaşırız ayrıca teşekkür ederim sayende güzel bir sanatçı keşfettim.🖤😊
Adoro ouvi-los, pelo bom gosto da seleção de canções e o ritmo jazz bossa. Principalmente para relaxar e assimilar melhor meus estudos Acadêmicos em Filosofia e Pisicanalise. Além é claro de compartilhar com meus colegas aqui no Brazil. Thank you Nouvelle Vague.
De eso que entras a un 24 pensando en tus cosas y de repente reparas en que lo que suena es una maravilla, metes el Shazam y agradeces que pille al artista. Lo primero que haces al llegar a casa es ponerlo en el CZcams y te encanta lo que escuchas y ves, terminas cantando la canción, dándole al like, comentando y contento de haber descubierto esta maravilla en su primer día en la red. Revolución azul 💙💙💙
Love will tear us apart..great version..and the signature song is gorgeous but some of it...ugh...I just can't get enough...well I have...What does my opinion count though? Still in a manner of speaking it is a good album and please give me the words...the latter song makes me melt...Amy Winehouse would have loved you!
@@Mistar_JonesIt's way more than that, it's a really great taste selection of history of music. Performance with the heart. Either is making provocation or is really stupid 😂
After over listening the classics for 20+ years it is massively refreshing to hear the cool French new wave bossa nova sounds. I saved, subscribed, liked, and recommended! Thank you so much for your upload. You made me a NEWLY MINTED FAN of Nouvelle Vague! I will see them if they play live in USA, and buy the CD for massive stereo listening!
Nouvelle Vague - Nouvelle vague - -From Wikipedia - - Nouvelle Vague is the debut studio album by the French band Nouvelle Vague. It was first released on 9 August 2004 on Peacefrog Records. The album consists entirely of easy listening and bossa nova versions of songs that were written and recorded during the post-punk/new wave era. The band's name is a play on words, new wave and bossa nova being the literal translations, in English and Portuguese respectively, of the French phrase Nouvelle Vague, which is itself a reference to the French cinema movement of the 1950s and 1960s.The songs were recorded with female vocalists who had not previously heard the songs they would be covering. Background and production - - - Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux began work on the project in 2003, after Collin had the idea of covering Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in a bossa nova style.[3] Libaux later explained: "I met Marc Collin during the 90's, at a friend's place. Marc was the first musician I met in years who I could talk [to] about new wave music. For some reason, at the end of the 80's, punk and new wave music had turned into a sort of old-fashioned music, which nobody was talking about anymore. Meeting Marc, I could talk about The Stranglers, The Cure and The Sisters of Mercy again. We then have worked on a couple of albums he was producing ... Starting Nouvelle Vague was sounding obvious for us, as our ideas were matching, and the songs were happening well and quickly."[4] The album was produced and recorded over a period of eight months. Artwork - - - The Guardian included the album's artwork in a list of the ten "most beautiful sleeves of 2004".The newspaper wrote, "The band's covers feature sultry 1960s figures, the work of fashion designer Giles Deacon, with a self-consciously lo-fi feel."The album's art director was quoted explaining, "We were very anti-computer ... Each letter of the band's name was cut out by hand, but done so in a deliberately rigid manner, as a kind of whimsical nod to modernism." Release - - Nouvelle Vague peaked at number 69 on the French album charts, spending a total of 39 weeks in the top 200. The album also charted on Belgian album charts, peaking at number 100 in the Walloon chart and number 96 in the Flemish chart. In 2006, it was reported that the album had sold more than 200,000 copies worldwide. Nouvelle Vague received generally positive reviews. Pitchfork's reviewer wrote, "The supposed ignorance of the singers plays well for this record's lack of irony, a big part of what makes it succeed as a well-meaning, well-executed novelty." The Telegraph wrote, "Marc Collin and Oliver Libaux and their eight guest chanteuses transform these songs with such skill and sincerity to their Latin syncopation that each becomes altogether new and lovely." The Guardian's reviewer wrote, "Only a frisky samba romp through Depeche Mode's 'Just Can't Get Enough' flirts with kitsch. Elsewhere, familiar lyrics and arrangements are turned inside out to generate frosty menace (The Clash's 'Guns of Brixton'), giggly coquetry ('Too Drunk To Fuck' by the Dead Kennedys) or haunting languor (The Cure's 'A Forest', teeming with birdsong)." The more negative reviews take issue with the concept of the album itself. AllMusic's review begins: "The best compliment that can be paid to Nouvelle Vague's self-titled debut album: it isn't as arch and smirking as a collection of bossa nova versions of new wave classics by fetching French and Brazilian chanteuses would suggest." The NME gave the album a 1 out of 10 rating, writing, "the very concept of Nouvelle Vague - alternative '80s hits done in a deeply kitsch, sub-Bebel Gilberto sunset-samba style - is one that's so tired, so looooong past any imagined sell-by date that we're honestly astounded it exists." Several reviewers drew comparisons, both favourable and unfavourable, with an album of Kraftwerk covers recorded by the German musician Uwe Schmidt (also known as Señor Coconut), El Baile Alemán (2000). In 2015, The Telegraph named the album's cover of "Just Can't Get Enough" in a list of the "50 best covers" Track listing No. Title Writer(s) Original artist Length 1. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" Ian CurtisPeter HookStephen MorrisBernard Sumner Joy Division 3:18 2. "Just Can't Get Enough" Vince Clarke Depeche Mode 3:07 3. "In a Manner of Speaking" Winston Tong Tuxedomoon 3:58 4. "Guns of Brixton" Paul Simonon The Clash 4:06 5. "This Is Not a Love Song" John LydonKeith LeveneMartin Atkins Public Image Ltd 3:47 6. "Too Drunk to Fuck" (omitted on US editions) Jello Biafra Dead Kennedys 2:16 7. "Marian" Andrew EldritchWayne Hussey The Sisters of Mercy 3:53 8. "Making Plans for Nigel" Colin Moulding XTC 3:32 9. "A Forest" Robert SmithSimon GallupMatthieu HartleyLol Tolhurst The Cure 3:39 10. "I Melt with You" Robbie GreyGary McDowellStephen WalkerRichard BrownMichael Conroy Modern English 4:00 11. "Teenage Kicks" John O'Neill The Undertones 2:13 12. "Psyche" Jaz ColemanMartin GloverPaul RavenGeordie Walker Killing Joke 4:12 13. "Friday Night Saturday Morning" Terry Hall The Specials 4:22 Special edition bonus tracks No. Title Writer(s) Original artist Length 14. "Sorry for Laughing" Paul HaigMalcolm Ross Josef K 3:09 15. "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" Mike ScoreAli ScoreFrank MaudsleyPaul Reynolds A Flock of Seagulls 2:42 Personnel------ Nouvelle Vague--- Marc Collin - keyboards, programming, arrangement, production, mixing Olivier Libaux - bass, guitar, keyboards, arrangement, production, mixing Vocalists--- Eloisia - vocals ("Love Will Tear Us Apart" and "Just Can't Get Enough") Camille - vocals ("In a Manner of Speaking", "Guns of Brixton", "Too Drunk to Fuck" and "Making Plans for Nigel") Mélanie Pain - vocals ("This Is Not a Love Song" and "Teenage Kicks") Alex - vocals ("Marian") Marina Céleste - vocals ("A Forest" and "Sorry for Laughing") Silja - vocals ("I Melt with You" and "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)") Sir Alice - vocals ("Psyche") Daniella D'Ambrosio - vocals ("Friday Night Saturday Morning") Additional personnel Nicolas Deutsch - double bass (Tracks 1-4)
did these people already do a collaboration with Die Antwoord? Or is that out of the question? I mean i can think of some other acts that could be fun. But i am a bit busy atm.
![Nouvelle Vague - 3 [Full Album]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8B3WPDtIWlE/mqdefault.jpg)
00:00 Love Will Tear Us Apart
03:16 Just Can't Get Enough
06:27 In A Manner Of Speaking
10:25 Guns Of Brixton
14:32 This is not a Love Song
18:20 Too Drunk to F -- Does YT censor comments?
20:37 Marian
24:30 Making Plans for Nigel
28:04 A Forest
31:44 I Melt with You
35:45 Teenage Kicks
38:00 Psyche
42:12 Friday Night Saturday Morning
I saw these guys live 2 nights ago and I'm still buzzing from it. If you ever get the chance to see them, take it. So many different styles, such energy, and I can't remember the last time was that live music nearly moved me to tears but Melt with You did it. My only regret was that they didn't introduce themselves and I have no idea who the vocalists were...
Marine Quemere and Alonya (Sanice a Sloane) Yes they are fantastic
@@davidisaac7730 About 5 seconds after posting that the next video in line was of them live with their names!
My need for a wood block has grown ...
Not asap.
Mais on s'en branle de ta vie ! Mdr
In a Manner of Speaking is such a wonderful song. Using words to express that the love they feel for another person is beyond words is a frustration so poetically written.
My generation’s version of easy listening, I hate to say it but I love it!
Listening To this album with my love in a car while raining, it’s beautiful
So cute, sweet🦋☔
❤+❤️...=❤️🌹🙏🏻
Toi aussi on s'en branle de ta vie !
So in love with her voice!
When I first heard these songs on a jazz radio stream I wasn't really sure if I liked it………but after a while got these bossa nova arrangements of almost all of my old favorite new wave songs from my youth, a very unique charm. Especially the way of singing/speaking in this “French girl style” makes it something very special.
The first time I heard Nouvelle Vague was on a playlist...
Heart of Glass.
If you are here, welcome to the next evolution in your music journey. With great knowing that you have excuisite music tastes, comes greater need to explore farther.
God speed explorer.
Well it's an interesting starting position for a future musical journey from here on… but it's not thaaat extraordinary…
yes to this comment.
Well, I didn;'t expect this...all my favourite alternative and punk songs done like cabaret music. Its different.
Bossanova ❤
@@HalleLuya-rs1jqin a manner of speaking😊
Jut found about this jewel... awesome music! Huge hugs from Costa Rica!!!!
thanx some of the voices is me age 4 i hate hooks
u know with the right diet i might can repeat the voice but no hooks :D
Oh shi.. I listened to this like 8-9 years ago and accidentally found this now what a turnback to good ol' days
WOW!! I'm LOVING this jazzy sound, feel 😁!! I just stumbled upon it, and it's 'LOVE💘, AT FIRST LISTEN'!!
Dün kütüphanede karşılaştığımız çocuk bu şarkıyı dinliyordu kendisiyle ara ara bakıştık umarım bu arada karşılaşırız ayrıca teşekkür ederim sayende güzel bir sanatçı keşfettim.🖤😊
Adoro ouvi-los, pelo bom gosto da seleção de canções e o ritmo jazz bossa. Principalmente para relaxar e assimilar melhor meus estudos Acadêmicos em Filosofia e Pisicanalise.
Além é claro de compartilhar com meus colegas aqui no Brazil.
Thank you Nouvelle Vague.
Geniale!!! XTC, Cure, Joy Division, Sisters of Mercy, Clash, Sex Pistols, PIL, Dead Kennedys... Fantastiche versioni!
plus Modern English - a very underrated band
there is no Sex Pistols song on this album
A clever and exquisite mix of 60's pop.
De eso que entras a un 24 pensando en tus cosas y de repente reparas en que lo que suena es una maravilla, metes el Shazam y agradeces que pille al artista. Lo primero que haces al llegar a casa es ponerlo en el CZcams y te encanta lo que escuchas y ves, terminas cantando la canción, dándole al like, comentando y contento de haber descubierto esta maravilla en su primer día en la red. Revolución azul 💙💙💙
Love will tear us apart..great version..and the signature song is gorgeous but some of it...ugh...I just can't get enough...well I have...What does my opinion count though? Still in a manner of speaking it is a good album and please give me the words...the latter song makes me melt...Amy Winehouse would have loved you!
I agree
Kadının sesi hem çok tatlı hem sofistike.. dinlerken tatlılığından ağlayabilirim :'(
Verdad que si? Es un deleite escuchar su voz 😋👌😍
Good or bad?
@Maru Maru, youre words sound like a whispering Angel.
Thank you
Namaste
Love from Brazil❤️
Merveilleux.....❤
Давайте без лишних слов ПРЕВОСХОДНО ...🙏🌹💕
Bossa nova vibes
Love this song, love this singer! 😊
What song? It's an entire album...
@@Mistar_JonesIt's way more than that, it's a really great taste selection of history of music. Performance with the heart. Either is making provocation or is really stupid 😂
Love and respect can be a high powered coctail.
From korea this album is awesome
Tak, chba od tego glosu sie Wami zarazilam - i wcale nie zaluje - bo to cudne - oby tak dalej !!!
< 3
20:39 the best
did not expected depeche mode
That was a surprise, fantastic remakes………
The Clash and Joy Division too!
Депеш мод перепели бесподобно - лучшие каверы!)
best album ever!!!!
정말 좋은 앨범.
Ahhh, the memories. Life was pretty different back then.
=One Love=
-A
Man, this is too good to be true
rite!
my favourites are just cant get enough and friday night saturday morning
After over listening the classics for 20+ years it is massively refreshing to hear the cool French new wave bossa nova sounds. I saved, subscribed, liked, and recommended! Thank you so much for your upload. You made me a NEWLY MINTED FAN of Nouvelle Vague! I will see them if they play live in USA, and buy the CD for massive stereo listening!
plot twist: you could've also listened to Nouvelle Vague for almost two decades now…
@@landwirtschaft2116 Yes. That's why my story is a tragedy. I missed out! But, at least the ending is happy, I have them now!
Also, I can't math, some of the originals are now 40 years, lol, I am OLD NOW!
some sterlings songs covered on here. Lovely.
Me encanta su voz 😍 me.coloca en un estado taaaaan apaciguado y disfruto mucho su música, y más por qué sigue siendo punk rock y two tone special 👌
Punk rock? para nada, es de un estilo más del bossa nova y del jazz
@@toruwatanabe879 ele está brincando rsrs
Super musica❤❤❤
Nouvelle Vague - Nouvelle vague - -From Wikipedia - -
Nouvelle Vague is the debut studio album by the French band Nouvelle Vague. It was first released on 9 August 2004 on Peacefrog Records.
The album consists entirely of easy listening and bossa nova versions of songs that were written and recorded during the post-punk/new wave era. The band's name is a play on words, new wave and bossa nova being the literal translations, in English and Portuguese respectively, of the French phrase Nouvelle Vague, which is itself a reference to the French cinema movement of the 1950s and 1960s.The songs were recorded with female vocalists who had not previously heard the songs they would be covering.
Background and production - - -
Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux began work on the project in 2003, after Collin had the idea of covering Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in a bossa nova style.[3] Libaux later explained: "I met Marc Collin during the 90's, at a friend's place. Marc was the first musician I met in years who I could talk [to] about new wave music. For some reason, at the end of the 80's, punk and new wave music had turned into a sort of old-fashioned music, which nobody was talking about anymore. Meeting Marc, I could talk about The Stranglers, The Cure and The Sisters of Mercy again. We then have worked on a couple of albums he was producing ... Starting Nouvelle Vague was sounding obvious for us, as our ideas were matching, and the songs were happening well and quickly."[4] The album was produced and recorded over a period of eight months.
Artwork - - -
The Guardian included the album's artwork in a list of the ten "most beautiful sleeves of 2004".The newspaper wrote, "The band's covers feature sultry 1960s figures, the work of fashion designer Giles Deacon, with a self-consciously lo-fi feel."The album's art director was quoted explaining, "We were very anti-computer ... Each letter of the band's name was cut out by hand, but done so in a deliberately rigid manner, as a kind of whimsical nod to modernism."
Release - -
Nouvelle Vague peaked at number 69 on the French album charts, spending a total of 39 weeks in the top 200. The album also charted on Belgian album charts, peaking at number 100 in the Walloon chart and number 96 in the Flemish chart. In 2006, it was reported that the album had sold more than 200,000 copies worldwide.
Nouvelle Vague received generally positive reviews. Pitchfork's reviewer wrote, "The supposed ignorance of the singers plays well for this record's lack of irony, a big part of what makes it succeed as a well-meaning, well-executed novelty." The Telegraph wrote, "Marc Collin and Oliver Libaux and their eight guest chanteuses transform these songs with such skill and sincerity to their Latin syncopation that each becomes altogether new and lovely." The Guardian's reviewer wrote, "Only a frisky samba romp through Depeche Mode's 'Just Can't Get Enough' flirts with kitsch. Elsewhere, familiar lyrics and arrangements are turned inside out to generate frosty menace (The Clash's 'Guns of Brixton'), giggly coquetry ('Too Drunk To Fuck' by the Dead Kennedys) or haunting languor (The Cure's 'A Forest', teeming with birdsong)."
The more negative reviews take issue with the concept of the album itself. AllMusic's review begins: "The best compliment that can be paid to Nouvelle Vague's self-titled debut album: it isn't as arch and smirking as a collection of bossa nova versions of new wave classics by fetching French and Brazilian chanteuses would suggest." The NME gave the album a 1 out of 10 rating, writing, "the very concept of Nouvelle Vague - alternative '80s hits done in a deeply kitsch, sub-Bebel Gilberto sunset-samba style - is one that's so tired, so looooong past any imagined sell-by date that we're honestly astounded it exists." Several reviewers drew comparisons, both favourable and unfavourable, with an album of Kraftwerk covers recorded by the German musician Uwe Schmidt (also known as Señor Coconut), El Baile Alemán (2000).
In 2015, The Telegraph named the album's cover of "Just Can't Get Enough" in a list of the "50 best covers"
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Original artist Length
1. "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Ian CurtisPeter HookStephen MorrisBernard Sumner
Joy Division 3:18
2. "Just Can't Get Enough" Vince Clarke Depeche Mode 3:07
3. "In a Manner of Speaking" Winston Tong Tuxedomoon 3:58
4. "Guns of Brixton" Paul Simonon The Clash 4:06
5. "This Is Not a Love Song"
John LydonKeith LeveneMartin Atkins
Public Image Ltd 3:47
6. "Too Drunk to Fuck" (omitted on US editions) Jello Biafra Dead Kennedys 2:16
7. "Marian"
Andrew EldritchWayne Hussey
The Sisters of Mercy 3:53
8. "Making Plans for Nigel" Colin Moulding XTC 3:32
9. "A Forest"
Robert SmithSimon GallupMatthieu HartleyLol Tolhurst
The Cure 3:39
10. "I Melt with You"
Robbie GreyGary McDowellStephen WalkerRichard BrownMichael Conroy
Modern English 4:00
11. "Teenage Kicks" John O'Neill The Undertones 2:13
12. "Psyche"
Jaz ColemanMartin GloverPaul RavenGeordie Walker
Killing Joke 4:12
13. "Friday Night Saturday Morning" Terry Hall The Specials 4:22
Special edition bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Original artist Length
14. "Sorry for Laughing"
Paul HaigMalcolm Ross
Josef K 3:09
15. "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)"
Mike ScoreAli ScoreFrank MaudsleyPaul Reynolds
A Flock of Seagulls 2:42
Personnel------
Nouvelle Vague---
Marc Collin - keyboards, programming, arrangement, production, mixing
Olivier Libaux - bass, guitar, keyboards, arrangement, production, mixing
Vocalists---
Eloisia - vocals ("Love Will Tear Us Apart" and "Just Can't Get Enough")
Camille - vocals ("In a Manner of Speaking", "Guns of Brixton", "Too Drunk to Fuck" and "Making Plans for Nigel")
Mélanie Pain - vocals ("This Is Not a Love Song" and "Teenage Kicks")
Alex - vocals ("Marian")
Marina Céleste - vocals ("A Forest" and "Sorry for Laughing")
Silja - vocals ("I Melt with You" and "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)")
Sir Alice - vocals ("Psyche")
Daniella D'Ambrosio - vocals ("Friday Night Saturday Morning")
Additional personnel
Nicolas Deutsch - double bass (Tracks 1-4)
6:25 gives chiils sown the spin and byond . Each n every time tnx for a magic song and album as hall
Davvero molto bello... complimenti
Grande sound molto elegante. Belle le voci delle due interpreti
Camille eccezionale in Gus of Brixton e Melanie in In a Manner Speaking
Good songs……….. cool mood sounds
N.V. Make me a Better person ,Gracias mi 💜
me fascinaaa
Still amazing.
Now that is what it is all about. Great Work!!!!
Fantastic!
yes pls
Fallait oser... Merci de l'avoir fait
Came here because it's a lovely backdrop music for the tiny cottage house. Gardens bigger but no nouvelle vague on speakers.
O
very chill 60's type vibe I got.. pairs nicely with few bowls of Sapphire OG and a homemade omelette!
worth clicking just for the joy division cover (track one)
je comprend pas que je decouvre ce super groupe que aujourd'hui
the best of the best!!!!
these work good 2 semi towns down. happies ^^
Бесконечно милая Лю-Лю! Я так мечтаю услышать это тет-а-тет. Кое-что пропою и я...
Thank you ❤
Dziekuje!
Amazing!
C'eqt charmant, bravo les filles ! Merci de me charmer
Album bellissimo! Da Domeniche mattine pigre...
. you re the best!
Nice.
Nice.
Comment so nice, you did it twice.
Merci pour la musique ! J'adore votre style ❤ vous faites les concerts a Bordeaux ?
Une version lounge de "Too Drunk to Fuck" ça c'est balaise ! respect.
Meisterwerk!
Great so much!
Благодарю.
Sou brasileiro, mas admiro muito os jogadores Argentinos.
E daí?
Argentina papá 🥳
Eu prefiro as argentinas. Agora fico nesta torturante dúvida existencial: serei homofóbico?
@@zem8548 una question, muy muy preferente
find the original nouvelle vague, their love will tear us apart is god!
Native IndiaNs Here In The FAmilies Game Shows........here i am among trees of Nature.......and girls gone Rightly
I love how how sounds in French " too drunk to love".
❤❤❤
yessss
Went to a party
I danced all night
I drank 16 beers and I started up a fight
To drunk to f... 🥃🥃🍺🍺🍷🍷🍷
did these people already do a collaboration with Die Antwoord? Or is that out of the question?
I mean i can think of some other acts that could be fun. But i am a bit busy atm.
Bella
Wieso nicht etwas von Duran, Duran zb. Wild Boys??? Na probierst doch!? ❤🌻🥀 Yes, is good!
IWatch
Kwaidanrecords
fine
Wauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
the back up band nails it.
Came here to listen to more songs from loving " in a matter of speaking" from newness movie
las amo
4, 5, 7, 8, 12
ian never sounded so good
Mi nuevo album para andar en bicicleta es este :-DDDDDDD
Better than the originals. Superb.
Too drunk to fuck is a Dead Kennedy's song, I LOVE IT
You make me feel like ,smoking weed with Erick Satie ,mercy.😘😘😘😘
I absolutely agree with you 💜
A Forest !!! OO
Right??!!!! Does something quietly good and magical for the brain. . .
"Quando sto creando un piatto, penso alla musica francese un po' strana"
Niceee
31:46
"I Melt With You" sounds a bit like Hope Sandoval.
Where did the mashup videos go?
nicely mixed, are they all covers?
Yes, they are. All sung by women who didn't know the original versions. If I remember right, it's more than one woman singing on this wonderful album.