Je dis aime

Je dis aime (1999) is the second studio album by French singer-songwriter Matthieu Chedid, in his persona as -M-, described by reviewers as a "conceptual icon to rival Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane". The album manages to take a remarkable variety of musical directions and pull them together into a consistent whole. Another reviewer describes the album as sounding like a 'French Lenny Kravitz' and notes the 'vintage 70s sound and textures'.

Wordplay
Je dis aime is a play on words in French as 'aime' (love) is pronounced exactly the same as '-M-'. Many of the tracks use similar word play as is common in French songs but particularly rich in -M-'s work.

Track listing

 * 1) Monde virtuel
 * 2) Je dis aime (written by Andrée Chedid, -M-'s famous grandmother)
 * 3) Onde sensuelle
 * 4) À celle qui dure
 * 5) Faut oublier
 * 6) Le Festival de connes (pokes fun at the pretentiousness of the Cannes film festival changing Cannes to connes – i.e. idiots)
 * 7) Le Mec hamac
 * 8) Close to Me (loosely a cover of the song by The Cure but using only one line in English from the original)
 * 9) Émilie 1000 Volts (salsa flavoured track)
 * 10) Qui est le plus fragile
 * 11) Le Complexe du corn flakes
 * 12) Au lieu du crime
 * 13) Bonoboo (written by Andrée Chedid, the song refers to a type of pygmy chimpanzee that shares over 98% of its DNA with humans)
 * 14) Le Commun des motels
 * 15) Mama Sam (Mama Sam as compared to Uncle Sam. Spot some of the punning like Nike for Nique)