Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions. The problem seems to be one of locating the Frenchness in rock music at this stage: where early albums like The No Comprendo brought a Gallic cabaret melody to spiky guitar riffs, Varity cannot marry these two aspects of the Ritas style. This is a shame, as Ringers voice is still one of the most wonderful in pop music, but the pizzazz of the duo appears to be missing. Overall, this is a ragbag of decent and subpar songs with no uniformity of purpose, lacking the urgency and sheer oddity of their best work.īut even these songs cannot rescue the album from the disappointment it provokes. The answer may be that they have lost it: tracks like the jokily named Berceuse (Lullaby), with its squall of electric guitar and belligerent chorus, and Terminal Beauty, where Ringer trades overblown vocals with System of a Downs Serj Tankian, never stray from middle-of-the-road rock.

Harmonica also features in Communiqueur dAmour, the second song, which is nearly indistinguishable from the first - and the listener begins to wonder what became of Les Rita Mitsoukos restless innovation. It is a terrific song, but one that sets a standard the rest of the album doesnt meet.

Les rita mitsouko no comprendo rar