Alertez les bébés !

Alertez les bébés !
Studio album by Jacques Higelin
Released	1976
Recorded	August 1976 at Studios Ferber and in a particular house
Genre	French rock
Length	46:21
Label	Pathé Marconi/EMI
Producer	Thierry Vincent
Jacques Higelin chronology
Irradié (1976) Alertez les bébés ! (1976) 15 chansons d'avant le déluge, suite et fin (1976)

Alertez les bébés ! is the sixth album by French rock singer Jacques Higelin, released in 1976. The album is named after the central song on the album, a ten-minute long track, written quickly in a feverish state by the singer, with the recording being made live in one take.^[1]

Critical reception

The album received the Grand Prix du Disque de l'Académie Charles Cros. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named it the 29th greatest French rock album.^[2]

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Le Minimum"	Jacques Higelin	5:32
2.	"Géant Jones"	Higelin	4:56
3.	"La Rousse au chocolat"	Higelin	3:42
4.	"Je veux cette fille"	Higelin	2:48
5.	"J'suis qu'un grain de poussière"	Higelin	4:05

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Aujourd'hui la crise !"	Higelin	4:20
7.	"Rien"	Higelin	4:45
8.	"Coup de blues"	Higelin	4:13
9.	"Alertez les bébés !"	Higelin	10:10
10.	"Demain ça s'ra vachement mieux"	Higelin	1:50

Personnel

Musicians

• Pierre Chérèze: electric guitar, lead guitar, rhythm guitar
• Christian Leroux: electric guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic lead guitar
• Jacky Thomas: bass guitar
• Michel Santangelli: drums, tambourine, mandocello
• Jacques Higelin: vocals, keyboards, piano
• Danielle Bartholetti, Françoise Walle: background vocals
• Stéphane Vilar: brass

Production

• Paul Semama: recording, mixing
• Thierry Vincent: production

References

1. "Ce que le temps a donné à l'homme". Arte.tv.
2. Rolling Stone, n°18, February 2010.