The fourty-third album: #43 Jacques Brel - Olympia 64
Another live album, this time from Jacques Brel, whose type of music hasn't really featured on this list yet. I've come across some of these on the songs list anyway, and as an album it doesn't lose its impact. The impressive boldness and size wear down after the first song, but considering all that really grabs you here is Jacques Brel's voice - the piano and harmonica are present, but only in a subdued way - it really is quite impressive what he accomplishes. I realise we heard it more often in the past, but with the album list, and its current focus on rock and jazz, as well as big band music before, it realy stands out now.
The live part of the show doesn't really factor into it - the audience isn't heard much - but the echoes and different sound quality that comes in because of it does, sounding a lot better than a sterile studio environment would. It feels like it needs to sound a bit sloppy, with this background echo and less perfect sound, and that enhances the songs on its own.