The first single, Le jour après la fin du monde echoes the same message of hope as the hit that kicked off his career, Parce qu’on vient de loin. It sets the tone for the songs that follow, which almost exclusively focus on love set to a backdrop of r'n'b. They are the ditties of a happy young father and one of them is dedicated to his son, Merik (Tout ce que tu pourras).

Le jour après la fin du monde Corneille (WAGRAM / DR) 2011 Listen

It’s a shame that the first tracks on the album aren’t its best, since all are worth a listen. Corneille dares to shake up some surprising cocktails. The couplets in Des pères, des hommes et des frères have a Daniel Balavoine edge to them in the groovy chorus sung in a duet with La Fouine. Despite some cringing blunders during the sixteen bars of rap flow (it’s glaringly obvious that the lyrics were written in one go), the pairing works pretty well.
Still in the hip hop department is Le Meilleur du Monde, the singer’s first attempt with TLF released last winter. Soprano also lends his voice in Au bout de nos peines, set to some guitar work by Lokua Kanza, the Congolese musician with whom Corneille sang the duet Plus vivant in 2005 and who also features on Les Inséparables.

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What really makes the album, though, is the verve that Corneille infuses into his music (Le bar des sentimentalistes, Tous les deux), and his love songs. Tracks like the reggae-style Dis-moi que tu m’aimes on a couple’s daily quarrels, and the swinging Mâle de cœur with its declaration of love, draw you in an keep you hooked, like a last long siesta before the onset of winter.

Corneille Les Inséparables (Wagram) 2011
Playing live at the Bataclan in Paris on 15 February 2012