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Au nord de notre vie (In the North of Our Lives) is an album by CANO, released in 1977.[1][2] It was the band's second album and its last with founding member André Paiement.

Au nord de notre vie
Studio album by CANO
Released	1977
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	45:24
Label	A&M
Producer	Don Oriolo
CANO chronology
Tous dans l'même bateau (1976) Au nord de notre vie (1977) Eclipse (1978)

The album's centrepiece track was a suite of three poems by writer Robert Dickson, including the poem that gave the album its title.[2]

The 1980 National Film Board documentary, Cano - notes sur une expérience collective, documents the recording of this album and highlights each member in the studio.[3][4]

Track listing

1. "Che-Zeebe" (3:33) - (Rachel Paiement, Marcel Aymar)
2. "Automne" (4:37) - (Aymar)
3. "À la poursuite du nord (Suite)" (10:55)
   (a) "Au nord de notre vie" - (Robert Dickson, Michel Kendel, A. Paiement, R. Paiement)
   (b) "En mouvement" - (Robert Dickson, J. Doerr, R. Paiement)
   (c) "Viens suivre" - (Dickson, David Burt)
4. "La Première fois" (4:41) - (A. Paiement)
5. "Mon pays" (12:10) - (A. Paiement, Burt, Kendel, John Doerr, Wasyl Kohut)
6. "Frère Jacques" (3:22) - (trad. arr. Burt)
7. "Spirit of the North" (5:59) - (Kohut)

Personnel

• Marcel Aymar - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
• David C. Burt - electric guitar, vocals
• Michel Dasti - percussion
• John Doerr - electric bass, synthesizer
• Michel Kendel - piano, synthesizer, vocals
• Wasyl Kohut - violins
• Rachel Paiement - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
• André Paiement vocals, acoustic guitar, electric bass, percussion
• Kim Deschamps - dobro
• Monique Paiement - flute, vocals
• Matt Zimbel - percussion
• Alison Reynolds - cello
• Rick Francis - guitar
• Don Oriolo - producer
• Ed Stasium - recording engineer

References

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