Ruth- Polaroïd/Roman/Photo LP
Ruth were an incredibly short lived French synth/coldwave project, combining the efforts of solo artist Thierry Müller and members Philippe Doray and Ruth Ellyeri. The band formed in the mid-80s and released one full-length lp, 1985’s Polaroïd/Roman/Photo before parting ways. Müller would explore graphic arts and soon after would continue his solo work and form a new synth/experimental project entitled Ilitch, which is still active to this day.
In 2007, two early Ruth recordings were uncovered and released as a lone 7”, expanding their scant discography. Since its release, the title track has been compiled several times over on various French wave discs, bringing Ruth’s semi-obscurity to a head as a classic of the genre. A subsequent re-release of their debut album on CD through Fractal Records (sadly out of print at this point) compiled a handful of exclusive remixes, all of which are included with today’s download. Without any further ado, the details:
Ruth- Polaroïd/Roman/Photo LP
1. Thriller
2. Polaroïd/Roman/Photo
3. She Brings The Rain
4. Misty Mouse
5. Mabelle
6. Mots
7. Tu M’Ennuies
8. Polaroïd/Roman/Photo (Cotton Wool Mix, 1984)
9. Sans Mots (L’Orchestre Inachevé, Remix 2001)
10. Polaroïd/Roman/Photo (Instrumental First Mix, 1982)
*LINK REMOVED*— purchase reissues from:
Angular (LP)
Infrastition (CD)
For some further information on Ruth, but moreso to learn more about Thierry Müller’s current work with Ilitch, click below:
March 14, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Oh, wow! Thank you for this! I’ve been combing your blog lately, something I should have been doing for a long time. Needless to say, I have a lot of hunting for records/purchasing to do.
Great stuff!
March 15, 2008 at 6:11 am
Really thanks for this album. Great Blog !
Greetings.
March 16, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Holy shit, this is awesome!!
March 17, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Wow!
Thanks so much for this! I’ve been waiting years to hear this. You ARE the man.
dan
April 12, 2008 at 2:20 pm
I live in France but never heard about his band. Rather good !
Thanks for sharing.
October 7, 2008 at 2:33 pm
A Ruth Polaroid/Roman/Photo re-issue
is now available trough French label
http://www.infrastition.com. At last!
October 23, 2008 at 12:09 pm
hello! the link does not work, i think there s something wrong with zshare. Can you , please, reupload this? Thank you
October 23, 2008 at 4:31 pm
hey, thank you, you reuploaded it! how rapid was that! keep up the good work 🙂
July 10, 2009 at 8:19 am
a shot in the dark, but could anyone translate this song for me?
July 12, 2009 at 8:33 am
hello, thanks for the album.
sorry I couldn't translate the words in the song "polaroid roman photo" : very difficult because there are "puns".
Words concerning photography but they can have another meaning (light sensitive / sensitive girl) things like that.
"sage comme une image" litteraly means "as well behaved as a picture"… it makes sense in french only. english would say "to be as good as gold"…
hope it helps
October 29, 2009 at 7:43 pm
file not found =(
can you please upload?
October 29, 2009 at 10:54 pm
hello any chance for a reup??
thanks lucky cloud /sanitymuffins
October 30, 2009 at 4:21 am
sorted and reuploaded! don't forget about the reissue folks, if you can get your hands on a copy via infrastition!
January 27, 2010 at 1:35 am
Thank you so much! This is such a treasured record! I wish I could have the original again with the booklet but even like this you made me very happy! All the best to you!
February 25, 2010 at 9:41 am
Great! Thanks!
March 5, 2010 at 5:59 am
thanks so much for sharing this wonderful music!
March 29, 2010 at 5:10 pm
thanks. been searching for this. but i'm having problems downloading it from zshare
March 29, 2010 at 5:19 pm
oh ignore my comment a few minutes back. changed browser from chrome to firefox and it works just fine
March 30, 2010 at 9:09 am
Polaroïd, roman photo
Aimant les flashes sentimentaux
Humanoïde, incognito
Amour impossible et mélo
Pellicule impressionnable
Petite bulle inconsolable
Je n'ai pas l'âge d'être sage
Comme une image, dommage, Dommage
Dommage.
Polaroïd, roman photo
Aimant les flashes sentimentaux
Humanoïde, incognito
Amour impossible et mélo
Tu sais je suis si sensible
A la lumière et inaccessible
Devant ton zoom mets un filtre rose
Si tu veux si tu veux que je pose
Polaroïd, roman photo
Aimant les flashes sentimentaux
Humanoïde, incognito
Amour impossible et mélo
Trois petits tours dans ta rétine
Pour tes nuits blanches intimes
Mais c'est toi qui mets les mots
Dans les bulles, somnambule
Somnambule.
Polaroïd, roman photo
Aimant les flashes sentimentaux
Humanoïde, incognito
Amour impossible et mélo
Tu sais je suis si sensible
A la lumière et inaccessible
Devant ton zoom mets un filtre rose
Si tu veux si tu veux que je pose
Polaroïd, roman photo
Aimant les flashes sentimentaux
Humanoïde, incognito
Amour impossible et mélo
August 18, 2010 at 10:10 pm
i love it !
you should listen to this : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HMNIDL3L
a few coldwave songs. that's only the first CD.
sorry for my English. enjoy !
(great blog)
February 20, 2011 at 9:07 pm
could you please reupload it again? thank you
March 18, 2011 at 6:36 pm
Actually, going to remove the link shortly, as there are currently two reissues of this LP out now, both easily attainable! Grab the Angular reissue for a gorgeous LP copy, and hit up Infrastition for a CD copy!
March 18, 2012 at 9:32 pm
Funny… a year later and your "easily attainable" links are dead now, too.
March 18, 2012 at 9:37 pm
Seems like the Angular store is down. Thanks for being a snarky asshole over something I have no control over.