AMG Review of En Public [2 CD]

Sergey Mesenov
All Music Guide

En Public is a live record by notorious French rock band Noir Désir. It was the first release by the band after Noir Désir's frontman, Bertrand Cantat, was incarcerated for four years after he drunkenly beat up his actress/girlfriend Marie Trentingnan, who died following the incident. The material for En Public was recorded several years before the release, when the band toured in support of its Des Visages des Figures album, released in 2001. The live album went straight to number one in France.