Ma Fleur

Ma Fleur (my flower, in French) is the fourth full-length release and third proper studio album by The Cinematic Orchestra, released on 7 May 2007. The North American version of the album contains 10 tracks in a different sequence from the UK version and omits "Child Song". The song "To Build a Home" was used in an award-winning 2008 Schweppes Lemonade advertisement called "Burst" and in the 2010 Australian-French film The Tree, and the similar shorter song "That Home" in the trailer for 2011 film Another Earth.

Ma Fleur
Studio album by
The Cinematic Orchestra
Released7 May 2007
Length48:51 (US version)
Label
ProducerJason Swinscoe
The Cinematic Orchestra chronology
Man with a Movie Camera
(2003)		 Ma Fleur
(2007)		 Live at the Royal Albert Hall
(2008)
Singles from Ma Fleur
  1. "Breathe"
    Released: 9 April 2007[1]
  2. "To Build a Home"
    Released: 29 October 2007[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [3]
BBC(unfavourable) [4]
BBC Collective [5]
Drowned in Sound [6]
The Guardian [7]
The Observer [8]
Okayplayer [9]
Pitchfork Media(6.4/10) [10]
PopMatters [11]
URB [12]

Track listing

UK release
CD
  1. "To Build a Home" – 6:11 (with Patrick Watson)
  2. "Familiar Ground" – 4:34 (with Fontella Bass)
  3. "Child Song" – 5:14
  4. "Music Box" – 5:03 (with Patrick Watson and Lou Rhodes)
  5. "Prelude" – 2:43
  6. "As the Stars Fall" – 5:55
  7. "Into You" – 3:02 (with Patrick Watson)
  8. "Ma Fleur" – 4:32
  9. "Breathe" – 6:33 (with Fontella Bass)
  10. "That Home" – 1:43 (with Patrick Watson)
  11. "Time and Space" – 8:42 (with Lou Rhodes)
Vinyl
Side A

1. "To Build a Home"
2. "Familiar Ground"
3. "That Home"

Side B

4. "Child Song"
5. "Music Box"
6. "Ma Fleur"

Side C

7. "Prelude"
8. "As the Stars Fall"
9. "Into You"

Side D

10. "Breathe"
11. "Time and Space"

US release (Domino)
  1. "That Home"
  2. "Familiar Ground"
  3. "Ma Fleur"
  4. "Music Box"
  5. "Time and Space"
  6. "Prelude"
  7. "As the Stars Fall"
  8. "Into You"
  9. "Breathe"
  10. "To Build a Home"

References
  1. "Breathe by the Cinematic Orchestra". Ninja Tune. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  2. "To Build a Home (Versions) by the Cinematic Orchestra". Ninja Tune. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  3. Bush, John (26 March 2007). "Ma Fleur - The Cinematic Orchestra". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  4. "Music - Review of The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur". BBC. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  5. "BBC - collective - cinematic orchestra 'ma fleur'". BBC. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  6. Shapiro, Shain (14 October 2008). "Drowned In Sound // Releases / The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur". Drownedinsound.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  7. Lynskey, Dorian (4 May 2007). "CD: Cinematic Orchestra, Ma Fleur | Music | The Guardian". London.
  8. Nicholson, Stuart (22 April 2007). "CD: Cinematic Orchestra, Ma Fleur | Music | The Observer". The Guardian. London.
  9. "Okayplayer". Okayplayer.com. 2 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  10. "The Cinematic Orchestra: Ma Fleur". 21 June 2007. Archived from the original on 18 November 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  11. Tenz, Courtney. "The Cinematic Orchestra: Ma Fleur < PopMatters". Popmatters.com. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
  12. "URB Magazine :: Reviews :: - Cinematic Orchestra, The". Urb.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
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