Enya-esque gossamer quality to tracks such as "Petite Annonce Amoureuse" and "Sunflower (Ah Tournesol)", where the swelling and subsiding of the backing instruments is like the lapping of an ocean on a distant beach. There's a keen awareness of the plight of powerless outsiders, be they the homesick refugee of "Ce Matin", the natives of Michel Rivard's "La Complainte du Phoque en Alaska", lamenting the way their youngsters leave for the US, or the cow of the title-track, weeping for her lost calf. Most quirkily enjoyable is the reading of Malvina Reynolds' folk standard "Little Boxes (Petites Boites)", rendered as a lolloping cajun waltz of fiddle, accordion and guitars." Track listing All songs by Kate & Anna McGarrigle and Philippe Tatartcheff, except where noted. "Petite annonce amoureuse" – 3:58 "Ah tournesol" – 2:58 "Le bambocheur" (Kate McGarrigle) – 2:22 "Hurle le vent" – 3:22 "La Vache qui pleure" – 4:08 "Rose blanche" (Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Ph. Tatartcheff, A. Bruant) – 4:52 "Tant le monde" – 3:35 "Ce matin" – 4:43 "Dans le silence" – 3:32 "Petites boites" (translation of "Little Boxes" by Malvina Reynolds and Graeme Allwright) – 3:36 "Sunflower" (Kate & Anna McGarrigle) – 3:25 "La complainte du phoque en Alaska" (M. Rivard) – 6:03 (this song only appears on the 2005 Munich release) Personnel Kate McGarrigle – vocals, harmony vocals, banjo, piano, guitar, accordion, synthesized flutes, violin, drum Anna McGarrigle – vocals, harmony vocals, guitar, accordion, piano, banjar (seven strings banjo), synthesized flutes, synthesizer, keyboards, recorder, bass, omnichord, tambourine Michel Pépin – guitars, bass, mandolin, drums, percussion, harmonica, Hammond B3 organ Martha Wainwright – vocals, harmony vocals, Spanish guitar Michael Jerome Brown – slide guitar Jeff Hill – double bass, bass Frédéric Grenier – double bass Joel Zifkin – violin Butch – drums, percussions on "Ah Tournesol", "Tant Le Monde", "Sunflower" Marc Lessard – drums on "Rose Blanche" John McColgan – drums on "Petite Annonce Amoureuse", "Ce Monde", "Dans Le Silence" Marc-André "Boum Boum" Bellefleur – bass drums Daniel Thonon – hurdy-gurdy Lily Lanken – vocals, harmony vocals Philippe Tatartcheff – recitation on "Hurle le vent" References External links Vache qui pleure, La Vache qui pleure, La