PIAF, EDITH - Les Plus Belles Chansons (Sealed) (LP)

Edith Piaf lived a tortured life. She died at 47 of liver cancer after years of alcohol abuse and pill addiction, and it's reported that her last words were "Every damn thing you do in this life, you have to pay for." While that's a hard way to live, her pain and emotion rang true in song, and there's not a better or more gut wrenching torch singer in history than Ms. Piaf. Collecting some of her most famous recordings, including the immortal "La Vie en Rose", "Tout Fout le Camp", and "Le Vagabond", this is a brilliant retrospective of her career and a perfect entry point into the world of one of the greatest vocalists of the 20th Century.