'Starmania' (1978) is a RockOpera by French composer/Songwriter  Michel Berger and  parolier Quebecois Luc Plamondon.(The story and lyrics are interesting)  It's  one of the most overplayed records in the French sung world. (there is also a English Sung version that I never heard) 

Still I liked most of the songs a lot when I discovered them, but you just hear them too often on French Radio and so I never bought the record.  Well the other night I drove back from Quebeck to Montreal at night and I had the radio on and  they played "Le Blues Du Businessman" sung by Claude Dubois and a little  later "La Complaine de la Serveuse automate sung by Fabienne Thibault and I realized how much I  love these songs. So I finally bought the record ... I won't put it on very often but it's a great record .

 

BTW apart from the excellent songwriting & lyrics there are some great musicans from the Prog & Jazz field playing just to mention  a few:

Jannick Top (Bass) , Claude Engel (Guitar) both 'Magma', Francis Monkman (Keys) 'Curved Air', Randy & Michael Brecker Brecker Bros etc. Tom Mallone,(Trombone) Jim Keltner (dr) + some famous Canadian & French  singers.

 

If you want to hear some easygoing French songs with a rockier edge try it out!

 

PS Excellent record for driving down Rue Sherbroke at night!