1966's
Baby Pop is arguably French pop singer
France Gall's finest album, though
Les Sucettes, from earlier that year, and
1968 do give it a run for its money. A key album from the entire French ye-ye scene, it stacks up well when juxtaposed with the self-titled offerings from peers
Françoise Hardy and
Sylvie Vartan, both released the same year.
Baby Pop is a more mature and diverse offering than the collection of previously issued bubblegum singles and albums that had established
Gall as a hitmaker earlier in the decade. It was even a giant step up from the previous year's acclaimed best-seller,
Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son, whose title track won the Eurovision Song Contest.