I Capture the Castle guests describe each other in terms of famous artists. Topaz is called a work by William Blake, Rose is said to resemble Emma, Lady Hamilton, the muse of the painter George Romney, Simon says that Cassandra is like "Girl with a Mousetrap," a painting by Joshua Reynolds, and Mrs Fox-Cotton is said to be a work by Salvador Dalí "with snakes coming out of her ears". Simon introduces Cassandra to the works of Claude Debussy: "Clair de lune", "La cathédrale engloutie", "La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune". She also listens to J. S. Bach's "Sheep May Safely Graze"
Cendres de lune the music was produced by Laurent Boutonnat who used mostly synthesizers and acoustic keyboards and was inspired by the new wave. "Cendres de lune" was generally well received by critics. It was considered as an "excellent" album ("Gaipied"), a "success" ("Podium"), "a first album rather masterly" ("La Provence"), "in the area of the variety, one of the most beautiful things of the moment" ("Les Gran"). "Full of little marvels" ("Charente"), it contains "hits having an wholesome impertinence" ("Télé Poche") and "provides a real insight of [Farmer]'s talent"; [the singer] carries us with her crystalline voice and strange texts, out of