Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!

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Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!
Studio album by Enigma
Released 20 November 1996
Recorded A.R.T. Studios, Ibiza, 1996
Genre New Age, ambient
Label Virgin
Charisma (US)
Producer Michael Cretu
Enigma chronology
The Cross of Changes
(1993)		 Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!
(1996)		 Trilogy
(1998)

Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! (French for "The King is dead. Long live the King.") is a 1996 album created by the music project Enigma. It is Enigma's third album, following The Cross of Changes, released three years earlier.

Released on 25 November 1996, the album reached to the top spot in Norway's top 40 charts and third in the whole of Europe. Two singles from the album, "Beyond the Invisible" and "T.N.T. for the Brain" were also released at around the same time of its parent album. A planned third single, "The Roundabout" was scrapped at the last minute for unclear reasons, even though a remix had already been created by DJ Quicksilver.[1]

This album continued Enigma's trend, giving it a slightly more modern, futuristic sound by combining the elements of Enigma's first album, MCMXC a.D., and their second album, The Cross of Changes. Michael Cretu, producer of the project, considered Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! to be the child of the previous two albums, with the first being the father and the second being the mother, as indicated by the 19-second track, "Third of its Kind".

There are two editions of the packaging; one with standard paper artwork, and another with translucent tray and booklet artwork printed on a heavier plastic.

Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! was nominated in the 1998 Grammy Awards for Best New Age Album and Johann Zambryski's album art design earned him a nomination for Best Recording Package.[2]

The intro track begins with a sample of mission control contacting the Discovery from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. The intro, including the famed "Enigma horn", is played in reverse for the closing track, "Odyssey of the Mind".

The track "T.N.T. for the Brain" contains samples taken from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. The samples are just audible, underlying the main music. They can be most clearly heard at the start and the end of the track, but are just noticeable throughout.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!"   Michael Cretu 1:57
2. "Morphing Thru Time"   Cretu 5:47
3. "Third of Its Kind"   Cretu 0:19
4. "Beyond the Invisible"   Cretu, David Fairstein 5:00
5. "Why! ..."   Cretu 4:59
6. "Shadows in Silence"   Cretu 4:21
7. "The Child in Us"   Cretu 5:05
8. "T.N.T. for the Brain"   Cretu 4:26
9. "Almost Full Moon"   Cretu 3:25
10. "The Roundabout"   Cretu, Fairstein 3:38
11. "Prism of Life"   Cretu, Fairstein 4:54
12. "Odyssey of the Mind"   Cretu 1:41
Total length:
 45:32

[edit] Singles

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts and certifications

[edit] Album charts

 This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2011)
Chart Peak
Australia[3] 10
Austria[3] 4
Belgium (Wallonia)[3] 30
Europe 3
Finland[3] 4
France[3] 8
Germany 3
Greece 1
Italy 17
Netherlands[3] 6
New Zealand[3] 8
Norway[3] 1
Switzerland[3] 4
Sweden[3] 8
UK 12
US[4] 25

[edit] Album certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[5] Gold 25,000x
Canada (Music Canada)[6] Platinum 100,000^
France (SNEP)[7] Gold 100,000*
Finland (IFPI Finland)[8] Gold 21,236[8]
Germany (BVMI)[9] Gold 250,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[10] Gold 10,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[11] Platinum 100,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[12] Platinum 50,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[13] Gold 25,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[14] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[15] Platinum 1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

[edit] Singles

Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1996 "Beyond the Invisible" The Billboard Hot 100 81

[edit] Reception

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.five.no/enigma/records/roundabout.html five.no
  2. ^ http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1997/1997grammy.htm theenvelope.latimes.com
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Enigma - Le roi est mort, vive le roi - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Enigma&titel=Le+roi+est+mort%2C+vive+le+roi&cat=a. Retrieved 28 February 2011. 
  4. ^ Billboard.com
  5. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Enigma – Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!" (in German). IFPI Austria. http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin.  Enter Enigma in the field Interpret. Enter Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
  6. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Enigma – Le Roi est mort...vive le Roi". Music Canada. http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=Le+Roi+est+mort...vive+le+Roi&sa=Enigma&smt=0. 
  7. ^ "French album certifications – Enigma – Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=1996&type=8. 
  8. ^ a b "Finnish album certifications – Enigma – Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/artistit/Enigma. 
  9. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Enigma; 'Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Le+Roi+est+mort%2C+vive+le+Roi%21&strInterpret=Enigma&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked. 
  10. ^ "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1997". IFPI Hong Kong. http://www.ifpihk.org/www_1/go3e.php. 
  11. ^ "Dutch album certifications – Enigma – Roi est mort" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. http://www.ifpi.nl/nvpi/pagina.asp?pagkey=61112&documentid=1236081. 
  12. ^ "Norwegian album certifications – Enigma – Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist. 
  13. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Enigma; 'Le roi est mort vive le roi')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Enigma+Le+roi+est+mort+vive+le+roi. 
  14. ^ "British album certifications – Enigma – Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi! in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  15. ^ "American album certifications – Enigma – Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Le+Roi+est+mort%2C+vive+le+Roi%21%22.  If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
  16. ^ Tracey Pepper (13 December 1996). "Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi! Music Review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,295412,00.html. Retrieved 23 August 2009. 

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