L'Heure d'été (album)
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| Released | May 23, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004–2005 | |||
| Studio | Abbey Road Studios, London Studio Gang, Paris Studio Guillaume Tell, Suresnes Studio Méga D, Suresnes | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | Mercury France, Universal | |||
| Producer | Jean-François Berger François Delabrière Marc Lavoine | |||
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L'Heure d'été is a 2005 album recorded by French artist Marc Lavoine. It was his ninth studio album and his 12th album overall. Released on May 23, 2005, it was successful in the francophone countries.
Content
L'Heure d'été provided two hit singles : "Je me sens si seul" (#16 in France) and "Toi mon amour" (#8 in France). "Tu m'as renversé" and "J'espère", a duet with Belgium singer of Vietnamese descent Quynh Anh, were just released as promotional singles.
In France, the album started at No. 3, its peak position, on May 28, 2005, before dropping slowly on the chart the weeks later. It managed to stay for nine weeks in the top ten, 63 weeks in the top 50 and 91 weeks on the chart (top 200). In Belgium (Wallonia), the album was ranked for 49 weeks. It entered the Ultratop 40 at No. 7 on June 4, 2005 and reached No. 2 two weeks later and for two consecutive weeks. It totaled 12 weeks in the top ten.
Releases
| Date | Label | Country | Format | Catalog |
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| 2005 | Universal | Belgium, France, Switzerland | CD | 98299 |
| Mercury | 9829953 | |||
| 2006 | Universal | 982992 | ||
| 9835706 | ||||
| 9844586 |
Track listing
- CD
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Toi mon amour" | Marc Lavoine | Christophe Casanave | 3:35 |
| 2. | "Je me sens si seul" | Marc Lavoine | Jean-François Berger, Marc Lavoine | 3:05 |
| 3. | "Tu m'as renversé" | Pierre Grillet | Marc Lavoine | 2:32 |
| 4. | "La Mélancolie" | Marc Lavoine | Marc Ricci, Pierre Zito | 3:16 |
| 5. | "Ne m'en veux pas de t'en vouloir" | Daniel Darc | Frédéric Lo | 3:37 |
| 6. | "Vogue le magazine" | Marc Lavoine | Jean-François Berger, Marc Lavoine | 3:36 |
| 7. | "J'espère" (duet with Quynh Anh) | Pierre Grillet | Marc Lavoine | 3:50 |
| 8. | "On a cru" | Marc Esposito | Marc Lavoine | 3:07 |
| 9. | "Tous les jours" | Yvan Coriat, Marc Lavoine | Marc Lavoine, Marc Ricci, Pierre Zito | 3:39 |
| 10. | "Doucement rock'n'roll" | Marc Lavoine | Jean-François Berger, Marc Lavoine | 3:29 |
| 11. | "On est passé à l'heure d'été" | Marc Lavoine | Jean-François Berger, Marc Lavoine | 3:06 |
| 12. | "Les Papillons" | Marc Lavoine | Pascal Rodde | 4:26 |
| 13. | "J'ai oublié de te dire" | Marc Lavoine | Hervé Larribe | 4:16 |
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- DVD
- "Je me sens si seul" (music video)
- "Toi mon amour" (music video)
- "Tu m'as renversé" (music video)
Source : Allmusic.[1]
Personnel
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- Artistic direction – Egidio Alves-Martins
- Assistant & artistic coordination – Thomas Sandoval
- Engineered by François Delabrière
- Assistants – Denis Caribaux (Studio Guillaume Tell), Florian Lagatta (Studio Gang) & Valéry Pellegrini (Studio Méga D)
- Mixed by François Delabrière at Studio Méga
- Assistant – Éric Uzan
- Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York City
Charts
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Certifications and sales
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified | Physical sales |
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| Belgium[9] | Gold | 25,000 | ||
| France[10] | 2 x Gold | December 14, 2005 | 200,000 | 507,000[11] |
References
- ^ L'Heure d'été, track listing and charts AllMusic (Retrieved November 21, 2008)
- ^ L'Heure d'été, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 21, 2008)
- ^ L'Heure d'été, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved November 21, 2008)
- ^ L'Heure d'été, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved November 21, 2008)
- ^ 2005 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 21, 2008)
- ^ 2005 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 21, 2008)
- ^ 2006 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 21, 2008)
- ^ 2006 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2009-06-29 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 21, 2008)
- ^ Belgian certifications Fanofmusic.fr[permanent dead link] (Retrieved November 21, 2007)
- ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com Archived 2008-12-12 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 21, 2007)
- ^ Sales and chart trajectories of various albums in France Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved November 21, 2008)