Lio, also known as Premier Album, is the debut album by Belgian pop singer Lio. It features the hit singles Amoureux solitaires, Amicalement votre and her signature song Le Banana Split.
The album was originally released by the record company Arabella in 1980.[3] It was re-released by Warner Music Group in 1996. Finally, a second re-issue by Ze Records followed in 2005 with four bonus tracks, including the extended version of the main hit single "Le Banana Split", "Teenager" (the b-side of "Le Banana Split") and the Spanish version of the single "Amoureux solitaires".
According to Lio's autobiography Pop Model,[5] it was her lyricist Jacques Duvall who translated the lyrics of Lonely Lovers, the original English-language song by French punk band Stinky Toys which became Amoureux solitaires. However, if composer-guitarist Jacno approved the cover, singer-lyricist Elli Medeiros didn't. In the end, Duvall couldn't have his name in the official credits of the song and didn't get any royalties for it.
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