des Visages des Figures is an album by French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 rock band Noir Désir

Noir Désir

Noir Désir was a French rock band from Bordeaux. They were active during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, and have had two albums certified double platinum in France and three certified gold. They have been an influence on numerous French musicians including Cali, Louise Attaque and Miossec...

. It was released in France and other European countries on 11 September 2001. Manu Chao

Manu Chao

Manu Chao , is a French singer of Spanish roots . He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Galician, Arabic and Portuguese and occasionally in other languages...

 plays the guitar in "Le vent nous portera", among numerous musicians participating in the album. All music was composed by Noir Désir, where not otherwise specified. Lyrics are by Bertrand Cantat

Bertrand Cantat

Bertrand Lucien Bruno Cantat is a French singer and songwriter. He was the frontman for the rock band Noir Désir.-Career:Cantat was born in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. The son of a Navy officer, he spent his childhood in Le Havre...

, where not otherwise specified.

The group received five Victoires de la Musique

Victoires de la Musique

Victoires de la musique , is an annual French award ceremony that recognizes the best musical artists of the year.- Male artist of the year :*1985 : Michel Jonasz*1986 : Jean-Jacques Goldman*1987 : Johnny Hallyday...

 award nominations for the album, winning both Best Rock Album of the Year for 2001 and Music Video of the Year for "Le vent nous portera."

Track listing

All tracks by Noir Désir

Noir Désir

Noir Désir was a French rock band from Bordeaux. They were active during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, and have had two albums certified double platinum in France and three certified gold. They have been an influence on numerous French musicians including Cali, Louise Attaque and Miossec...

1. "L'enfant roi" – 6:03
2. "Le grand incendie" – 4:36
3. "Le vent nous portera
   Le vent nous portera
   "Le vent nous portera" is a song by French band Noir Désir from their 2001 album des Visages des Figures....
   
   " – 4:48
4. "Des armes" – 2:48 - Lyrics: poem by Léo Ferré
   Léo Ferré
   Léo Ferré was a Franco-Monegasque poet, composer, singer and musician.Born in Monaco, Ferré mixed love and melancholy with moral anarchy, lyricism with slang, rhyming verse with prose monologues...
   
   
5. "L'appartement" – 4:11
6. "Des visages des figures" – 5:14
7. "Son style 1" – 2:06
8. "Son style 2" – 2:31
9. "A l'envers à l'endroit" – 4:07
10. "Lost" – 3:23
11. "Bouquet de nerfs" – 5:13
12. "L'Europe" – 23:44 - Lyrics by Cantat, Brigitte Fontaine
    Brigitte Fontaine
    Brigitte Fontaine, born in 1939 in Morlaix in the Brittany region of France, is a singer of avant-garde music. During the course of her career she has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word poetry and world rhythms...
    
     - Music by Noir Désir and Akosh Szelevényi

produced by Nick Sansano, Noir Désir, Jean Lamoot, and Akosh Szelevényi.

Personnel

• Jerome Albertini – photography
• Denis Barthe – percussion, drums, tambourine, xylophone, sampling, vibraphone, electronic percussion, crotale, backing vocals
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Bertrand Cantat – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, guitar, harmonica, percussion, piano, trumpet, voices, didjeridoo, chant
• Manu Chao – guitar
• Bob "Stiv" Coke – tambourine, voices, gardon
• Romain Humeau – arranger
• Jean Lamoot – realization
• Michelle Lewis – backing vocals
• Noir Désir – realization
• Jean Paul Roy – synthesizer, bass, synthesizer bass, backing vocals
• Nick Sansano – clavier, realization
• Lajos Somlosi – photography
• Akosh Szelevenyi – bass, clarinet, sax (soprano), sax (tenor), kalimba, kaval, realization, sifflet
• Serge Teyssot-Gay – synthesizer, acoustic guitar, guitar, sampling, backing vocals