Essence ordinaire is a studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 from the French

France

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 rock group Zebda

Zebda

Zebda is a French music group from Toulouse known for its political activism and its wide variety of musical styles. The group, which was formed in 1985, consisted of seven musicians of diverse nationalities, and the themes of much of their music involved political and social justice, the status...

, released in 1998.

It was their landmark album, containing some of their most popular songs, in particular Tomber la chemise, which catapulted them to fame and earned them a Victoire 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.

The album can easily be found in Chinese underground record markets, and it is apparently one of the best known French

France

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 rap albums in mainland China.

Track listing

1. "Y'a pas d'arrangement"
2. "Tomber la chemise
   Tomber la chemise
   "Tomber la chemise" is a 1998 song by the Toulousian collective Zebda. The song was released on 7 June 1999 as part of the first single from Zebda's third album Essence ordinaire and received a successful reception in France, where it reached number-one on the singles chart and won two awards...
   
   "
3. "Double peine"
4. "Tombés des nues"
5. "Quinze ans"
6. "Je crois que ça va pas être possible"
7. "Je suis"
8. "Tout semble si..."
9. "On est chez nous"
10. "Oualalaradime"
11. "Le manouche"
12. "Né dans la rue"
13. "Le Petit Robert"

External links

• Album review by Don Snow of Allmusic