Music Hole
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Music Hole is the third studio 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...

 singer Camille, released on April 7, 2008.

It was co-written with English
England
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 producer MaJiKer
MaJiKer
MaJiKer, alias Matthew Ker, is a British music producer and musician. He resides in Paris, France but works internationally. He has recorded two of his own albums, and also has had success producing and performing with other artists, including French singer Camille on her albums Le Fil and Music...

.

In the EPK for the album, Camille advised that the title "Music Hole" refers to the main parts of her body that make music.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Camille Dalmais except track 3 (by Camille Dalmais, Dominique Dalcan
Dominique Dalcan
Dominique Dalcan is a French electronic musician and film composer.He was born in 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon.He collaborated with French musician Hector Zazou on his "Sahara Blue" album, alongside Japanese musician Ryuichi Sakamoto....

).

All music composed by Camille Dalmais and MaJiKer
MaJiKer
MaJiKer, alias Matthew Ker, is a British music producer and musician. He resides in Paris, France but works internationally. He has recorded two of his own albums, and also has had success producing and performing with other artists, including French singer Camille on her albums Le Fil and Music...

 except tracks 2 and 10 (by Camille Dalmais) and track 7 (by Camille Dalmais, Rainy Orteca).
  1. "Gospel With No Lord" - 3:35
  2. "Canards Sauvages" - 3:43
  3. "Home is Where it Hurts" - 4:23
  4. "Kfir" - 3:44
  5. "The Monk
    Meredith Monk
    Meredith Jane Monk is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. Since the 1960s, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording extensively for ECM Records.-Life and work:Meredith Monk is primarily known for her...

    " - 6:42
  6. "Cats and Dogs" - 3:29
  7. "Money Note" - 6:18
  8. "Katie's Tea" - 2:44
  9. "Winter's Child" - 4:49
  10. "Waves" - 5:31 (used in Perrier
    Perrier
    Perrier is a brand of bottled mineral water made from a spring in Vergèze in the Gard département of France. The spring is naturally carbonated...

     "Melting" television ad)
  11. "Sanges Sweet" - 4:42
  12. "I Will Never Grow Up" (digital only bonus track) - 4:48

  • On the CD version of Music Hole, the track Sanges Sweet has a post track gap, extending the time to approximately 16 minutes. Around the 11 minute mark, a short message from Camille is heard: "Merci" ("Thanks").
  • Canards Sauvages' translates from French
    French language
    French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

     as 'Wild Ducks'.

Limited Edition Bonus DVD

The limited edition of Music Hole is packaged in a three panel, matte-finish, digipak
Digipak
Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...

 with the same cover as the standard CD booklet, and housed in a glossy black slip-case, with a hole in the front large enough to show only Camille's face from the CD cover. When the digipak
Digipak
Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...

 is removed, a small picture of Camille is also visible through the hole.

The bonus DVD, entitled Des Pieds Et Des Mains contains body percussion
Body percussion
Body percussion may be performed on its own or as an accompaniment to song. The folk traditions of many countries include the use of body percussion...

 performances by Camille of the 11 tracks of the album proper, some of which contain vocals, vocalisation
Vocal music
Vocal music is a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but does not feature it prominently is generally considered instrumental music Vocal music is a genre of...

 or percussive instruments; each performance ranging from 35 seconds to 81 seconds in length. The entire DVD is approximately 12 minutes in length. Whilst the packaging advertises the DVD as "The Documentary Des Pieds Et Des Mains", there are no interviews or classic documentary footage.

The Limited Edition also contains a 12 page CD booklet of photos and lyric excerpts; and a title strip (similar to an Obi strip
Obi strip
An is a strip of paper looped around a book or other product. This extends the term obi used for Japanese clothing; it is written with the same kanji. It is also referred to as a , or more narrowly as .-For books:...

) as the slip case does not have the title or song titles printed on it.

Chart performance

(2008) Peak
position
Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia) 7
French Albums Chart 5
Swiss Albums Chart 25
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