Music Videos II & III
Encyclopedia
Music Video II & III is a DVD
recorded by the French
singer Mylène Farmer
, containing all the singer's videoclips from 1992 to 2000. It was released in March 2001 in France.
The DVD contains all the videos from the studio albums Anamorphosée
and Innamoramento
and the live album Live à Bercy
, as well as the video "Que mon cœur lâche
". This DVD was more sold than the previous one, Music Videos I
, made by Laurent Boutonnat
, and remains one of the most best-selling musical DVD today in France. The cover refers both to a scene from "XXL
" and the cover of the CD maxi "L'Âme-stram-gram
".
According DVDfr.com, "a very good job was made on the cover and the booklet". Images are "impeccable" and the sound "is dynamic, full of feelings and basses".
+ Backstage of the videos of "California" and "L'Âme-stram-gram" + Report "MF Confidential" (11:32).
1 The French Videos Chart started on October 4, 2003. This video album was probably ranked higher before.
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
recorded by the 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 Mylène Farmer
Mylène Farmer
Mylène Farmer, , born Marie-Hélène Jeanne Gautier, , , is a French singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author....
, containing all the singer's videoclips from 1992 to 2000. It was released in March 2001 in France.
The DVD contains all the videos from the studio albums Anamorphosée
Anamorphosée
Anamorphosée is the fourth studio album by Mylène Farmer, released on October 17, 1995. Led by the number-one single "XXL", the album was something of a departure from her previous work...
and Innamoramento
Innamoramento
Innamoramento is the fifth studio album by Mylène Farmer, released on April 7, 1999.-Background and release:By 1999, Farmer had barely appeared in the media since her 1996 concerts at Paris-Bercy...
and the live album Live à Bercy
Live à Bercy
Live à Bercy is the second live album by Mylène Farmer, released on May 21, 1997. It was also produced as a video.-Background:After the successful concerts tour of 1996, whose shows were spread out from May 25 to December 15, a live album was recorded and produced by Thierry Suc, and sponsored by...
, as well as the video "Que mon cœur lâche
Que mon cœur lâche
"Que mon cœur lâche" is a 1992 song recorded by the French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. The single was released on 23 November 1992 to promote Farmer's compilation album Dance Remixes. Farmer also recorded an English language version of the track, entitled "My Soul Is Slashed" which was...
". This DVD was more sold than the previous one, Music Videos I
Music Videos I
Music Videos I is a VHS / DVD recorded by the French singer Mylène Farmer, containing all the singer's videoclips from 1985 to 1992. It was released in April 1997 in France....
, made by Laurent Boutonnat
Laurent Boutonnat
Laurent Pierre Marie Boutonnat is a French composer and film and music video director, best known as the songwriting partner of Mylène Farmer and the director of moody, provocative and literature-inspired music videos.- Career :...
, and remains one of the most best-selling musical DVD today in France. The cover refers both to a scene from "XXL
XXL (Mylène Farmer song)
"XXL" is a 1995 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. The song was the lead single from her fourth studio album Anamorphosée and was released on 19 September 1995. It marked an important change in the singer's career, with more rock sonorities, easier lyrics to understand and a...
" and the cover of the CD maxi "L'Âme-stram-gram
L'Âme-stram-gram
"L'Âme-stram-gram" is a 1999 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. It was the lead single from her fifth studio album Innamoramento and was released on 9 March 1999. The lyrics were written by Farmer and the music was composed by Laurent Boutonnat...
".
According DVDfr.com, "a very good job was made on the cover and the booklet". Images are "impeccable" and the sound "is dynamic, full of feelings and basses".
Track listings
| No | Video | From album | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Que mon cœur lâche Que mon cœur lâche "Que mon cœur lâche" is a 1992 song recorded by the French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. The single was released on 23 November 1992 to promote Farmer's compilation album Dance Remixes. Farmer also recorded an English language version of the track, entitled "My Soul Is Slashed" which was... " |
1992 | 6:44 | |
| 2 | "XXL XXL (Mylène Farmer song) "XXL" is a 1995 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. The song was the lead single from her fourth studio album Anamorphosée and was released on 19 September 1995. It marked an important change in the singer's career, with more rock sonorities, easier lyrics to understand and a... " |
Anamorphosée Anamorphosée Anamorphosée is the fourth studio album by Mylène Farmer, released on October 17, 1995. Led by the number-one single "XXL", the album was something of a departure from her previous work... |
1995 | 4:34 |
| 3 | "L'Instant X L'Instant X "L'Instant X" is a 1995 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. It was the second single from her fourth album Anamorphosée and was released on 12 December 1995. Directed by Marcus Nispel in New York, the music video depicts with humour the apocalypse and shows Farmer bathing in the foam... " |
Anamorphosée | 1995 | 4:22 |
| 4 | "California California (Mylène Farmer song) "California" is a 1995 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. It was the third single from her fourth studio album, Anamorphosée, and was released on 26 March 1996. The song marked the only collaboration with American movie screenwriter and director Abel Ferrara who directed the very... " |
Anamorphosée | 1996 | 5:18 |
| 5 | "Comme j'ai mal Comme j'ai mal "Comme j'ai mal" is a 1995 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. Fourth single from her fourth album Anamorphosée, it was released on 1 July 1996... " |
Anamorphosée | 1996 | 4:00 |
| 6 | "L'Âme-stram-gram L'Âme-stram-gram "L'Âme-stram-gram" is a 1999 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. It was the lead single from her fifth studio album Innamoramento and was released on 9 March 1999. The lyrics were written by Farmer and the music was composed by Laurent Boutonnat... " |
Innamoramento Innamoramento Innamoramento is the fifth studio album by Mylène Farmer, released on April 7, 1999.-Background and release:By 1999, Farmer had barely appeared in the media since her 1996 concerts at Paris-Bercy... |
1999 | 7:50 |
| 7 | "Je te rends ton amour Je te rends ton amour "Je te rends ton amour" is a 1999 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. The second single from her fifth studio album Innamoramento, it was released on 8 June 1999... " |
Innamoramento | 1999 | 5:08 |
| 8 | "Souviens-toi du jour Souviens-toi du jour "Souviens-toi du jour" is a 1999 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. It was the third single from her fifth studio album Innamoramento and was released on 2 September 1999. Inspired by Primo Levi's book If This Is a Man, the song deals with the theme of the Holocaust... " |
Innamoramento | 1999 | 5:07 |
| 9 | "Optimistique-moi Optimistique-moi "Optimistique-moi" is a 1999 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. The fourth single from her fifth studio album, Innamoramento, it was released on 22 February 2000... " |
Innamoramento | 2000 | 4:25 |
| 10 | "Innamoramento" | Innamoramento | 2000 | 5:52 |
| 11 | "Ainsi soit je... Ainsi soit je... (song) "Ainsi soit je..." is a 1988 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. The song was released as a single twice: as the second single from her second studio album Ainsi soit je... on 4 April 1988, and as the second single in a live version from her second live album Live à Bercy on 20... " |
Live à Bercy Live à Bercy Live à Bercy is the second live album by Mylène Farmer, released on May 21, 1997. It was also produced as a video.-Background:After the successful concerts tour of 1996, whose shows were spread out from May 25 to December 15, a live album was recorded and produced by Thierry Suc, and sponsored by... |
1997 | 5:04 |
| 12 | "La Poupée qui fait non La Poupée qui fait non "La Poupée qui fait non" is a 1966 song written by Franck Gérald and originally recorded by the French singer/songwriter Michel Polnareff... " (live, duet with Khaled Khaled (musician) Khaled Hadj Ibrahim , better known as Khaled, is a raï singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in Sidi El Houari in Oran Province of Algeria... ) |
Live à Bercy | 1997 | 4:30 |
| 13 | "Rêver Rêver "Rêver" is a 1995 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. It was the fifth single from her fourth album Anamorphosée and was released on 16 November 1996... " |
Anamorphosée | 1996 | 6:05 |
+ Backstage of the videos of "California" and "L'Âme-stram-gram" + Report "MF Confidential" (11:32).
Credits and personnel
- "Que mon cœur lâcheQue mon cœur lâche"Que mon cœur lâche" is a 1992 song recorded by the French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. The single was released on 23 November 1992 to promote Farmer's compilation album Dance Remixes. Farmer also recorded an English language version of the track, entitled "My Soul Is Slashed" which was...
": Produced by Luc BessonLuc BessonLuc Besson is a French film director, writer, and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company. He has been involved with over 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer, director, and/or producer.-Early life:... - "XXLXXL (Mylène Farmer song)"XXL" is a 1995 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. The song was the lead single from her fourth studio album Anamorphosée and was released on 19 September 1995. It marked an important change in the singer's career, with more rock sonorities, easier lyrics to understand and a...
", "L'Instant XL'Instant X"L'Instant X" is a 1995 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. It was the second single from her fourth album Anamorphosée and was released on 12 December 1995. Directed by Marcus Nispel in New York, the music video depicts with humour the apocalypse and shows Farmer bathing in the foam...
", "Comme j'ai malComme j'ai mal"Comme j'ai mal" is a 1995 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. Fourth single from her fourth album Anamorphosée, it was released on 1 July 1996...
", "Souviens-toi du jourSouviens-toi du jour"Souviens-toi du jour" is a 1999 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. It was the third single from her fifth studio album Innamoramento and was released on 2 September 1999. Inspired by Primo Levi's book If This Is a Man, the song deals with the theme of the Holocaust...
": Produced by Marcus Niespel - "CaliforniaCalifornia (Mylène Farmer song)"California" is a 1995 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. It was the third single from her fourth studio album, Anamorphosée, and was released on 26 March 1996. The song marked the only collaboration with American movie screenwriter and director Abel Ferrara who directed the very...
": Produced by Abel Ferrara - "L'Âme-stram-gramL'Âme-stram-gram"L'Âme-stram-gram" is a 1999 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. It was the lead single from her fifth studio album Innamoramento and was released on 9 March 1999. The lyrics were written by Farmer and the music was composed by Laurent Boutonnat...
": Produced by Ching Siu Tung - "Je te rends ton amourJe te rends ton amour"Je te rends ton amour" is a 1999 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. The second single from her fifth studio album Innamoramento, it was released on 8 June 1999...
", "Innamoramento": Produced by François Hanss - "Optimistique-moiOptimistique-moi"Optimistique-moi" is a 1999 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. The fourth single from her fifth studio album, Innamoramento, it was released on 22 February 2000...
": Produced by Michael Haussman - "Ainsi soit je...Ainsi soit je... (song)"Ainsi soit je..." is a 1988 song recorded by the French artist Mylène Farmer. The song was released as a single twice: as the second single from her second studio album Ainsi soit je... on 4 April 1988, and as the second single in a live version from her second live album Live à Bercy on 20...
", "La Poupée qui fait nonLa Poupée qui fait non"La Poupée qui fait non" is a 1966 song written by Franck Gérald and originally recorded by the French singer/songwriter Michel Polnareff...
", "RêverRêver"Rêver" is a 1995 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer. It was the fifth single from her fourth album Anamorphosée and was released on 16 November 1996...
" : Produced by Laurent BoutonnatLaurent BoutonnatLaurent Pierre Marie Boutonnat is a French composer and film and music video director, best known as the songwriting partner of Mylène Farmer and the director of moody, provocative and literature-inspired music videos.- Career :...
and François Hanss
Certifications and sales
| Country | Certification | Sales/shipments |
|---|---|---|
| France | Diamond | 100,000 |
Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| French Videos Chart 1 | 21 |
1 The French Videos Chart started on October 4, 2003. This video album was probably ranked higher before.