RéCréation
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RéCréation is a 1999 double album
recorded by French
singer Florent Pagny
. It was his fifth studio album and his seventh album overall. It was on October 26, 1999, and achieved success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), where it remained charted respectively for 21 and 24 weeks, including a peak at #1 and at #4. This album contains cover versions of various successful songs originally recorded by other artists. There were two singles from this album : "Jolie môme" (#13 in France, #11 in Belgium) and "Les parfums de sa vie (je l'ai tant aimée)" (#38 in France, #30 in Belgium).
Source : Allmusic.
Double album
A double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....
recorded 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 Florent Pagny
Florent Pagny
Florent Pagny is a French musician. He has also acted in many French films. He records work in French, Italian, Spanish and English, and his greatest hits include "N'importe quoi", "Savoir aimer", "Ma Liberté de penser" and "Caruso" .As of 2008, he has sold 4,268,980 copies of singles,...
. It was his fifth studio album and his seventh album overall. It was on October 26, 1999, and achieved success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), where it remained charted respectively for 21 and 24 weeks, including a peak at #1 and at #4. This album contains cover versions of various successful songs originally recorded by other artists. There were two singles from this album : "Jolie môme" (#13 in France, #11 in Belgium) and "Les parfums de sa vie (je l'ai tant aimée)" (#38 in France, #30 in Belgium).
CD 1
- "Les parfums de sa vie (je l'ai tant aimée)" (Guirao, Art MengoArt MengoMichel Armengot , more commonly known as Art Mengo, is a French singer and songwriter. Though born in the French city of Toulouse, he is of Spanish descent as his parents had fled from Spanish dictator Francisco Franco....
) — 4:47 - "Pars" (Jacques HigelinJacques HigelinJacques Joseph Victor Higelin is a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups...
) — 4:24 - "SOS amor" (Alain BashungAlain BashungAlain Bashung was a French singer, songwriter and actor.- Youth :Alain Bashung was the son of a Breton factory worker and French Kabyle father, whom he never knew. His mother remarried, and at the age of one, Bashung was sent to Strasbourg to live with his new stepfather's parents...
, Golemanas) — 4:54 - "Requiem pour un con" (Colombier, Serge GainsbourgSerge GainsbourgSerge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg was a French singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's extremely varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize...
) — 4:00 - "Il voyage en solitaire" (Gérard MansetGérard MansetGérard Manset is a French singer-songwriter, painter, photographer and writer, most well known for his musical work.Since 1972, the covers of his albums state his name as simply "Manset"...
) — 3:44 - "J'oublierai ton nom" (Jean-Jacques GoldmanJean-Jacques GoldmanJean-Jacques Goldman is a Grammy Awards-winning French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and since 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French living pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday.- Biography :...
, Michael Jones) (duet with Ginie Line) — 4:20 - "Jolie môme" (Léo FerréLéo FerréLéo 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...
) — 4:06 - "Vendeurs de larmes" (Daniel BalavoineDaniel BalavoineDaniel Balavoine was a French singer and songwriter. He was hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and inspired many singers in the 1980s, such as Jean-Jacques Goldman, and Michel Berger, his closest friend...
) — 4:38 - "Hygiaphone" (Jean-Louis AubertJean-Louis AubertJean-Louis Aubert is a French guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has also composed music for the cinema and for television, including the soundtrack for the film I've Loved You So Long, starring Kristin Scott Thomas .In 1976, he co-founded the rock band Téléphone...
) — 3:05
CD 2
- "Quand j'étais chanteur" (Michel DelpechMichel DelpechJean-Michel Delpech, known as Michel Delpech, is a French singer-songwriter.-Career:In 1963, he had his debut release hit "Anatole" on Disques Vogue...
, Rivat, Vincent) — 4:29 - "Une seule journée passée sans elle" (Michel JonaszMichel JonaszMichel Jonasz is a French composer-songwriter, singer and actor. His compositions include: La boîte de jazz, Joueurs de blues and Les vacances au bord de la mer....
) — 4:23 - "Heures hindoues" (Étienne DahoÉtienne DahoÉtienne Daho is a French singer, songwriter and record producer who has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.- Career :...
, Munday) — 3:58 - "Chère amie (toutes mes excuses)" (Aboulker, Marc LavoineMarc LavoineMarc Lucien Lavoine is a French singer and actor. In 1985, his hit single "Elle a les yeux revolver" allowed him to reach the top of the French chart and marked the beginning of his successful singing career....
) — 4:09 - "Voilà c'est fini" (Guirao, Mengo) — 4:14
- "Tu manquesTu manques"Tu manques" is a 1990 song recorded by Carole Fredericks, Jean-Jacques Goldman and Michael Jones. It was the sixth and last single from the album Fredericks Goldman Jones on which it appears as the last track and was released in May 1992. Although the three singers are credited on the single...
" (Goldman) — 7:10 - "Partir" (Julien ClercJulien ClercJulien Clerc, , born as Paul Alain Leclerc on 4 October 1947 in Paris, Clerc's parents divorced when he was still young. He grew up listening to classical music in his father's home, while his mother introduced him to the music of such singers as Georges Brassens and Edith Piaf...
, Dabadie) — 4:14 - "Antisocial" (Bernie Bonvoisin, Krieff) — 4:42
Source : Allmusic.
Releases
| Date | Label | Country | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Mercury | Belgium, France, Switzerland | CD | 5467402 |
Certifications and sales
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified | Physical sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Gold | 2000 | 25,000 | |
| France | Platinum | December 22, 1999 | 300,000 | 310,000 |
Charts
| Chart (1999-2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart | 4 |
| French SNEP Albums Chart | 1 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 94 |
| End of year chart (1999) | Position |
|---|---|
| Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart | 42 |
| French Albums Chart | 33 |
| End of year chart (2000) | Position |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart | 87 |