Traces is a 1989 album recorded by French

France

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 singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

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 Jean-Jacques Goldman

Jean-Jacques Goldman

Jean-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 :...

. It was his second live album and his seventh album overall. It was recorded during the singer's tour 1988, between March and December, in various countries (France, Congo, Belgium). The album was released on 13 March 1989 and spawned two singles which achieved success in France : "Il changeait la vie" (#14), which precedeed the album's release, and "Peur de rien blues" (#17). The album was successful on the French chart.

Success

The album debuted at number two on 9 April 1989 and climbed to number one eight weeks later and stayed there for two consecutive weeks. It was ranked for 24 weeks in the top ten and for 36 weeks in the top 50. A few months after its release, it earned a Platinum disc

Music recording sales certification

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 for over 300,000 copies sold.

The album was briefly ranked on the Swiss Albums Chart, peaking at #30 on 30 April 1989.

Track listing

All songs written, composed and performed by Goldman.

LP

1. "Famille" (live) — 6:15
2. "Entre gris clair et gris foncé" (live) — 7:13
3. "C'est ta chance
   C'est ta chance
   "C'est ta chance" is the name of a 1987 song recorded by the French singer and songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman. It was released on April 1988 as the third single from his album Entre gris clair et gris foncé, on which it features as the fifth track...
   
   " (live) — 6:31
4. "Reprendre c'est voler" (live) — 6:37
5. "Elle a fait un bébé toute seule" (live) — 5:05
6. "Peur de rien blues" (live) — 8:28
7. "À quoi tu sers ?" (intro - live) — 5:37
8. "Doux" (live) — 4:01
9. "Long Is the Road (Américain)" (live) — 6:21
10. "Il changeait la vie" (live) — 4:25
11. "Il y a" (live) — 3:39
12. "Medley" (live) ("Je marche seul
    Je marche seul
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    ", "Quand la musique est bonne", "Au bout de mes rêves", "Il suffira d'un signe", "Envole-moi, "Encore un matin") — 9:18
13. "Puisque tu pars
    Puisque tu pars
    "Puisque tu pars" is a 1987 song recorded by the French singer Jean-Jacques Goldman. It was released in July 1988 as the fourth single from his album Entre gris clair et gris foncé, on which it features as the sixth track in an extended version...
    
    " (live) — 8:58

Personnel

• Alix Bailly – assistant engineer, assistant
• Philippe Cerboneschi, Antoine Dequi – mixing assistant, assistant
• Dominique Chaloub, Pete Craigie – engineer
  Engineer
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• Claude Gassian – photo
• Jean-Jacques Goldman – arranger, producer
• Marc Lumbroso – producer
• Bernard Meynard, Christope Vareille – assistant
• Andy Scott – producer, engineer, mixing