L'Embellie is the fifth studio album recorded by French singer Calogero, and was released on 20 April 2009.
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| Released | 20 April 2009 | |||
| Genre | Pop, Rock | |||
| Length | 48:06 | |||
| Label | Universal Records Mercury | |||
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Background
editThe album was preceded by lead single "C'est dit," written by Jean-Jacques Goldman.
For this album, Calogero asked many French singers and songwriters to compose the lyrics, including Dominique A, Dick Annegarn, Kent, Grand Corps Malade, Pierre Lapointe, Marc Lavoine, Pierre Pelù and Jean-Jacques Goldman. Calogero himself has written for the first time in his solo career a song text for "Je me suis trompé". Alana Filippi, who wrote "En apesanteur" seven years earlier, and Gioacchino, the singer's brother, also participated in the composing of the album.
The album went straight to number one on the French and Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Charts.
Track listing
edit| # | Title[1] | Length |
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| 1. | "La Fin de la fin du monde" (Dominique A) |
3:50 |
| 2. | "C'est dit" (Jean-Jacques Goldman) |
3:30 |
| 3. | "L'Ombre et la Lumière" (duet with Grand Corps Malade) (Grand Corps Malade / Alanna Filippi) |
4:12 |
| 4. | "Je me suis trompé" (Calogero) |
3:00 |
| 5. | "La Bourgeoisie des sensations" (Pierre Lapointe) |
3:48 |
| 6. | "J'attends" (Dominique A) |
5:28 |
| 7. | "Passage des cyclones" (Dominique A) |
4:02 |
| 8. | "Nathan" (Marc Lavoine) |
3:50 |
| 9. | "Tu es fait pour voler" (Dick Annegarn) |
4:15 |
| 10. | "Tu n'as qu'à m'attraper" (Dick Annegarn) |
3:12 |
| 11. | "Il conté" (Pierre Pelù / Gioacchino Maurici) |
3:43 |
| 12. | "L'Embellie" (Kent) |
5:16 |
Charts and sales
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Weekly chartsedit
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Year-end chartsedit
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Certifications
edit| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified |
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| Belgium[7] | Gold | 1 May 2009 | 15,000 |
| France[8] | 3 x Platinum | 22 December 2009 | 300,000 |
References
edit- ^ L'Embellie, track listing allmusic.com (Retrieved 2 May 2009)
- ^ L'Embellie, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 2 May 2009)
- ^ L'Embellie, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved 2 May 2009)
- ^ L'Embellie, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 2 May 2009)
- ^ "2009 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "Rapports annuels 2010 - Albums" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ^ 2009 certifications in Belgium (Wallonia) Ultratop.be (Retrieved 2 May 2009)
- ^ "3 x Platinum albums in France in 2009" (in French). Disqueenfrance. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2010.