Face amour / Face amère is the fourth album by French singer Daniel Balavoine, released in October 1979. The album was credited with Balavoine's backing group Clin d'Œil who had accompanied him since his second album Les aventures de Simon et Gunther....[1]
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| Released | October 1979 | |||
| Recorded | June 1979 | |||
| Studio | Studio Damiens, Boulogne-Billancourt | |||
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| Length | 33:59 | |||
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Release
editFace amour / Face amère was released as the follow up to Balavoine's breakthrough album Le chanteur, which went on to sell over 800 thousand copies. However, the album did not achieve the same success as Le chanteur, only selling 130 thousand copies.[2] Only released a year after Le chanteur, Face amour / Face amère suffered from the success of it predecessor whose sales at the time were still significant. Despite this, the album was praised by critics.[3]
Three singles were released from the album. The first, "Me laisse pas m'en aller" was released in September 1979 and like the album, was moderately successful, selling 80 thousand copies.[4] The second, "Dancing samedi", was released in early 1980, failing to find much success, and the final single, "Tu me plais beaucoup", was released shortly afterwards.
On the album, the song "Pauvre Bobby" is sung by Clin d'Œil drummer Roger Secco, though Balavoine does sing backing vocals along with the rest of the group.[1]
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by Daniel Balavoine, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Face amour / Face amère" | 2:06 | |
| 2. | "Toi et moi" | Daniel Balavoine, Patrick Dulphy | 2:48 |
| 3. | "Me laisse pas m'en aller" | 3:30 | |
| 4. | "Love Linda" | 3:48 | |
| 5. | "Tu me plais beaucoup" | 3:45 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 6. | "Ces petits riens" | 3:26 | |
| 7. | "Dancing samedi" | 3:19 | |
| 8. | "Pauvre Bobby" (sung by Roger Secco) | Daniel Balavoine, Patrick Dulphy, Roger Secco | 3:17 |
| 9. | "Drôle de galaxie" | Daniel Balavoine, Bernard Balavoine | 3:05 |
| 10. | "Rougeagèvre" | 5:01 | |
| Total length: | 33:59 | ||
Personnel
edit- Daniel Balavoine – vocals
- Bernard Serré – bass guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals
- Patrick Dulphy – acoustic guitar
- Colin Swinburne – electric guitar
- Jean-Paul Batailley – drums, percussion (tracks 1 and 5)
- Roger Secco – drums, backing vocals
- Hervé Limeretz – keyboards
- Patrick Bourgoin – horns
- Guy Balavoine – backing vocals
References
edit- ^ a b Rouault, Thierry. CAMION BLANC: DANIEL BALAVOINE L'inoubliable (in French). CAMION BLANC. ISBN 978-2-35779-575-4.
- ^ MICLET, Brice (2016-01-13). "Neuf choses que vous ignorez peut-être sur Daniel Balavoine". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ "" Le Chanteur " : la chanson qui a fait de Daniel Balavoine une star". Chérie FM. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ "TOP 45 Tours - 1979". www.top-france.fr. Retrieved 2024-04-11.