Chansons pour les pieds Jean-Jacques Goldman , released on 20 November 2001 and sung in French . The album was recorded at the Théâtre du Cratère d'Alès by Eric Van de Hel and Gildas Lointier, assisted by Renaud Van Welden. All songs were written by the singer himself. Released by JRG, the album met smash success on the charts : it topped the French and Belgian Albums Charts and remained charted for almost two years, and was #2 in Switzerland. As the title ("Songs for the Feet") suggests, all the tracks are devoted to dance and represent music styles (canon chorale, gigue , technoriental, slow, tarentelle , R&B , ballad , disco , rock , slow zouk, fanfare swing, pop ).
There was a sole single from this album : "Et l'on y peut rien", which peaked at #7 in France, 37 in Belgium (Wallonia) and #61 in Switzerland.
"Ensemble" – 3:59
"Et l'on n'y peut rien" – 3:38
"Une poussière" – 5:33
"La Pluie" – 8:25
"Tournent les violons " – 4:38
"Un goût sur tes lèvres" – 4:29
"Si je t'avais pas" – 4:50
"C'est pas vrai" – 4:56
"The Quo's in Town Tonite" – 5:14
"Je voudrais vous revoir" – 5:12
"Les P'tits Chapeaux" – 3:54
"Les Choses" – 8:38
"La vie c'est mieux quand on est amoureux" 1 1 Hidden track
Source : Allmusic .[ 1]
Adapted from AllMusic.[ 2]
Gildas Arzel – guitar, mandocello, oud, primary artist, slide guitarEric Benzi – arranger, engineer, programming, realizationFrancois Breugnot – violone
Yvan Cassar – musical direction
Gilles Chabenat – primary artist, vielle
Marc Chantereau – percussion, primary artist
Nicolas Duport – engineer
Claude Gassian – photography
Michel Gaucher – primary artist, trombone
Jean-Jacques Goldman – primary artist, realization
Alexis Grosbois – booklet design, coordination
Christophe Guiot – concert master
Didier Havet – euphonium, bass trombone
Michael Jones – choeurs, guitarRaphaël Jonin – gravure
Denis Leloup – primary artist, trombone
Christian Lemaitre – violone
Bruno LeRouzic – cornemuse, primary artist
Gildas Lointier – advisor, engineer, sound recording
Christian Martinez – primary artist, trumpet
Eric Mula – primary artist
Christophe Negre – director, flute, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Fréderic Paris – flute
Carlo Rizzo – primary artist, tambourine
Phillipe Slominski – bugle, trumpet
Jean-Pierre Solves – clarinet, piccolo, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
Patrice Tison – guitar effects, performer, primary artist
Renaud Van Welden – assistant publisher
Chart (2001–2003)
Peak
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[ 3]
1
French Albums Chart[ 4]
1
Swiss Albums Chart[ 5]
2
End of year chart (2001)
Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[ 6]
21
French Albums Chart[ 7]
2
End of year chart (2002)
Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[ 8]
13
French Albums Chart[ 9]
9
Country
Certification
Date
Sales certified
France[ 10]
Diamond
13 February 2002
1,000,000
Switzerland[ 11]
Platinum
2002
40,000
Date
Label
Country
Format
Catalog
20 November 2001
Columbia
Belgium, France, Switzerland
CD
504735
11 December 2001
Sony
5047352
^ Chansons pour les pieds , track listing Allmusic.com (Retrieved May 9, 2009)^ "Chansons Pour Les Pieds – Jean-Jacques Goldman | Credits | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved 20 December 2016 .^ Chansons pour les pieds , Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 9, 2009)^ Chansons pour les pieds , French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved May 9, 2009)^ Chansons pour les pieds , Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch Archived November 6, 2004, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved May 9, 2009)^ 2001 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 9, 2009)
^ 2003 French Albums Chart Disqueenfrance.com Archived March 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved May 9, 2009)
^ 2002 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 9, 2009)
^ 2002 French Albums Chart Disqueenfrance.com Archived March 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved May 9, 2009)
^ 2002 certifications in France Disqueenfrance.com Archived March 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved May 9, 2009)
^ 2002 certification in Switzerland Swisscharts.com (Retrieved June 6, 2008)
