''Cadillac'' is a 1989 album recorded by
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singer
Johnny Hallyday. It was released in June 1989 and achieved success in France, where it debuted at #1 for eight consecutive weeks on the SNEP albums chart on July 2, 1989, and totalled 61 weeks in the top 50. It provided five singles in France, including a top three hit: "
Mirador" (#3), "Si j'étais moi" (#25), "Les Vautours..." (#30), "Himalaya" (#30) and "Cadillac" (#39). The lyrics were written by
Étienne Roda-Gil, who had worked in the 1980s with
Vanessa Paradis, and the music was composed and arranged by Jacques Cardona,
David Hallyday, Georges Augier, Jean-Pierre Bucolo and Jean-Claude Petit. This album was inspired by
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac
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Track listing
# "Les Vautours..." (Jacques Cardona,
Étienne Roda-Gil) — 4:49
# "
Mirador" (
David Hallyday, Roda-Gil) — 4:21
# "Rien à jeter" (Georges Augier De Moussac, Jean-Pierre Bucolo, Cardona, Roda-Gil) — 3:37
# "Himalaya" (Augier, Bucolo, Roda-Gil) — 4:43
# "Possible en moto" (Hallyday, Roda-Gil) — 4:18
# "Cadillac" (Augier, Bucolo, Roda-Gil) — 4:47
# "Si j'étais moi" (Bucolo, Roda-Gil) — 4:03
# "L'Étoile solitaire" (Bucolo, Roda-Gil) — 3:33
# "C'est du vent" (Augier, Bucolo, Roda-Gil) — 4:12
# "Testament d'un poète" (Jean-Claude Petit, Roda-Gil) — 1:43
Source : ''Allmusic''.
[''Cadillac'', track listing Allmusic.com(November 27, 2008)]
Personnel
* Produced by Etienne Roda-Gil
* Musical direction: Jean-Pierre Bucolo
* Recording: Jean-Pierre Janiaud and Olivier Do Esperito Santo
* Mixing: Jean-Pierre Janiaud
* Recorded at Studio Gang
*Tony Frank - photography
Releases
Certifications
Charts
References
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1989 albums
Johnny Hallyday albums
Mercury Records albums