''Chansons pour les pieds'' is the seventh and final solo album by
Jean-Jacques Goldman, released on 20 November 2001 and sung in
French
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. 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
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,
R&B,
ballad,
disco
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rock, slow zouk, fanfare swing,
pop
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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.
Track listing
# "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"
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1 Hidden track
Source : ''Allmusic''.
Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic.
*
Gildas Arzel
Gildas Arzel (born 21 January 1961) is a French singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Alsace. In addition to his solo career, he has been in musical formations such as the duo Die Form, with Erick Benzi; the group Canada (with Ben ...
– guitar, mandocello, oud, primary artist, slide guitar
*
Eric Benzi – arranger, engineer, programming, realization
* Francois 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, guitar
* Raphaël 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
Charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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2001 albums
Jean-Jacques Goldman albums
Albums produced by Erick Benzi