''Double'' is a 1990
bilingual
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French / English double album by
Canadian
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singer
Roch Voisine
Joseph Armand Roch Voisine, (born 26 March 1963) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and television host who lives in Montreal and Paris. He writes and performs material in both English and French. He won the Juno Award for Male V ...
as a follow up to the album ''
Hélène''. The first CD is all in French, the second all in English. The English tracks were also released as a separate album entitled ''
Roch Voisine
Joseph Armand Roch Voisine, (born 26 March 1963) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and television host who lives in Montreal and Paris. He writes and performs material in both English and French. He won the Juno Award for Male V ...
''.
Album information
The album was recorded in Canada and France, and was mixed in France. Famous singer-songwriter and guitarist
Francis Cabrel
Francis Christian Cabrel (; born 23 November 1953) is a French singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist. Considered one of the most influential French musical artists of all time, he has released a number of albums falling mostly within the real ...
participated in one of the tracks of the second album.
In France, the album spawned three top three singles : "La berceuse du petit diable" (#3), "Darlin'" (#2), and later "La promesse" (#3) and "Avec tes yeux (Pretty Face)" (#3). The last two singles were released to support Voisine's live album ''Europe tour'', but originally appears on this album.
''Double'' debuted at #4 on 6 December 1990 on the
SNEP Albums Chart and had a peak at number two for two weeks. It totaled 26 weeks in the top ten and 73 weeks in the top 50. In 1992, the album earned a
2 x Platinum disc for over 600,000 copies sold.
Track listing
Disc 1 : French
# "Prélude"
(Beaulieu) — 1:51
# "Les Jardins de St-Martin (Princesse)"
(Voisine) — 3:07
# "La promesse"
(Lefebvre, Voisine) — 2:28
# "Elle a peur des hirondelles"
(Campbell, Lefebvre, Lessard, Voisine) — 3:48
# "Tu ne sauras jamais"
(Lefebvre, Voisine) — 3:59
# "
Darlin'"
(Ciciola, Decary, Izzo, Voisine) — 4:15
# "Au bout de l'île"
(Lefebvre, Voisine) — 2:59
# "Pour toi"
(Albert, Bourquin, Gasté) — 5:03
# "Blue Love Sue"
(Decary, Voisine) — 3:02
# "
La Berceuse du petit diable
"La Berceuse du petit diable'" is a 1990 pop-ballad song recorded by Canadian singer Roch Voisine. It was released in November 1990 as the lead single from his second studio album ''Double'', on which it appears as the tenth track. It became a t ...
" (Little Devil's Lullaby)
(Decary, Voisine) — 4:03
# "Bye-Bye"
(Lefebvre, Voisine, Vollant) — 4:06
Disc 2 : English
# "On the Outside"
(Campbell, Voisine) — 4:03
# "Waiting"
(Voisine) — 3:28
# "Mountain Girl"
(Lessard, Voisine) — 3:37
# "A Fishing Day"
(Voisine) — 4:09
# "My Fairy Tale"
(Campbell, Voisine) — 2:58
# "She Had a Dream"
(Voisine) — 3:32
# "
Until Death Do Us Part"
(Francis Cabrel
Francis Christian Cabrel (; born 23 November 1953) is a French singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist. Considered one of the most influential French musical artists of all time, he has released a number of albums falling mostly within the real ...
, Campbell, Voisine) — 3:17
# "Jamie's Girl"
(Campbell, Voisine) — 2:25
# "Pretty Face"
(Voisine) — 3:16
# "
Helen
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" (English version)
(Lessard, Voisine) — 3:43
# "All Wired Up"
(Voisine) — 4:00
Personnel
; Musicians
* Backing vocals - Adessa, Sembele Assitan, Bobby Helms, Bruce L. Johnson, Carole Frédericks, Elise Duguay (tracks: 2.02), Georges Costa, James Campbell, Janiece Jamison, Kat Dyson, Kathleen Dyson, Kim Richardson, Norman Groulx, Richard Groulx, Roch Voisine
* Bass - Allan B. Abrahams, Bernard Paganotti, Denis Labrosse, Pierre Duchesne, Sylvain Bolduc
* Cello - Alain Aubut
* Drums - Denis Toupin, Dominique Messier, Peter Barbeau, Richard Provençal
* Guitar - Christian Leroux, Carl Katz, Christian Péloquin, Denis Forcier, Denis Lable, Francis Cabrel, James Campbell, Jean-Marie Benoit, Michael Pucci, Patrice Tison, Rick Haworth, Roch Voisine, Réjean Bouchard, Réjean Lachance
* Keyboards - Aldo Nova, Luc Gilbert, Marc Beaulieu
* Percussion - Denis Benarrosh, Denis Toupin, Marc Chantereau, Paul Picard
* Piano - Marc Beaulieu, Scott Price
* Strings - Bernard Paganotti, Bertrand Lajudie, Marc Beaulieu, La Philharmonie de Paris, Le Quatuor de la Philharmonie de Paris
* Viola - Gérard Daigle
* Violin - Christian Prévost, Stéphane Allard
; Recording and photo
* Engineer - Philippe Laffont (strings, vocals and background vocals recording), Claude Pons (vocals and background vocals recording)
* Mixing - Manuel "Manu" Guiot, Serge "Bum-Bum" Pauchard
* Mixing assistant - Bruno Sourice
* Recording - Gaétan Pilon, Michael Delaney
* Recording assistant - Christophe Jauseau, Luc Pellerin, Stanislas BC
* Arranged by Aldo Nova, Bernard Paganotti, Francis Cabrel, Jean-Marie Benoit, Luc Gilbert, Marc Beaulieu, Roch Voisine, Scott Price
* Photo - Tony Frank
* Producer - André Di Cesare, Roch Voisine
References
External links
Roch Voisine Official site album page
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1990 albums
Roch Voisine albums