''Fredericks Goldman Jones'' is a 1990 album recorded by the trio

Fredericks Goldman Jones Fredericks Goldman Jones was the name of a famous French musical trio made up of Jean-Jacques Goldman, Carole Fredericks and Michael Jones. Established in 1990, it remained active until 1996. After the amicable separation of the trio and the c ...

. It was the trio's first studio album and was recorded at the studios ICP and Guillaume Tell, in Paris. The album was released on 28 November 1990 and spawned six singles which achieved success in France : "Nuit" (#6), "À nos actes manqués" (#2), "Né en 17 à Leidenstadt" (#11), "C'est pas l'amour" (#11), "Un, deux, trois" (#8) and "Tu manques" (#12). The album itself was successful : it debuted at number one on 4 January 1991 and stayed there for eight consecutive weeks. It was ranked for 51 weeks in the top ten and 87 weeks in the top 50. In 1991, it earned a

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for over 1,000,000 copies sold.

Track listing

All tracks written and composed by

Jean-Jacques Goldman Jean-Jacques Goldman (; born 11 October 1951) is a French singer-songwriter and music record producer. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017 he has been the highest grossing living French p ...

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All tracks performed by

Carole Fredericks Carole Denise Fredericks (June 5, 1952 – June 7, 2001) was an American singer best known for her work in French music. She was the younger sister of Taj Mahal. Between 1990 and 1996 she was in the trio Fredericks Goldman Jones alongside s ...

, Jean-Jacques Goldman and Michael Jones, except "Tu manques" (Goldman only). # "C'est pas d'l'amour" — 4:57 # "Vivre cent vies" — 4:41 # " Né en 17 à Leidenstadt" — 3:54 # "Un, deux, trois" — 4:18 # "

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" — 5:40 # "Je l'aime aussi" — 6:14 # "Chanson d'amour (...!)" — 4:07 # " À nos actes manqués" — 4:42 # "Peurs" — 4:58 # " Tu manques" — 9:13 Source : Allmusic.

Personnel

Fredericks Goldman Jones

*Carole Fredericks: Vocals, choirs and chorus *Jean-Jacques Goldman: acoustic and electric guitars, vocals, piano, harmonica * Michael Jones: acoustic and electric guitars, vocals, choir

Additional Personnel

* Nicole Amovin, Julia Fenere Sarr – choir, chorus *

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 ...

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* Alain Aubert, John Hastry –

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, mixing * Georges Baux, Jean Louis Pujade, Andy Scott – producer *

Erick Benzi Erick Benzi (born 1 March 1959) is a French musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer from Marseille. He was previously part of the duo Die Form, with Gildas Arzel, and the group Canada (with Arzel, Jacques Veneruso, and Gwenn Arzel) ...

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* Simon Clarke, Kick Horns, Roddy Lorimer, Neil Sidwell –

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* Jean-Yves d'Angelo –

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* Claude Gassian – photo * Basil Leroux, Patrice Tison – guitar *

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– bass * Gerald Manceau, Claude Salmieri –

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* Tim Sanders – soprano saxophone, brass * Paul Spong –

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, brass

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 1990 debut albums Jean-Jacques Goldman albums Carole Fredericks albums CBS Disques albums