''Le Chemin'' ("The Way") is a 2003 album recorded by
French pop-rock
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Kyo. It was released on January 13, 2003, and achieved huge success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), where it was respectively #2 and #1. This album, entirely composed by the band, remains to date its most successful one. There is also an edition including a
DVD
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It stayed on the charts for 65 weeks in Belgium, 98 weeks in France and 79 weeks in Switzerland. It provided four top 20 singles in France and Belgium : "Le Chemin" (#12 in France, #4 in Belgium, #14 in Switzerland), "Dernière danse" (#6 in France, #4 in Belgium, #14 in Switzerland), "Je cours" (#20 in France, #8 in Belgium, #41 in Switzerland) and "Je saigne encore" (#13 in France, #12 in Belgium, #39 in Switzerland).
The album was awarded 'Francophone album of the year' at the 2004
NRJ Music Awards
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Track listing
# "
Le Chemin"
(duet with Sita
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) — 3:31
# "Je cours" — 3:01
# "Dernière danse" — 3:48
# "Tout envoyer en l'air" — 3:12
# "Chaque seconde" — 3:50
# "Comment te dire" — 4:44
# "Je saigne encore" — 4:02
# "Je te vends mon âme" — 3:31
# "Pardonné" — 3:36
# "Sur nos lèvres" — 4:05
# "Tout reste à faire" — 4:56
Source : ''Allmusic''.
[''Le Chemin'', track listing ]Allmusic.com
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Personnel and credits
* Vocals by Benoit Poher and Fabien Dubos
* Guitar : Nicolas Chassagne and Florian Dubos
* Drums by Fabien Dubos
* Bass : Laurent Vernerey
* Choir arrangement : Jean Francois Berger
* Assistant : Elise Chambeyron
* Programming by Matthew Vaughan and Nicolas Chassagne
* Sampling by Nicolas Chassagne
* Mastering : Ian Cooper
* Mixing by Francois Delabriere
* Engineered by Hubert Decottignies and Francois Delabriere
* Photography : Marco De La Rosa
* Produced by François Delabrière
Releases
Certifications and sales
Charts
References
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2003 albums
Kyo (band) albums