Style and reception
The reappearance of -M- in a more sombre 'black-and-white' persona without his former reliance on vivid colours (notably pink) and wild distinctive haircut caused considerable media attention. The music remained an idiosyncratic mix but was declared by critics to be 'innovative' with 'more sensual' lyrics that overall represented a 'successful metamorphosis' for the artist. However, other critics saw the project as falling flat and Telerama considered that only ''Délivre'' and ''L'élixir'' really broke the ''funky monotony'' of the work. Commercially successful in France ''Mister Mystère'' sold 51,000 copies in the first week of release, out-selling rival albums '' One Love'' by David Guetta and ''Volume 10'' by Marc Lavoine. It spent only one week at number 1 in France but has remained in the top 100 to this date.Collaborators
The team with whom Chedid created and recorded the album included Brigitte Fontaine, author Georges Kretek, filmmaker Guillaume Canet and much of his own family including father Louis (mixing, lyricist on Hold-Up), brother Joseph (drums), sister Anna (chorus) and another sister Émilie who helped with the production of the accompanying DVD.Track listing
* Disk 1 # ''Mister Mystère'' # ''Phébus'' # ''Est-ce que c'est ça?'' # ''Le Roi des ombres'' # ''Tanagra'' # ''L'Élixir'' # ''Ça sonne faux'' # ''Destroy'' # ''Semaine'' # ''Amssétou'' # ''Tout sauf toi'' # ''Hold-Up'' # ''Délivre'' * Disk 2 # ''Lettre à Tanagra'' (Lettres à Tanagra) # ''Brigand''(Lettres à Tanagra) # ''Crise'' (Lettres à Tanagra) # ''Je les adore'' (Lettres à Tanagra) * Disk 3 (only released on iTunes) # ''Le Roi des ombres'' (Demo) Part of the content was available through an Opendisc Enhanced Music CD which had to be used in conjunction with the album's websiteReferences
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