''Sauver l'amour'' is the eighth and final studio album by French singer

Daniel Balavoine Daniel Xavier-Marie Balavoine (; 5 February 1952 – 14 January 1986) was a French singer and songwriter. He was hugely popular in the French-speaking world in the early 1980s; he inspired many singers of his generation such as Jean-Jacques Gol ...

, released in October 1985. It became his biggest commercial success, selling over 1.2 million copies.

Background and release

The album was written and composed by Balavoine and nearly all the songs deal with a political or social theme. Similar to his previous album, '' Loin des yeux de l'Occident'', Balavoine wrote the majority of ''Sauver l'amour'' on his

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synthesiser at his home studio in

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in June 1985. The following month, the album was recorded at Highland Studios in

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, and it was mixed at the Studio du Palais des Congrès in Paris in August and September. Following the release of the album, Balavoine told RTL's Monique Le Marcis that he liked the album so much, he wished it would be his last. Prophetically, ''Sauver l'amour'' would be Balavoine's final album as he died in a helicopter accident in January 1986. The first single released was "

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" and would become Balavoine's biggest hit with sales increasing considerably after his death. It would go on to become his only number-one and was also certified platinum. The song denounces racism and pays tribute to Balavoine's Jewish-Moroccan wife Corinne. The second single, "

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", looks at war and famine in the

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. It was not as successful as his previous single, but still sold over 500 thousand copies and peaked at number 5 on the French Top 50. A third single, "Aimer est plus fort que d'être aimé", was also released in late 1986, but failed to make any impact. In 1986, Balavoine was posthumously awarded the

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for best album that year for ''Sauver l'amour''.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians *

– vocals, keyboards * Matt Clifford – keyboards * Joe Hammer – drums, drum machine, backing vocals * John Woolloff – guitar * René Morizur – saxophone *Aliss Terrell – backing vocals *Diane Dupuis – backing vocals *Paula Moore – backing vocals *Roger Secco – backing vocals *Yves Chouard – backing vocals Technical * Andy Scott – producer * Frédéric Defaye – assistant producer * Ken Browar – photography *

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Charts

References

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