''The Big Machine'' is the fourth studio album by French singer, composer and producer

Émilie Simon Émilie Simon (; born 1978 in Montpellier, Occitanie, France) is a French singer, songwriter and composer of electronic music. Music ''Émilie Simon'' In May 2003, she released her debut album '' Émilie Simon''. The electronic album was cr ...

, released on 14 September 2009, by

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. The album is completely in English; no French songs were included on the album. However, some songs have fragments in French.

Promotion

Four viral videos have been posted on her official MySpace page. The videos include the same artwork used on her official website, created b
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The first one includes the full album version of "Dreamland" which is the lead single of the album.
/ref> The second one includes a 36-second instrumental sample of "Chinatown".
/ref> And, the third one includes a 50s snippet of "Rocket to the Moon".
/ref> The fourth one appeared on her official site only promoting the digital release of the album, it includes "Rainbow".
(Digital: 14 September - Album & New Website: 21 September) The viral videos for "Dreamland", "Chinatown" and "Rocket to the Moon" were made available for free download from her official new website, launched on September 21 and designed b
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Several songs from the album have been also performed live during her summer shows solo tour and other ones with her back band.

Track listing

The album was released digitally on September 14, 2009 in France. The songs were composed by Émilie and co-written by English novelist

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("Rainbow", "Nothing to Do with You", "Fools Like Us", "The Way I See You" and "This Is Your World") and Faroese singer-songwriter

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("Rocket to the Moon").

Release history

Singles

*"Dreamland" is the lead single from the album, it was made available for digital download on June 8, 2009. The download is a radio edit of the song that lasts 3:58. A music video for the song was released on

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in September. *"Rainbow", a digital single is available for download from November 23, 2009. The single includes the radio edit of the song with a length of 3:38. A music video was released through her official

channel on November 15, 2009.

Other songs

Performed during the shows: *"Mercy Street" (

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cover) *"Smalltown Boy" (

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cover) *"The Ballad Of The Big Machine" (featuring

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)

Personnel

Engineering and production

Mark Plati Mark Plati is a New York–based musician, record producer, and songwriter, best known for his work in the 1990s with David Bowie. Plati also has worked with Spookey Ruben, The Cure, Duncan Sheik, Hooverphonic, Robbie Williams, Joe McIntyre, ...

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*Renaud Létang - mixing *François Chevallier

Instruments

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*Darren Beckett - drums *Adam Chilenski -

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* Kelly Pratt -

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*John Natchez - brass

Charts

Album

External links

References

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