''Hélène'' is a 1989 album by
Canadian
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singer
Roch Voisine
Joseph Armand Roch Voisine, (born 26 March 1963) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and television host who lives in Montreal and Paris. He writes and performs material in both English and French. He won the Juno Award for Male V ...
. The title track "
Hélène" is his best selling international single, reaching number one for nine weeks on the French Singles Chart. Other successful singles from the album include "
Pourtant" (#3) and "
Avant de partir" (#7), released in 1990 summer.
Two songs were both written and composed by the singer himself. Marc Voisine, his brother, participated in the writing of the last track. The recording and mixing were made at the Victor studio, except for the song "Hélène" (at Intercession studio).
The album debuted at #14 on 3 December 1989 on the
SNEP
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Albums Chart and had a peak at number one for two weeks almost eleven months after. It totaled 40 weeks in the top ten and 113 weeks in the top 50. In 1991, the album achieved
Diamond status for over one million copies sold. In Norway, the album entered the albums chart in February 1990 and stayed for six weeks in the top 20, with a peak at number nine.
Track listing
# "
Hélène"
(Voisine, Lessard / Voisine) — 3:42
# "Là-bas dans l'ombre"
(Voisine, Lefèvre / Katz) — 4:19
# "
Pourtant"
(Voisine, Lefèvre / Voisine) — 5:47
# "
Avant de partir"
(Décarie / Gauthier) — 3:08
# "L'Idole"
(Voisine) — 4:11
# "Fille de pluie" (My Calgary Flirt)
(Voisine, Huet / Voisine) — 3:37
# "Souviens-toi"
(Voisine) — 4:53
# "Pour une victoire"
(Voisine, Lefèvre / Voisine) — 2:53
# "Tous les soirs, c'est Saturday"
(Voisine / Voisine, Price) — 3:33
# "Ton blues"
(Voisine, Marc Voisine, Lefèvre / Sperenza) — 3:27
Personnel
* André Di Cesare – artistic direction
* Luc Gilbert – production, arrangements, keyboards, drum programming (track 1)
* Scott Price – arrangements (except tracks 1–3), synthesizers, piano, synthesizers programming
* Carl Katz – guitars (track 1)
* Michael Pucci, Robert (Bob) Stanley – guitars
* Sylvain Bolduc – bass
* Richard Provençal – drums
* Louise Lemire, Élise Duguay, Estelle Esse, Richard Groulx – backup vocals
* Andy Scott, Michel Delaney – engineers
* Jean Blais (front cover), Lyne Charlebois, Michel Tremblay (back cover) – photos
* Steeve Daviault – hair, make-up
* Bill Kinal, Josée Simard – assistants
Charts
References
External links
Roch Voisine Official site album page
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1989 albums
Roch Voisine albums