''Rêver mieux'' is the third studio album by
Québécois singer and musician
Daniel Bélanger
Daniel Bélanger (born December 26, 1961) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His music is eclectic, inspired by alternative rock, folk music, folk, and electronic music, sometimes humorous, sometimes wistful.
Biography
In 1983, Bélanger founded ...
.
["Electrifying changes: Belanger goes from folkie to high tech on his new album, Rever Mieux". '']Montreal Gazette
''The Gazette'', also known as the ''Montreal Gazette'', is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper which is owned by Postmedia Network. It is published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
It is the only English-language daily newspape ...
'', November 19, 2001. It was his first album to incorporate
electronic music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...
elements into his sound, which Bélanger attributed to the influence of recent music by
Beth Orton
Elizabeth Caroline Orton (born 14 December 1970) is an English musician known for her "folktronica" sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica. She was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit, Andrew Weatherall ...
,
DJ Shadow
Joshua Paul Davis (born June 29, 1972 in San Jose, California, San Jose, California), better known by his stage name DJ Shadow, is an American DJ and record producer. His debut studio album, ''Endtroducing.....,'' was released in 1996.
He uses l ...
and
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music, electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. Originally formed with the line-up of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher (musician), Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke, the band currently consists ...
.
[
It was certified platinum in January 2002 for selling more than 100,000 copies.
The album's supporting tour was noted for the participation of the then-unknown Ariane Moffatt as a keyboardist and backing vocalist.
]
Awards
The album was nominated for several Prix Félix
Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell, who ...
in 2002, winning for Best Album and Best Pop Rock Album. Bélanger also won the award for Best Concert, and was cowinner with Garou of the award for Best Male Artist. The album won the Juno Award
The Juno Awards (stylized as JUNOS), or simply known as the Junos, are awards presented by Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to recognize outstanding achievements in Canada's mu ...
for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2003
The Juno Awards of 2003 were presented in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 6 April 2003. The primary awards ceremony was hosted that evening by Shania Twain at the Corel Centre (now Canadian Tire Centre) and televised on CTV. The 2003 Juno Awards wer ...
, and was shortlisted for Album of the Year.["Shania, Avril Lavigne, Our Lady Peace lead pack with nominations". '']Timmins Daily Press
The ''Timmins Daily Press'' is a newspaper in Timmins, Ontario, which publishes six days a week. It is notable as the first paper founded by press baron Roy Thomson in the 1930s, who would eventually own more than 200 newspapers including ''The ...
'', February 13, 2003.
Track listing
#"Te quitter" - 3:48
#"Fous n'importe où" - 3:59
#"Chante encore" - 4:30
#"Une femme, un train, un homme et une gare" - 4:12
#"Dans un spoutnik" - 5:35
#"Tu tombes" - 3:12
#"Une chanson pour moi" - 2:59
#"Dis tout sans rien dire" - 3:23
#"Intouchable et immortel" - 7:56
#"Fugue en sol inconnu" - 4:37
#"Air pur" - 5:53
#"Rêver mieux" - 3:19
#"Comme des amants" - 3:48
#"Revivre" - 3:21
Certifications
Year-end charts
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rever Mieux
2001 albums
Daniel Bélanger albums
Audiogram (label) albums
Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year albums