''Rêves'' is a posthumous compilation recorded by French singer
Grégory Lemarchal
Grégory Jean-Paul Lemarchal (13 May 1983 – 30 April 2007), known professionally as Grégory Lemarchal, was a French singer who rose to fame by winning the fourth series of the reality television show ''Star Academy (French TV series), Star Aca ...
. It was released in November 2009 and contains all his previous singles and some cover versions of various artists, including
Céline Dion
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and
Daniel Balavoine, and two unpublished songs, the first two tracks of the album (although Olivier Ottin, the former manager of the singer, had earlier said in an interview with the ''Nouvel Observateur'' that the album would be fully composed of unpublished songs). "Je rêve" is also the first song written by Lemarchal.
According to Universal Music website, some rights and benefits from the album's sales will be donated to Grégory Lemarchal association to fight against
cystic fibrosis
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. The first single off the album will be "Je rêve" and its music video will be composed of images from a documentary entitled ''À l'ouest d'un souffle nouveau'' and funded by Lemarchal association. The song features six former patients who had the chance to receive a transplant.
The album debuted at number one on the French Compilations Chart on 22 November 2009 with 37,563 units sold.
Track listing
# "Tu prends" – 3:26
# "Je rêve" – 3:55
# "
Écris l'histoire
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"
(Francesco de Benedittis, Paul Manners, David Esposito) – 4:12
# "Mieux qu'ici bas" – 3:53
# "
De temps en temps"
(Davide Esposito, Grégory Lemarchal
Grégory Jean-Paul Lemarchal (13 May 1983 – 30 April 2007), known professionally as Grégory Lemarchal, was a French singer who rose to fame by winning the fourth series of the reality television show ''Star Academy (French TV series), Star Aca ...
) – 3:54
# "Je suis en vie"
(Alana Filippi, Rémi Lacroix) – 3:42
# "SOS d'un terrien en détresse"
(Michel Berger
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, Luc Plamondon
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He is the brot ...
) – 3:23
# "
Même si"
featuring Lucie Silvas ( Lucie Silvas, Peter Gordeno, Mike Peden) – 3:48
# "Entre nous" – 3:20
# "Le feu sur les planches"
(Eleonor Coquelin, Laurent Mesambret) – 4:13
# "Restons amis"
(Esposito, Rémi Lacroix, Isabelle Bernal) – 3:29
# "Je t'écris"
(Yvan Cassar, Marc Lévy) – 6:40
# "À corps perdu"
(Alexandre Lessertisseur, R. Jericho, V. Filho) – 4:09
# "
Zora sourit" – 3:41
# "Le lien"
(Patrick Fiori
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Biography Beginnings
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, Julie Zenatti) – 3:32
# "Quand on n'a que l'amour" – 3:22
Charts and sales
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2009 compilation albums
Grégory Lemarchal albums
Compilation albums published posthumously