En passant (album)

En passant
Studio album by Jean-Jacques Goldman
Released April - August 1997
Recorded

26 August 1997

  • Studio Kevin Mobile,
  • Studio Mega
  • Studio Gimmick
Genre Pop
Length 47:03
Label Columbia/Sony BMG
Producer Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman chronology
Singulier 81/89
(1996)		 En passant
(1997)		 En passant tournée 1998
(1998)
Singles from En passant
  1. "Sache que je"
    Released: 1997
  2. "Quand tu danses"
    Released: 1998
  3. "Bonne idée"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

En passant is a 1997 album recorded by French singer-songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman. The CD was produced between April and August 1997 in collaboration with Erick Benzi at the Kevin Mobile, Mega and Gimmick studios[2], and was released on the Columbia/Sony BMG record label on 26 August 1997.

Contents

Album information

The CD utilises the HDCD format, which improves the quality of the audio (compared to regular CDs) when played back in a suitable player. The album is intimate and contains acoustic and blues melodies. It mainly deals with death ("On ira", "En passant") and love ("Je sais", "Quand tu danses", "Les Murailles").

The album went traight to number one on the SNEP albums chart in France and remained for 82 weeks in the top 200. In Belgium (Wallonia), it also debuted at number one and totaled 65 weeks on the chart. It was only ranked for ten weeks in Switzerland, but earned a Platinum disc. It was less successful in Belgium (Flanders) where it stayed for six weeks on the chart (top 50).

The album provided three single, but only the first one was a hit : "Sache que je" hit #19 in France and #18 in Belgium (Wallonia), while the other two singles ("Quand tu danses" and "Bonne idée") failed the top 50 (#66 and #68 in France).

Track listing

All tracks written, composed and performed by Goldman.

  1. "Sache que je — 5:25
  2. "Bonne idée" — 3:27
  3. "Tout était dit" — 4:18
  4. "Quand tu danses" — 4:25
  5. "Le coureur" — 4:14
  6. "Juste quelques hommes" — 4:44
  7. "Nos mains" — 3:18
  8. "Natacha" — 3:01
  9. "Les murailles" — 2:28
  10. "On ira" — 4:25
  11. "En passant" — 7:18

Personnel

Release history

Date Label Region Format Catalog
1997 Mercury Belgium, France, Switzerland CD 4887912
1998 Sony International 488791

Certifications and sales

Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales
France[3] Diamond 1998 1,000,000 1,301,000[4]
Switzerland[5] Platinum 1997 50,000

Charts

Chart (1997/98) Peak
position
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[6] 38
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[6] 1
French SNEP Albums Chart[6] 1
Swiss Albums Chart[6] 10
End of year chart (1997) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[7] 5
French Albums Chart[8] 2
End of year chart (1998) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[9] 26
French Albums Chart[10] 25
Preceded by
Be Here Now by Oasis		 French SNEP number-one album
August 30, 1997 - October 11, 1997 (7 weeks)		 Succeeded by
Salut by Michel Sardou
Preceded by
Backstreet's Back by Backstreet Boys		 Belgian (Wallonia) number-one album
September 6, 1997 - November 1, 1997 (9 weeks)		 Succeeded by
Helmut Lotti Goes Classic III by Helmut Lotti

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Source: En passant album notes
  3. ^ "1998 certifications in France". Disqueenfrance. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259165.xml?id=259165&year=1998. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
  4. ^ "Chart run and sale of French albums in France". Fan of Music. http://fanofmusic.free.fr/ParcoursAlbum-J.php. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
  5. ^ "1997 Swiss certifications". Swisscharts. http://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=1997. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
  6. ^ a b c d "En passant, in various albums charts". Lescharts. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jean-Jacques+Goldman&titel=En+passant&cat=a. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
  7. ^ "1997 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart". Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1997&cat=a. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
  8. ^ "1997 French Albums Chart". Disqueenfrance. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259376.xml?year=1997&type=2. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
  9. ^ "1998 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart". Ultratop. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1998&cat=a. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
  10. ^ "1998 French Albums Chart". Disqueenfrance. http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259376.xml?year=1998&type=2. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
Jean-Jacques Goldman
Studio albums
Démodé (1981)  · Minoritaire (1982)  · Positif (1984)  · Non homologué (1985)  · Entre gris clair et gris foncé (1987)  · Fredericks Goldman Jones (1990)  · Rouge (1993)  · En passant (1997)  · Chansons pour les pieds (2001)
Live albums
En public (1986)  · Traces (1989)  · Sur scène (1992)  · Du New Morning au Zénith (1995)  · En passant tournée 1998 (1999)  · Un tour ensemble (2003)
Compilations
L'Intégrale 81/91 (1991)  · Singulier 81/89 (1996)  · L'Intégrale 90/00 (2000)  · Pluriel 90/96 (2002)
Singles
"Long Is the Road (Américain)" (1984)  · "Je marche seul" (1985)  · "Je te donne" (1985)  · "Pas toi" (1986)  · "Là-bas" (1987)  · "C'est ta chance" (1988)  · "Puisque tu pars" (1988)  · "Nuit" (1990)  · "À nos actes manqués" (1991)  · "Né en 17 à Leidenstadt" (1991)  · "C'est pas d'l'amour" (1991)  · "Un, deux, trois" (1992)  · "Tu manques" (1992)  · "4 Mots sur un piano" (2007)  · "La Promesse" (2011)
Associated artists