Alizée En Concert

Alizée En Concert
Video by Alizée
Released 18 October 2004
Recorded 26 August 2003 – 17 January 2004
Studio Guillaume Tell
(París, Ile-de-France)
Genre Pop
Length 1:13:19
Language French
Label Polydor
Producer Paul Van Parys
Alizée chronology

Alizée En Concert
(2004)		 Psychedelices CD+DVD Edition
(2007)
Alizée chronology
Mes courants électriques
(2003)		 Alizée En Concert
(2004)		 Psychédélices
(2007)
CD cover


Alizée En Concert is the first live album by French recording artist Alizée. It was released on 18 October 2004 by Polydor Records and Requiem Publishing.The album chronicles Alizée's 2003-04 En Concert Tour It was recorded serial arenas and concert halls during the tour including the prestigious L'Olympia hall in Paris and many cities such Lyon, Strasbourg, Montpellier and many other dates of the tour, was released in both CD and DVD format. The DVD contains the entire concert and the CD includes sixteen live songs only.

Background

Following the 2003 release Mes courants électriques, Alizée released her fist live album, Alizée En Concert. The album was recorded at many concert halls and arenas in including the L'Olympia hall in Paris, on August 15, 2003, during the Japan travel in that year, the singer was promoting her same year last studio album and when she was in that country was announced her comeback to France with her En Concert Tour including all the European French-speaking area including Belgium and Switzerland. It was the first release from her artistical godmother company, Requiem Publishing and was released in both DVD and CD formats, capturing the tour. The DVD release consists of the full eighteen songs set list of the tour, while the CD captures sixteen highlights from the same.

After the unexpected success of Alizée's studio albums in Mexico, the live album was re-issued as a CD+DVD in early 2007, the album entered the charts and after spending months in the top 100, went on to peak at number eight on the main albums chart[1] and number four on the international albums chart.[2] The album became the 29th best-selling album of the year.[3]

The compilation was re-released in early 2007 in Mexico by Universal Music as a CD+DVD release,[4] following the featuring of the songs in local radio stations. With the re-release and renewed interest, the songs climbed up the music charts in the country. The album became a hit, peaking at number four in the International Chart on 28 May 2007,[5] and number eight on the main albums chart. En concert has a Gold certification for shipments over 50,000 copies only in Mexico.[6]

Technical Issues

A DVD of the same performances was released simultaneously. The region-free disc was among the first DVDs to offer a video shot with high-definition cameras, and has Dolby Digital, DTS 5.1, and stereo audio tracks. DVD extras include footage of Alizée's concert rehearsals, the making of her video, and her trip to Japan.

International DVD

A DVD with the same name has also been released.

Chapter list

  1. "Intralizée"
  2. "L'Alizé"
  3. "Hey! Amigo!"
  4. "Toc de mac"
  5. "J'en ai marre!"
  6. "Lui ou toi"
  7. "Gourmandises"
  8. "L'e-mail a des ailes"
  9. "Mon maquis"
  10. "J.B.G."
  11. "Moi... Lolita"
  12. "Amélie m'a dit"
  13. "Parler tout bas"
  14. "C'est trop tard"
  15. "Youpidou"
  16. "Tempête"
  17. "À contre-courant"
  18. "J'ai pas vingt ans"
  19. "Générique de fin"

Bonus

Sales for DVD

Country Charts Certification Sales/Shipments
France 1 Gold 60,000+[7]

CD Edition

Track listing

  1. "Intralizée" – 1:48
  2. "L'Alizé" – 4:40
  3. "Hey! Amigo!" – 3:53
  4. "Toc de mac" – 4:28
  5. "J'en ai marre!" – 5:44
  6. "Lui ou toi" – 4:18
  7. "Gourmandises" – 4:23
  8. "Mon maquis" – 4:52
  9. "J.B.G." – 3:28
  10. "Moi... Lolita" – 5:50
  11. "Amélie m'a dit" – 3:51
  12. "Parler tout bas" – 5:19
  13. "C'est trop tard" – 4:21
  14. "Youpidou" – 4:15
  15. "Tempête" – 4:42
  16. "À contre-courant" – 7:27

Sales for CD

Country Charts Certification Sales/Shipments
Mexico 8 Gold 50,000+
France 24 - 10,000+[7]

Credits

Reception

References

  1. ↑ Mexican Albums Chart - May 28th 2007
  2. ↑ Mexican International Albums Chart - May 28th 2007
  3. ↑ Lista anual del 2007
  4. ↑ "WORLD MUSIC: En-Concert (CD+DVD)". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2007.
  5. ↑ "Mexican International Albums Chart – May 28th 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2 July 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2007.
  6. ↑ "Mexican Albums Chart – May 28th 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original on 4 June 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2007.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://www.alizee-forum.com/showthread.php?15973-how-much-she-sold-from-the-both-albums&p=342862&viewfull=1#post342862