C'était ici

C’était ici
Live album by Yann Tiersen
Released September 30, 2002
Recorded 15–17 February 2002 at the Cité de la Musique
Genre Avant-Garde
Label EMI France
Producer Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen chronology

L'Absente
(2001)
C'etait Ici
(2002)
Good Bye Lenin!
(2003)

C'était ici is the second live album of French Avant-Garde musician and composer Yann Tiersen. It was recorded during three concerts performed on 15, 16, and 17 February 2002, at the Cité de la Musique in Paris, France. The album is noteworthy because of the many collaborators appearing in the performances such as the 35-member orchestral group Synaxis, conducted by Guillaume Bourgogne, Claire Pichet, Christine Ott, Christian Quermalet, Marc Sens, Nicholas Stevens, Jean-François Assy, Renaud Lhoest, Oliver Tilkin, Ronan le bars, Les Têtes Raides, Dominique A and Lisa Germano.

On this album, the track entitled "La Noyée" is actually a piece by Serge Gainsbourg featured on the original soundtrack of the 1970 film Le Roman d'un voleur de chevaux, a 1970 film directed by Abraham Polonsky and Fedor Hanzekovic starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg among many others. Yann Tiersen's piece with the same title, "La Noyée II", is the track number five of the second disc.

Reception

Professional ratings
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Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Track listing

CD 1
  1. "Intro" - 0:25
  2. "La Valse d'Amélie" - 2:05
  3. "C'était ici" - 1:53
  4. "Rue des cascades" - 5:41 (Sung by Claire Pichet)
  5. "La Rupture" - 2:43 (Sung by Claire Pichet)
  6. "La Terrasse" - 3:57 (Sung by Yann Tiersen)
  7. "Déjà loin" - 3:02
  8. "Sur le fil" - 3:38
  9. "Le Jour d'avant" - 4:19
  10. "Le Banquet" - 2:55
  11. "Les Jours tristes" - 3:41 (Sung by Christian Quermalet)
  12. "La Noyée" - 3:24 (Sung by Yann Tiersen)
  13. "Le Moulin" - 4:03
  14. "Le Fromveur" - 2:11
  15. "L'Homme aux bras ballants" - 6:04
  16. "L'Autre Valse d'Amélie" - 2:50
CD 2
  1. "Bagatelle" - 4:17 (Sung by Dominique A)
  2. "Le Méridien" - 3:58 (Sung by Lisa Germano)
  3. "L'Absente" - 3:25
  4. "La Parade" - 3:34 (Sung by Lisa Germano and Claire Pichet)
  5. "La Noyée II" - 2:39
  6. "Monochrome" - 3:46 (Sung by Dominique A)
  7. "Plus au Sud" - 2:53
  8. "Les Bras de mer" - 4:03 (Sung by Dominique A)
  9. "Comptine d'un autre été: l'après-midi" - 2:24
  10. "Le Quartier" - 1:45
  11. "La Crise" - 3:05
  12. "Février" - 12:57
  13. "La Valse des monstres" - 7:15

Credits

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
French Albums Chart[2] 8
Swiss Albums Chart[3] 64

References

  1. C'était ici at AllMusic
  2. "Yann Tiersen - C'était ici". lescharts.com. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  3. "Yann Tiersen - C'était ici". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 10 May 2012.

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