Les Amours du dimanche

Les Amours du dimanche
Studio album by Marc Lavoine
Released June 1989
1993 (reissue)
Recorded June 1988-March 1989
CBS Studios, London
Studio Fortuny, Paris
Studio Marcadet, Paris
O'Henry Studio, Los Angeles
Studio Plus XXX, Paris
Genre Pop
Label AVREP/PolyGram
Disques Vogue/BMG (reissue)
Producer Fabrice Aboulker
Marc Lavoine chronology

Fabriqué
(1987)		 Les Amours du dimanche
(1989)		 Paris
(1991)
Singles from Les Amours du dimanche
  1. "C'est la vie [1]"
    Released: May 1989
  2. "Ami [2]"
    Released: 1989
  3. "Toutes mes excuses (Chère amie) [3]"
    Released: 1990
  4. "Rue Fontaine [4]"
    Released: September 1990
  5. "Je n'ai plus rien à te donner [5]"
    Released: March 1991

Les Amours du dimanche is a 1989 album recorded by French artist Marc Lavoine. It was his third studio album and contains the singles "C'est la vie" (#14), "Ami", "Chère amie" (they failed to chart) "Rue Fontaine" (#11) and "Je n'ai plus rien à te donner" (#18) which obtained popularity in France. The album earned a Gold certification awarded by the SNEP and was ranked on the chart for 26 weeks in 1989 and 1991, peaking at #35 in its first and second weeks.[6]

Track listing

  1. "C'est la vie" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:47
  2. "Du côté de chez toi" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 4:31
  3. "Chère amie" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:33
  4. "Rue Fontaine" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:33
  5. "Le Poids de ta peine" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:13
  6. "Les Amours du dimanche", part 1 (Instrumental) (Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:21
  7. "Je n'ai plus rien à te donner" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:52
  8. "Cent balles de sentiment" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 4:50
  9. "T'es ma danseuse" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 4:15
  10. "Ami" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 4:16
  11. "Les Amours du dimanche", part 2 (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:51

Source:[7]

Album credits
  • Steve Madaio – horn arrangement, trumpet
  • Kate Markowitz – backing vocals
  • Guida de Palma – backing vocals
  • Philippe Rault - artistic coordinator
  • Doug Rider - engineer (Los Angeles)
  • Patrick Rousseau – percussion
  • Carole Rowley – backing vocals
  • Claude Salmiéri – drums
  • Pascal Stive – arranger, engineer (Paris), keyboards, string engineer (London), synthesizer programming
  • Jannick Top – bass guitar
  • Carlos Vega – drums
  • David Woodford – saxophone
  • Gavyn Wright – concertmaster


Releases

Date Label Country Format Catalog
1989 AVREP/PolyGram Belgium, France, Switzerland LP
CD
Cassette		 838 257-1
838 257-2
838 257-4
B.C.C.L./Select Canada CD BCCL-CD-059
1993 Disques Vogue/BMG France CD
Cassette		 74321167632
74321167634

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
France[8] Gold 1990 100,000

Charts

Chart (1989-1991) Peak
position
French SNEP Albums Chart[6] 35

References

  1. ↑ http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/disque/8880.html
  2. ↑ http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/disque/16077.html
  3. ↑ http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/disque/8891.html
  4. ↑ http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/disque/8889.html
  5. ↑ http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/disque/16078.html
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Les Amours du Dimanche, French Albums Chart See: "Sélection des Autres Artistes" => "Marc LAVOINE" Infodisc.fr (Retrieved November 22, 2008)
  7. ↑ Les Amours du dimanche, track listing Allmusic.com (Retrieved November 21, 2008)
  8. ↑ Marc Lavoine's certifications in France Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved November 22, 2007)