Abracadabra (Florent Pagny album)

Abracadabra
Studio album by Florent Pagny
Released	April 18, 2006
Genre	Pop
Label	Mercury
Florent Pagny chronology
Baryton – L'intégrale du spectacle (2005) Abracadabra (2006) Pagny chante Brel (2007) Singles from Abracadabra "Là où je t'emmènerai" Released: June 2006

Abracadabra is a 2006 album recorded by French singer Florent Pagny. It was his tenth studio album and was on April 18, 2006. It achieved huge success in France and Belgium (Wallonia) where it remained charted respectively for 66 and 22 weeks, including a peak at #2. It provided a sole hit single, "Là où je t'emmènerai" (#4 in France, #7 in Belgium, #39 in Switzerland). There is also an edition including a DVD released on November 13, 2006, under Universal Music label.

Track listing

CD

1. "Le Mur" (Daran, Fostinelli, Lebert) — 4:26
2. "Je suis" (Cosso, Daran, Fostinelli, Janois, Rousseau) — 3:52
3. "Là où je t'emmènerai" (Daran, Vga) — 4:05
4. "Comme l'eau se souvient" (Haroche, Manset) — 3:21
5. "Désolé" (Cahen, Daran, Fostinelli, Grillet) — 3:02
6. "Ça change un homme" (Darren, Miossec) — 3:39
7. "Vivons la paix" (Alhister, Daran, Fostinelli, Puccino, Ricour) (duet with Marie-Pascale Giunta) — 4:25
8. "J'ai beau vouloir" (Cosso, Daran) — 4:24
9. "Abracadabra" (Alhister, Cosso, Ricour) — 2:46
10. "Envers et contre moi" (Daran, Fostinelli, Hébrand, Janois, Tarlay) — 5:26
11. "À tout peser à bien choisir" (Guirao, Léopold, Soulier) — 5:49

DVD

Bonuses

Source : Allmusic.^[1]

Personnel

• Florent Pagny – vocals
• Fabien Cahen – acoustic guitar
• Philippe Entressangle – percussion, drums
• Erik Fostinelli – percussion, clavier

Production

• René Ameline – engineer
• David Boucher – mixing
• Alexandra Cubizolles – assistant, production executive
• Jean-Paul Gonnod – engineer
• Bertrand Lamblot – artistic director
• Bob Ludwig – mastering

Releases

Date	Label	Country	Format	Catalog
April 18, 2006	Universal Music	Belgium, France, Switzerland	CD	9839034
November 13, 2006			DVD	98444368

Certifications and sales

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
Belgium[2]	Gold	June 17, 2006	25,000
France[3]	Platinum	December 20, 2006	300,000	310,600[4]
Switzerland[5]	Gold	2007	10,000

Charts

Chart (2006-2007) Peak position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[6] 2 French SNEP Albums Chart[7] 2 Swiss Albums Chart[8] 13

End of year chart (2006) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[9] 9 French Albums Chart[10] 14

References

1. Abracadabra, track listing Allmusic.com (December 1, 2008)
2. Belgium certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved December 1, 2008)
3. French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved December 1, 2008)
4. Chart trajectories of various albums in France + sales Infodisc.fr (Retrieved December 1, 2008)
5. Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved December 1, 2008)
6. Abracadabra, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved December 1, 2008)
7. Abracadabra, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved December 1, 2008)
8. Abracadabra, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved December 1, 2008)
9. 2006 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved December 1, 2008)
10. 2006 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved December 1, 2008)