Chansons pour les pieds

Chansons pour les pieds
Studio album by Jean-Jacques Goldman
Released	November 20, 2001
Recorded	Alès, 2001
Genre	Pop, gigue, tarentelle, rock
Label	Columbia
Jean-Jacques Goldman chronology
L'Intégrale 90/00 (2000) Chansons pour les pieds (2001) Pluriel 90/96 (2002)

Chansons pour les pieds was a 2001 album by Jean-Jacques Goldman sung in French. The album was recorded at the Théâtre du Cratère d'Alès by Eric Van de Hel and Gildas Lointier, assisted by Renaud Van Welden. All songs were written by the singer himself. Released by JRG, the album met smash success on the charts : it topped the French and Belgian Albums Charts and remained charted for almost two years, and was #2 in Switzerland. As the title ("Songs for the Dance") suggests, all the tracks are devoted to dance and represent music styles (canon chorale, gigue, technoriental, slow, tarentelle, R&B, ballad, disco, rock, slow zouk, fanfare swing, pop).

There was a sole single from this album : "Et l'on y peut rien", which peaked at #7 in France, 37 in Belgium (Wallonia) and #61 in Switzerland.

Track listing

1. "Ensemble" – 3:59
2. "Et l'on n'y peut rien" – 3:38
3. "Une poussière" – 5:33
4. "La pluie" – 8:25
5. "Tournent les violons" – 4:38
6. "Un goût sur tes lèvres" – 4:29
7. "Si je t'avais pas" – 4:50
8. "C'est pas vrai" – 4:56
9. "The Quo's in town tonite" – 5:14
10. "Je voudrais vous revoir" – 5:12
11. "Les p'tits chapeaux" – 3:54
12. "Les choses" – 8:38
13. "La vie c'est mieux quand on est amoureux" ¹

¹ Hidden track

Source : Allmusic.^[1]

Personnel and credits

• Michael Jones, vocals
• Bruno Le Rouzic, bagpipes
• Bruno Le Rouzic and Frédéric Paris, flute
• Gildas Arzel, Michael Jones, and Patrice Tison, guitar
• Gildas Arzel, oud
• Marc Chantereau, percussion
• Carlo Rizzo, tambourine
• Gilles Chabenat, hurdy-gurdy
• François Breugnot and Christian Lemaître, violin
• Christophe Nègre, saxophone
• Denis Leloup, trombone
• Christian Martinez,Eric Mula and Jacques "Kako" Bessot, trumpet, cornet
• Philippe Slominski, bugle
• Jean-Pierre Solvès, clarinet, saxophone, baritone, piccolo
• Didier Havet, euphonium, sousaphone, trombone, bass
• Yvan Cassar, strings arrangements and direction

Release history

Date	Label	Country	Format	Catalog
November 20, 2001	Columbia	Belgium, France, Switzerland	CD	504735
December 11, 2001	Sony			5047352

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
France[2]	Diamond	February 13, 2002	1,000,000
Switzerland[3]	Platinum	2002	40,000

Charts

Chart (2001–2003) Peak position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[4] 1 French Albums Chart[5] 1 Swiss Albums Chart[6] 2

End of year chart (2001) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[7] 21 French Albums Chart[8] 2 End of year chart (2002) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[9] 13 French Albums Chart[10] 9

References

1. Chansons pour les pieds, track listing Allmusic.com (Retrieved May 9, 2009)
2. 2002 certifications in France Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved May 9, 2009)
3. 2002 certification in Switzerland Swisscharts.com (Retrieved June 6, 2008)
4. Chansons pour les pieds, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 9, 2009)
5. Chansons pour les pieds, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved May 9, 2009)
6. Chansons pour les pieds, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved May 9, 2009)
7. 2001 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 9, 2009)
8. 2003 French Albums Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved May 9, 2009)
9. 2002 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 9, 2009)
10. 2002 French Albums Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved May 9, 2009)