Live à Bercy

Live à Bercy
Live album by Mylène Farmer
Released May 21, 1997 (album, VHS)
May, 1999 (DVD)
Recorded Paris
Genre Pop, rock
Length 118:13
Label Polydor
Producer Laurent Boutonnat
Mylène Farmer chronology
Anamorphosée
(1995)		 Live à Bercy
(1997)		 Innamoramento
(1999)
Alternative cover
Collector edition - "Spider"
Singles from Live à Bercy
  1. "La Poupée qui fait non"
    Released: April 29, 1997
  2. "Ainsi soit je..."
    Released: August 20, 1997

Live à Bercy is the second live album by Mylène Farmer, released on May 21, 1997. It was also produced as a video.

Background

After the successful concerts tour of 1996, whose shows were spread out from May 25 to December 15, a live album was recorded and produced by Thierry Suc, and sponsored by NRJ. It was remixed in studio to give it a better sound. The re-orchestrations, composed by Laurent Boutonnat, were very dynamic with very rock sonorities.[1] The photos illustrating the booklet were realized by Claude Gassian. The track listing contains songs from the four studio albums of Farmer, but Anamorphosée was sharply privileged, because all its songs were included on the album, except "Eaunanisme". This live was released on May 21, 1997.[2]

In May, a musical video of the concert was also realized, first as a VHS. For the first time, François Hans participated in the shooting of a live. As for the previous live album En Concert, several scenes were re-filmed without the audience. The live video contains nevertheless numerous errors of editing, because it was compiled from four shows: three at Bercy and another in Geneva. It contains besides a making of and new images.

Two years later, in May, 1999, the video was released as a DVD, which constituted moreover the first DVD of the singer. However, it doesn't contain the bonuses available on the cassette. The DVD was dedicated to the singer's brother, Jean-Loup Gautier, died on October 26, 1996 after a road accident.[2]

All the formats had a huge success.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Generally well received by media, the album was nevertheless criticized for having been too much remixed in studio. For example, the journalist Caroline Bee declared: "Everything is emphasized: Mylène's voice, the shouts of the public, Abraham Laboriel's powerful drum, the bass and both guitars, impeccable. All that gives a perfect whole, without dissonance, but which sounds more as an album studio than as a real transcription of concert".[4]

Chart performances

In France, the album debuted at number 3 on French Album Chart, on May 24, 1997. It then reached its peak position, #2, for two consecutive weeks, and for two other weeks two months later. Andrea Bocelli's Romanza, then Era's eponymous album made it unable to reach number one. It remained for 18 weeks in the top ten, and dropped until #36 on November 8, but managed to re-entered the top 20 the week after and there stayed for nine weeks. It almost kept on dropping the months after and left the chart (Top 75) after its 44th week of attendance, on March 28, 1998.[5] Three days before, the album achieved Double platinum status by the SNEP, the French certifier, for a minimum of 600,000 copies sold.[6] Live à Bercy is to date the best-selling live album in France, with about 900,000 sales.

The video, both the VHS and the DVD, reached the first position on the French Videos Chart. They were both certified Diamond videos on October 24, 2001,[7] for more than 100,000 sold copies and thus became the most sold videos of a concert in France.

In Belgium (Wallonia), the album went straight to number 4 on June 7, 1997 and then peaked at #2 for 12 consecutive weeks (Era topped the chart then). After 18 weeks in the top ten, the album slowly dropped the four following months and disappeared from the chart (Top 50) on March 31, 1998, after 35 weeks of attendance.[8]

Singles

Year Details Peak
position		 Physical sales
(France)
FR BE
(Wa)
1997 "La Poupée qui fait non" (with Khaled)
*Released: April 29, 1997 		6 5 120,000
"Ainsi soit je..."
*Released: August 20, 1997		 27 22 70,000

Formats

Audio

1 Doesn't contain "Et Tournoie..." and "Tomber 7 fois..."

Video

Track listing

Audio album
CD 1
  1. "Ouverture" (4:45)
  2. "Vertige" (6:20)
  3. "California" (7:30)
  4. "Que mon cœur lâche" (4:35)
  5. "Et Tournoie..." (4:30)
  6. "Je t'aime mélancolie" (5:20)
  7. "L'Autre..." (5:50)
  8. "Libertine" (5:40)
  9. "L'Instant X" (9:36)
  10. "Alice" (5:25)
CD 2
  1. "Comme j'ai mal" (4:35)
  2. "Sans contrefaçon" (7:00)
  3. "Mylène s'en fout" (4:45)
  4. "Désenchantée" (8:15)
  5. "Rêver" (8:00)
  6. "Laisse le vent emporter tout" (6:25)
  7. "Tomber 7 fois..." (6:00)
  8. "Ainsi soit je..." (5:00)
  9. "La Poupée qui fait non" (duet with Khaled) (4:30)
  10. "XXL" (7:00)
Audio cassette

A-side:

  1. "Ouverture"
  2. "Vertige"
  3. "California"
  4. "Que mon cœur lâche"
  5. "Je t'aime mélancolie"
  6. "L'Autre"
  7. "Libertine"
  8. "L'Instant X"
  9. "Alice"

B-side:

  1. "Comme j'ai mal"
  2. "Sans contrefaçon"
  3. "Mylène s'en fout"
  4. "Désenchantée"
  5. "Rêver"
  6. "Laisse le vent emporter tout"
  7. "Ainsi soit je..."
  8. "La Poupée qui fait non" (duet with Khaled)
  9. "XXL"
VHS / DVD
  1. "Ouverture" (4:45)
  2. "Vertige" (6:20)
  3. "California" (7:30)
  4. "Que mon cœur lâche" (4:35)
  5. "Et Tournoie..." (4:30)
  6. "Je t'aime mélancolie" (5:20)
  7. "L'Autre..." (5:50)
  8. "Libertine" (5:40)
  9. "L'Instant X" (9:36)
  10. "Alice" (5:25)
  11. "Comme j'ai mal" (4:35)
  12. "Sans contrefaçon" (4:20)
  13. "Mylène s'en fout" (4:45)
  14. "Désenchantée" (8:15)
  15. "Rêver" (8:00)
  16. "Laisse le vent emporter tout" (6:25)
  17. "Tomber 7 fois..." (6:00)
  18. "Ainsi soit je..." (5:00)
  19. "La Poupée qui fait non" (duet with Khaled) (4:30)
  20. "XXL" (7:00)

Credits

  • Texts: Mylène Farmer

Except: "Libertine": Laurent Boutonnat; "La Poupée qui fait non": Franck Gérald

Except: "Libertine": Jean-Claude Déquéant; "Tomber 7 fois...": Mylène Farmer; "La Poupée qui fait non": Michel Polnareff

  • Musicians:
    • Keyboards and musical direction: Yvan Cassar
    • Guitars: Jeff Dahlgren, Brian Ray
    • Bass: Jerry Watts Jr
    • Drums: Abe Laboriel Jr.
    • Keyboards and percussion: Susie Davis
  • Background vocals: Carole Rowley, Esther Dobong'Na Essienne
  • Musical arrangement: Laurent Boutonnat

Except: "La Poupée qui fait non": Yvan Cassar
  • Consultant: Philippe Rault for Bastille Production Inc.
  • Mixed by Bertrand Chatenêt
  • Assistant: Emmanuel Feyrabend
  • Sound: Thierry Rogen
  • Executive production: Paul van Parys for Toutankhamon SA
  • Management: Thierry Suc
  • Mastering: André Perriat (Top Master)
  • Photos: Claude Gassian
  • Cover design: Henry Neu for Com'N.B
  • Recorded at Studio Mobile "Le Voyageur II"
  • Mixed at Studio Guillaume Tell
  • Produced by Laurent Boutonnat

Certifications and sales

Country Certification Date Sales
France 2 x Platinum (Album)[6]
Diamond (VHS)
Diamond (DVD)[7]		 1998 (Album)
2001 (DVD)		 900,000 (Album)
120,000 (VHS)
150,000 (DVD)
Switzerland Gold[9] 1999 25,000+ (Album)

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[8] 2
French SNEP Albums Chart[5] 2
End of year chart (1997) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[10] 13

References

  1. ↑ L'Intégrale Mylene Farmer, Erwan Chuberre, 2007, City Ed., p. 193-194 (ISBN 978-2-35288-108-7)
  2. 1 2 Le Dictionnaire des Chansons de Mylène Farmer, Benoît Cachin, 2006, Tournon Ed., p. 188-190
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. ↑ Mylène Farmer - La part d'ombre, Caroline Bee, Antoine Bioy & Benjamin Thiry, 2005, Archipel Ed., p. 364-365
  5. 1 2 Live à Bercy, French SNEP Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 3, 2008)
  6. 1 2 1998 certifications, by SNEP Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 3, 2008)
  7. 1 2 2001 certifications, by SNEP Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 3, 2008)
  8. 1 2 Live à Bercy, Belgian (Wallonia) Ultratop 40 Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 3, 2008)
  9. ↑ Mylène Farmer certifications in Switzerland Swisscharts.com (Retrieved May 14, 2008)
  10. ↑ 1997 Belgian Ultratop 100 Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 3, 2008)
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