Gold (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Gold


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Origin = Toulouse, France
Genre = Pop
Years_active = 1982–present
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Associated_acts = Images
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Current_members = Lucien Crémadès Alain Llorca Bernard Mazauric Stephen Salvador Emile Wandelmer
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Gold is a French music band from Toulouse, founded in the 1980s. It was very successful in France since 1985.

History

It was composed of five musicians : Lucien Crémadès (guitar, vocals), Alain Llorca (bass, vocals), Bernard Mazauric (keyboards), Stephen Salvador (drums) and the lead singer who also played the rhythmic guitar, Emile Wandelmer.

In 1985, the band bacame famous with their first big hit "Plus près des étoiles". Thereafter, it had other several successes with "Capitaine abandonné", "Ville de lumière" or "Laissez-nous chanter". Gold was famous until 1990 when the lead singer left the group following a disagreement. He joined the group Images in 1998. After the departure of Emile Wandelmer, even if the group was not very successful on the charts, the latter continued to record some albums and singles.

Gold is one of the few French groups to have five singles in the top ten on the French SNEP Singles Chart from 1985 to 1987. [Gold discography and peak positions in France [http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Gold Lescharts.com] (Retrieved October 7, 2008)]

Discography

Albums

* "Gold" (1982)
# "Crise d'amour cardiaque"
# "T'es pas fou"
# "Sans façon"
# "Fou y es-tu"
# "Jean's et strass"
# "Le train de mes souvenirs"
# "Difficile d'oublier"
# "Tropicana"
# "Plus loin"
# "Seul dans l'univers"

* "Gold"' (1984)
# "Tropicana""
# "T'es pas fou"
# "Jean's et strass"
# "Le train de mes souvenirs"
# "Plus près des étoiles"
# "Je m'ennuie de tout"
# "Plus loin"
# "Crise d'amour cardiaque"

* "Le Train de mes souvenirs"' (Sept. 1984)
# "Plus près des étoiles"
# "T'es pas fou"
# "Sans façon"
# "Jean's et strass"
# "Le train de mes souvenirs"
# "Tropicana"
# "J'm'ennuie de tout"
# "Plus loin"
# "Crise d'amour cardiaque"
# "Seul dans l'univers"

* "Capitaine abandonné" (Sept. 1986)
# "Capitaine abandonné" (extended version)
# "Le train de mes souvenirs"
# "Ville de lumière" (extended version)
# "Josy-Ann"
# "Plus près des étoiles" (extended version)
# "Lady Baby doll"
# "J’mennuie de tout"
# "Tropicana"

* "Calicoba"' (Dec. 1986)
# "Laissez-nous chanter"
# "Du vent, du bluff, des mots"
# "Josy-Ann"
# "Demain sans doute"
# "Lady Baby Doll"
# "Calicoba"
# "Ville de lumière"
# "Pour toi la musique"
# "Capitaine Abandonné" (tempête)

* "Let the children play"' (1986)
# "Let the Children Play"
# "Window Wonder World"
# "Josy-Ann"
# "Only Love That's Really True"
# "Lady Rock'n Roll"
# "Carli come back"
# "Crying in the city"
# "It's only a dream"
# "Sail Away (tempête)"

* "L'Olympia"' (1987)
# "Intro"
# "Laissez-nous chanter"
# "Tropicana"
# "Plus près des étoiles"
# "Lady Baby Doll"
# "Capitaine abandonné"
# "J'm'ennuie de tout"
# "Le train de mes souvenirs"
# "L'Aziza"
# "Plus loin" (only on the CD)
# "T'es pas fou" (only on the CD)
# "Ville de lumière"

* "Bleu"' (Jul. 1988)
# "Fils des Highlands"
# "Rio de Janvier"
# "Rock ou pas"
# "Melinda, viens"
# "Diamant dort"
# "A l'est d'Eden"
# "Spleen"
# "Au-delà du rideau"
# "Des matins bleus"

* "Le Palais des Sports"' (April 1989)
# "Fils des Highlands"
# "Rock ou pas"
# "Au-delà du rideau"
# "Rio de Janvier"
# "Diamant dort"
# "Calicoba"
# "Melinda, viens"
# "Spleen"
# "Laissez-nous chanter"
# "Ville de lumière"
# "Capitaine abandonné"
# "Plus près des étoiles"
# "A l'est d'Eden"
# "Des matins bleus"

* "La Compil' en Or"' (March 1990)
# "Laissez-nous chanter"
# "Du vent du bluff des mots"
# "Au-delà du rideau"
# "Demain sans doute"
# "Ville de lumière"
# "Calicoba"
# "Fils des Highlands"
# "Capitaine Abandonné"
# "T'es pas fou"
# "Rio de Janvier"
# "Tropicana"
# "Melinda, viens"
# "Le train de mes souvenirs"
# "Diamant dort"
# "Plus près des étoiles"
# "Josy-Ann"
# "Iles d'Aran"
# "Pour toi la musique"

* "Eclats de voix"' (1994)
# "Louise, ma Louisiane"
# "L'homme perdu"
# "Dalaï Lama"
# "Soleil enfin"
# "Coup double en enfer"
# "Jersey"
# "Macadam rêveur"
# "Passer la rivière"
# "Cheyenne"

* "Les Plus Grands Succès"' (Compilation) (1995, reissued in 2002)
# "Plus près des étoiles"
# "Capitaine abondonné"
# "Ville de Lumière"
# "Calicoba"
# "Laissez-Nous Chanter"
# "Rio De Janvier"
# "Pour Toi La Musique"
# "Iles D'aran"
# "Au-Delà Du Rideau"
# "L'est D'éden"
# "Melinda, Viens"
# "Diamant Dort"
# "Fils De Highlands"
# "Josy-Ann"
# "Rock ou pas"
# "Du Vent, du Bluff, des Mots"

* "Gold 99"' (1999)
# "Hello"
# "Si haut"
# "Voler du temps"
# "Le fils du pêcheur"
# "Même si je perds le nord"
# "Pendant c'temps"
# "Les yeux des métis"
# "Le long chemin"
# "Les voix du Pacifique"
# "Si je savais"
# "Samarkand"

* "Live 2004"' (2004)
# "Fils des highlands"
# "Si haut"
# "Ville de lumière"
# "Calicoba"
# "Summer in the City"
# "Spleen"
# "Rio de janvier"
# "Plus près des étoiles"
# "Laissez nous chanter"
# "Capitaine abandonné"

ingles

*"Tropicana" (1982)
*"Plus près des étoiles" (1984) - #2 in France
*"A little closer to freedom" (1984)
*"Capitaine abandonné" (1985) - #1 in France
*"Sail Away" (1985)
*"Ville de lumière" (1986) - #2 in France
*"Laissez nous chanter" (1987) - #6 in France
*"Calicoba" (1987) - #8 in France
*"Au-delà du rideau" (1988) - #46 in France
*"Rio de janvier" (1988) - #18 in France
*"Diamant dort" (1989) - #34 in France
*"Iles d'Aran" (1989)
*"Jersey" (1994)
*"L'homme Perdu" (1994)
*"Soleil Enfin" (1994)
*"Hello" (1999)
*"Le long chemin" (1999)

Viodegraphy

* "Le Palais des Sports de Gold" (1989)
* "Les Clips en Or" (1990)

Awards

In November 1986, the band was awarded "Best revelation of the variety" by the whole professional people of the Victoires de la musique.

External links

* [http://www.groupegold.net Site on Gold]
* [http://groupegold.free.fr Site on Gold and Émile & Images]

References