Chansons pour les pieds

Chansons pour les pieds
Studio album by Jean-Jacques Goldman
Released	November 20, 2001
Recorded	Alès, 2001
Genre	Pop
Label	Columbia
Jean-Jacques Goldman chronology
Tournée 98 en passant (1999) Chansons pour les pieds (2001) Un tour ensemble (2004)

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 suggests it, all the tracks are devoted to the dance and represents a music style (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 nd hel Gaucher, saxophone
• Denis Leloup, trombone
• Christian Martinez and Eric Mula, trumpet
• Philippe Slominski, bugle
• Jacques Bessot (Kako), cornet
• Jean-Pierre Solvès, clarinet, saxophone, baritone, piccolo
• Didier Havet, euphonium, sousaphone, trombone, bass

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

Preceded by Invincible by Michael Jackson	French SNEP number-one album November 24, 2001 - December 8, 2001 (3 weeks)	Succeeded by L5 by L5
Preceded by Millésime / Live 00/01 by Pascal Obispo	Belgian (Wallonia) number-one album December 8, 2001 (1 week)	Succeeded by Les Mots by Mylène Farmer

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)