C'est déjà ça
1993 studio album by Alain Souchon
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C'est déjà ça is a 1993 album recorded by French singer Alain Souchon. It was his eleventh album overall and was released on October 10, 1993. It achieved smash success in France where it remained for 100 weeks in the top 50, including one week at the top, and 108 weeks on the chart. It was also successful in Belgium (Wallonia). It provided two successful singles in France : "Foule sentimentale" (#1) and "L'Amour à la machine" (#21). The album was entirely written by the singer himself, while the music was composed by Laurent Voulzy, Jean-Claude Petit and Souchon's son, Pierre Souchon.
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| Released | October 10, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | France, 1993 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 41:54 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Michel Cœuriot | |||
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Critical reception
The album was certified a Diamond disc with over 1 million copies sold. It also earned several awards, notably earning Souchon the Best male singer of the year award at the 1994 NRJ Music Awards. In 1996, he also won the Vincent Scotto prize awarded by the SACEM for the song "Sous les jupes des filles". This song, not released as a single, was nevertheless much aired on the radio.
Track listing
| Title | Length | Writer(s) | Composer(s) |
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| "Foule sentimentale" | 5:24 | Alain Souchon | Alain Souchon |
| "L'Amour à la machine" | 3:46 | Alain Souchon | Alain Souchon |
| "Sous les jupes des filles" | 4:37 | Alain Souchon | Alain Souchon |
| "Les Regrets" | 3:59 | Alain Souchon | Laurent Voulzy |
| "Les Filles électriques" | 2:13 | Alain Souchon | Alain Souchon |
| "Arlette Laguiller" | 4:23 | Alain Souchon | Laurent Voulzy |
| "Chanter c'est lancer des balles" | 2:34 | Alain Souchon | Alain Souchon |
| "Sans queue ni tête" | 4:06 | Alain Souchon | Laurent Voulzy |
| "Le Fil" | 4:06 | Alain Souchon | Alain Souchon/Pierre Souchon |
| "Le Zèbre" | 2:54 | Alain Souchon | Jean-Claude Petit |
| "C'est déjà ça" | 3:46 | Alain Souchon | Laurent Voulzy |
Source : Allmusic.[2]
Releases
| Date | Label | Country | Format | Catalog |
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| 1993 | Virgin | Belgium, France, Switzerland | CD | 8397182 |
| 2003 | EMI Music | 839178 | ||
Personnel
- Produced by Michel Coeuriot
- Michel-Yves Kochmann : guitares (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11)
- Basile Leroux : guitares (7, 10)
- Laurent Voulzy : guitares (8), glide et solo basse (8), chœurs (8)
- Laurent Faucheux : batterie (1, 2, 6, 11)
- Guy Delacroix : basse (1, 2, 4, 6), basse acoustique (7, 10)
- Denis Benarrosch : percussions (1, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11)
- Michel Cœuriot : synthétiseurs (1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 11), orgue hammond (2), piano (5, 7), clavinette (6), basse (8), chœurs (8)
- Celmar Engel : programmations des synthétiseurs (3, 4, 11)
- Recorded by Renaud Letang
- Assistant : Bertrand Taussac
- At Studio Ferber and at Studio ICP (Brussel)
- Mixed by Renaud Letang and Michel Cœuriot
- Assistant : Rodolphe Saguinetti
- At Studio Guillaume Tell (Paris)
- Mastering : Greg Calbi à Sterling Sound à New York