Les Amours du dimanche

Les Amours du dimanche
Studio album by Marc Lavoine
Released	June 1989 1993 (reissue)
Recorded	June 1988-March 1989 CBS Studios, London Studio Fortuny, Paris Studio Marcadet, Paris O'Henry Studio, Los Angeles Studio Plus XXX, Paris
Genre	Pop
Label	AVREP/PolyGram Disques Vogue/BMG (reissue)
Producer	Fabrice Aboulker
Marc Lavoine chronology
Fabriqué (1987) Les Amours du dimanche (1989) Paris (1991) Singles from Les Amours du dimanche "C'est la vie [1]" Released: May 1989 "Ami [2]" Released: 1989 "Toutes mes excuses (Chère amie) [3]" Released: 1990 "Rue Fontaine [4]" Released: September 1990 "Je n'ai plus rien à te donner [5]" Released: March 1991

Les Amours du dimanche is a 1989 album recorded by French artist Marc Lavoine. It was his third studio album and contains the singles "C'est la vie" (#14), "Ami", "Chère amie" (they failed to chart) "Rue Fontaine" (#11) and "Je n'ai plus rien à te donner" (#18) which obtained popularity in France. The album earned a Gold certification awarded by the SNEP and was ranked on the chart for 26 weeks in 1989 and 1991, peaking at #35 in its first and second weeks.^[6]

Track listing

1. "C'est la vie" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:47
2. "Du côté de chez toi" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 4:31
3. "Chère amie" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:33
4. "Rue Fontaine" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:33
5. "Le Poids de ta peine" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:13
6. "Les Amours du dimanche", part 1 (Instrumental) (Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:21
7. "Je n'ai plus rien à te donner" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:52
8. "Cent balles de sentiment" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 4:50
9. "T'es ma danseuse" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 4:15
10. "Ami" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 4:16
11. "Les Amours du dimanche", part 2 (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:51

Source:^[7]

Album credits

Fabrice Aboulker – arranger & keyboards The Astarte Orchestra – strings Jean-Philippe Bonichon - engineer & mixing (Paris) Sally Browder - assistant engineer (Los Angeles) Bill Butt - design for Liaison Internationale Bill Cuomo – keyboards & synthesizer Paulinho da Costa – percussion Richard Groulx – backing vocals Christopher Hooker – cor anglais Nick Knight – photography Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar Nick Lane – trombone Basile Leroux – guitar

Steve Madaio – horn arrangement, trumpet Kate Markowitz – backing vocals Guida de Palma – backing vocals Philippe Rault - artistic coordinator Doug Rider - engineer (Los Angeles) Patrick Rousseau – percussion Carole Rowley – backing vocals Claude Salmiéri – drums Pascal Stive – arranger, engineer (Paris), keyboards, string engineer (London), synthesizer programming Jannick Top – bass guitar Carlos Vega – drums David Woodford – saxophone Gavyn Wright – concertmaster

• Mixed at Studio Marcadet

Releases

Date	Label	Country	Format	Catalog
1989	AVREP/PolyGram	Belgium, France, Switzerland	LP CD Cassette	838 257-1 838 257-2 838 257-4
	B.C.C.L./Select	Canada	CD	BCCL-CD-059
1993	Disques Vogue/BMG	France	CD Cassette	74321167632 74321167634

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
France[8]	Gold	1990	100,000

Charts

Chart (1989-1991)	Peak position
French SNEP Albums Chart[6]	35

References

1. http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/disque/8880.html
2. http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/disque/16077.html
3. http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/disque/8891.html
4. http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/disque/8889.html
5. http://www.encyclopedisque.fr/disque/16078.html
6. Les Amours du Dimanche, French Albums Chart See: "Sélection des Autres Artistes" => "Marc LAVOINE" Infodisc.fr Archived June 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved November 22, 2008)
7. Les Amours du dimanche, track listing Allmusic.com (Retrieved November 21, 2008)
8. Marc Lavoine's certifications in France Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved November 22, 2007)