Un homme sans racines
Un homme sans racines | ||||||||||
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Studio album by Gérald De Palmas | ||||||||||
Released |
October 2004 (See release history) | |||||||||
Recorded | 2004 | |||||||||
Genre | Pop | |||||||||
Label | Polydor, Universal Music | |||||||||
Gérald De Palmas chronology | ||||||||||
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Un homme sans racines is a 2004 album recorded by French singer Gérald De Palmas. It was his fourth studio album and his fifth album overall, and his most successful in terms of peak positions. It reached number one in France in its first week of release, on 24 November 2004, and remained for 14 non consecutive weeks in the top ten and 97 weeks in the top 200. In Belgium (Wallonia), it peaked at #6 in its third week on 20 November 2004 and stayed for 53 weeks in the top 40. It achieved moderate success in Switzerland where it reached number 36 and was ranked for 18 weeks. This album was more intimate than the previous' ones, with less music, but still in the same melancholic style. It provided a sole single : "Elle danse seule", which was #22 in France.
The album title refers to the singer's childhood spent in La Réunion. The song "Elle habite ici" was much aired on French radio.[1]
According to Le Parisien, 650,000 units of the album were sold.[2]
Track listing
- "Plus d'importance" De Palmas / De Palmas — 4:05
- "Elle danse seule" De Palmas / De Palmas — 4:10
- "Au paradis" De Palmas / De Palmas — 3:50
- "Un homme sans racines" De Palmas / De Palmas — 3:08
- "Elle habite ici" De Palmas / De Palmas — 3:07
- "Dans la cour" De Palmas / De Palmas — 3:55
- "Encore une fois" De Palmas / De Palmas — 3:32
- "Dans mon rêve" De Palmas / De Palmas — 3:24
- "Faire semblant" De Palmas / De Palmas — 4:01
- "Je ne tiendrais pas" De Palmas / De Palmas — 3:20
Source : Allmusic.[3]
Credits and personnel
- Banjo, dobro, guitar, programming, vocals : Gerald De Palmas
- Drums : Amaury Blanchard
- Electric guitar : Sébastien Chouard
- Keyboards : Pete Gordeno
- Assistant : Denis Caribaux
- Mastering : Jean-Pierre Chalbos
- Engineer and mixing : Steve Prestage
- Executive producer and artistic director : Chiquito
- Booklet : Claude Gassian and Sylvie Lancrenon
- Cover photo : Sylvie Lancrenon
Release history
Date | Label | Region | Format | Catalog |
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2004 | Polydor | Belgium, France, Switzerland | CD | 9824576 |
2005 | 9824570 | |||
2006 | 9824934 | |||
Certifications and sales
Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified | Physical sales |
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France[4] | 2 x Platinum | 2006 | 600,000 | 591,500[5] |
Charts
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Preceded by Carnets de bord by Bernard Lavilliers |
French SNEP number-one album 24 October 2004 (1 week) |
Succeeded by Les Choristes by Bruno Coulais |
References
- ↑ "Il a signé son grand retour cette année avec un nouvel album et un nouveau single "Au bord de l'eau"... music news spécial Gérald de Palmas !" (in French). NRJ. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ↑ "De Palmas renaît à New York" (in French). Le Parisien, Emmanuel Marolle, 18 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ↑ "Un homme sans racines, track listing". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ↑ "2006 certifications in France". Disqueenfrance. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ↑ "Chart runs and sales of albums in France". Fanofmusic. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- 1 2 3 "Un homme sans racines, in various albums charts". Lescharts. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ↑ "2005 French Albums Chart". Disqueenfrance. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ↑ "2005 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart". Ultratop. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ↑ "2002 French Albums Chart". Disqueenfrance. Retrieved 2009-07-25.