L'Heure d'été (album)

L'Heure d'été is a 2005 album recorded by French artist Marc Lavoine. It was his ninth studio album and his 12th album overall. Released on May 23, 2005, it was successful in the francophone countries.

L'Heure d'été
Studio album by Marc Lavoine
Released	May 23, 2005
Recorded	2004–2005
Studio	Abbey Road Studios, London Studio Gang, Paris Studio Guillaume Tell, Suresnes Studio Méga D, Suresnes
Genre	Pop
Label	Mercury France, Universal
Producer	Jean-François Berger François Delabrière Marc Lavoine
Marc Lavoine chronology
Olympia Deuxmilletrois (2003) L'Heure d'été (2005) Les Duos de Marc (2007)
Singles from Marc Lavoine
"Je me sens si seul" Released: July 4, 2005 "Toi mon amour" Released: January 9, 2006 "Tu m'as renversé" Released: 2006 "J'espère" Released: 2006

Content

L'Heure d'été provided two hit singles : "Je me sens si seul" (#16 in France) and "Toi mon amour" (#8 in France). "Tu m'as renversé" and "J'espère", a duet with Belgium singer of Vietnamese descent Quynh Anh, were just released as promotional singles.

In France, the album started at No. 3, its peak position, on May 28, 2005, before dropping slowly on the chart the weeks later. It managed to stay for nine weeks in the top ten, 63 weeks in the top 50 and 91 weeks on the chart (top 200). In Belgium (Wallonia), the album was ranked for 49 weeks. It entered the Ultratop 40 at No. 7 on June 4, 2005 and reached No. 2 two weeks later and for two consecutive weeks. It totaled 12 weeks in the top ten.

Releases

Date	Label	Country	Format	Catalog
2005	Universal	Belgium, France, Switzerland	CD	98299
	Mercury			9829953
2006	Universal			982992
				9835706
				9844586

Track listing

CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Toi mon amour"	Marc Lavoine	Christophe Casanave	3:35
2.	"Je me sens si seul"	Marc Lavoine	Jean-François Berger, Marc Lavoine	3:05
3.	"Tu m'as renversé"	Pierre Grillet	Marc Lavoine	2:32
4.	"La Mélancolie"	Marc Lavoine	Marc Ricci, Pierre Zito	3:16
5.	"Ne m'en veux pas de t'en vouloir"	Daniel Darc	Frédéric Lo	3:37
6.	"Vogue le magazine"	Marc Lavoine	Jean-François Berger, Marc Lavoine	3:36
7.	"J'espère" (duet with Quynh Anh)	Pierre Grillet	Marc Lavoine	3:50
8.	"On a cru"	Marc Esposito	Marc Lavoine	3:07
9.	"Tous les jours"	Yvan Coriat, Marc Lavoine	Marc Lavoine, Marc Ricci, Pierre Zito	3:39
10.	"Doucement rock'n'roll"	Marc Lavoine	Jean-François Berger, Marc Lavoine	3:29
11.	"On est passé à l'heure d'été"	Marc Lavoine	Jean-François Berger, Marc Lavoine	3:06
12.	"Les Papillons"	Marc Lavoine	Pascal Rodde	4:26
13.	"J'ai oublié de te dire"	Marc Lavoine	Hervé Larribe	4:16

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DVD

1. "Je me sens si seul" (music video)
2. "Toi mon amour" (music video)
3. "Tu m'as renversé" (music video)

Source : Allmusic.^[1]

Personnel

Barilla – design Denis Benarrosh – percussion Jean-François Berger – electric guitar, Fender Rhodes, harmonica, keyboards, Korg MS-20, mandolin, piano, programming, string arrangement & conducting, trumpet & Wurlitzer Jean-Pierre Bucolo – acoustic guitar & electric guitar Clarisse Canteloube – front cover & inside photography Christophe Deschamps – drums Martin Jenkins – keyboards, programming Claire Keim – backing vocals Peter Lale – cello

Marc Lavoine – lead vocals & backing vocals Sandrine Le Bars – executive producer Jean-Marc Lubrano – inside photography David Maurin – drums François Poggio – acoustic guitar Nick Rodwell – clarinet Philippe Russo – electric guitar Éric Sauviat – acoustic guitar & dobro Matthew Vaughan – programming Laurent Vernerey – bass guitar Gavyn Wright – concertmaster

• Artistic direction – Egidio Alves-Martins
  • Assistant & artistic coordination – Thomas Sandoval
• Engineered by François Delabrière
  • Assistants – Denis Caribaux (Studio Guillaume Tell), Florian Lagatta (Studio Gang) & Valéry Pellegrini (Studio Méga D)
• Mixed by François Delabrière at Studio Méga
  • Assistant – Éric Uzan
• Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York City

Charts

Chart (2005–2007) Peak position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[2] 2 French SNEP Albums Chart[3] 3 Swiss Albums Chart[4] 23

End of year chart (2005) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[5] 14 French Albums Chart[6] 13 End of year chart (2006) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[7] 65 French Albums Chart[8] 35

Certifications and sales

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
Belgium[9]	Gold		25,000
France[10]	2 x Gold	December 14, 2005	200,000	507,000[11]