Panique celtique

Panique celtique is the debut album recorded by French hip hop act Manau. It was released in July 1998. It achieved success in France and Belgium (Wallonia) where it hit respectively #1 for several weeks and #2. It provided five singles : the two number-one hits "La Tribu de Dana" and "Mais qui est la belette ?", a top nine hit "Panique celtique", and two top 40 hits "L'avenir est un long passé" and "La Confession".

Panique celtique
Studio album by Manau
Released	July 7, 1998
Recorded	1998, France
Genre	Hip hop
Label	Polydor
Manau chronology
Panique celtique (1998) Festnoz de Paname (2000)
Singles from Panique celtique
"La Tribu de Dana" Released: May 1998 "Panique celtique" Released: September 1998 "Mais qui est la belette ?" Released: December 1998 "L'avenir est un long passé" Released: May 1999 "La Confession" Released: July 1999

In 1999, the album gained a Victoire de la Musique in the category 'Rap/groove album of the year'.

Track listing

1. "Intro" (Martial Tricoche / RV Lardic, Cédric Soubiron) – 1:41
2. "La Tribu de Dana" (Martial Tricoche / RV Lardic, Cédric Soubiron, Alan Stivell) – 4:47
3. "L'avenir est un long passé" (Martial Tricoche / RV Lardic, Cédric Soubiron) – 4:40
4. "Panique celtique" (Martial Tricoche / RV Lardic, Cédric Soubiron) – 3:35
5. "Le chant des druides" (Martial Tricoche / RV Lardic, Cédric Soubiron) – 4:17
6. "Faut pas tiser en Bretagne" (Martial Tricoche / RV Lardic, Cédric Soubiron) – 3:54
7. "Le chien du forgeron" (Martial Tricoche / Grégor Gandon) – 4:23
8. "La Confession" (Martial Tricoche / RV Lardic, Cédric Soubiron) – 4:03
9. "Un mauvais Dieu" (Martial Tricoche / RV Lardic, Cédric Soubiron) – 4:48
10. "Mais qui est la belette ?" (Martial Tricoche / RV Lardic, Cédric Soubiron) – 3:58
11. "Je parle" (Martial Tricoche / RV Lardic, Cédric Soubiron) – 4:42

+ Bonus - 1999 issue

1. "L'avenir est un long passé" (new version)
2. "Mais qui est la belette ?" (remix)

Source : Allmusic^[1]

Personnel and credits

Singers and musicians Narrator : Antoine Duléry Background vocals : Paul Eric Toussaint, Maro Doucouré, Mario Santangeli and Eric Leroy Choir : Elsa Kalfoglou, Pierre Aulas, John Corbett, Iakovos Pappas, Betrand Ricq. Accordion : RV Lardic, Didier Ithusarry Bass : Guy Delacroix, R.V. Lardic and Laurent Vernerey Bombard : Loïc Taillebrest Double bass : Laurent Vernerey Bagpipes : Loïc Taillebrest Guitar : Manu Vergeade and RV Lardic Harp : Anne Mispelter Keyboards : RV Lardic Scratching : Laurent Meliz Sequencing : Cédric Soubiron, Grégor Gandon Violin : Grégor Gandon, Floriane Bonami Alto : Florent Bremont Cello : Anne-Gaelle Bisquay and Isabelle Sajot Trumpet : Eric Mula

Recording Technical assistance : François Déchery Arranged by Manau Programming : Laurent Meliz and Grégor Gandon Recorded and mixed : by Patrice Kung at Studio of La Grande Armée and Studio Plus XXX (tracks 2-5), assistants : Guillaume Mis and Yann Arnaud by Bruno Fourrier at the Studio of La Grande Armée (tracks 1, 6-12), assistants : Jérémy Mathot and Bruno Ehlinger (except track 12) A & R Production executive Varda Kanon, except track 12 : Kika Mastering : Raphaël Jonin-Dyam (tracks 6-11), Mastering Top Master (tracks 2-5), Mastering Translab. Jean-Christophe Beaudon (track 12) Editions : BMG Music Publishing France, except track 2 : BMG Publishing France / Warner Chappell Music France

Release history

Date	Label	Country	Format	Catalog
July 7, 1998	Polydor	Belgium, France, Switzerland, Netherlands	CD	557887
2000	Discovery			5862082

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
Belgium (Wallonia)[2]	Platinum	1999	40,000
France[3]	Diamond	June 30, 1999	1,000,000

Charts

Chart (1998–1999) Peak position Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[4] 39 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[4] 2 Dutch Albums Chart[4] 42 French SNEP Albums Chart[4] 1 Swiss Albums Chart[4] 34

End of year chart (1998) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[5] 8 French Albums Chart[6] 5 End of year chart (1999) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[7] 6 French Albums Chart[8] 5