Jenifer is Jenifer Bartoli's début album, released in 2002 in France, and in February 2007 in the U.S. It achieved success on the French and Belgian charts, reaching the top two in both. It spawned four successful singles, all of which were top ten hits in Jenifer's native country. The album was recorded in a mere three weeks.
Track listing
Album credits
Personnel Angepier - keyboards, piano & programming ("Donne-moi le temps") Valérie Belinga - backing vocals ("Des mots qui résonnent!") Denis Benarrosh - percussion Jean-François Berger - string arrangement & conducting, keyboards & programming Bertrand Cervera - violin solo ("J'attends l'amour") Roland Chosson - French horn ("Donne-moi le temps") François Delabrière - additional guitar ("Nos points communs") Christophe Deschamps - drums & percussion Guillaume Eyango - backing vocals Dominique Grimaldi - bass guitar ("Donne-moi le temps") Pierre Jaconelli - guitar ("Donne-moi le temps" & "Secrets défenses") Cyrille Lacrouts - cello solo ("J'attends l'amour" & "Je garde") Murielle Lefebvre - backing vocals Laurent Marimbert - string arrangement & conducting, keyboards & programming Olivier Marly - guitar ("Je ne pourrai plus aimer") Nicolas Neidhardt - keyboards & programming Cyril Normand - French horn ("Donne-moi le temps") Vincent Perrot - keyboards & programming ("Secrets défenses") Benjamin Raffaëlli - guitar, keyboards & programming François Rause - guitar ("Je ne pourrai plus aimer") Stanislas Renoult - string arrangement & conducting ("Je ne pourrai plus aimer") Philippe Russo - guitar ("Nos points communs") Ian Thomas - drums ("Des mots qui résonnent!") Marine Trévillot - backing vocals ("Je ne pourrai plus aimer") Matthew Vaughan - programming ("Nos points communs") Laurent Vernerey - bass guitar Christophe Voisin - keyboards & programming ("Secrets défenses" & "Je ne pourrai plus aimer")
Production "J'attends l'amour", "Au soleil", "Maintenant" & "Viens me voir" produced by Nicolas Neidhardt & Benjamin Raffaëlli "Donne-moi le temps" produced by Pierre Jaconelli "Secrets défenses" produced by Christophe Deschamps & Vincent Perrot "Nos points communs" produced by Jean-François Berger & François Delabrière "Je garde" & "Que reste-t-il?" produced by Laurent Marimbert "Je ne pourrai plus aimer" produced by François Rause & Antoine Verlant "Là où tu rêves" & "Des mots qui résonnent!" produced by Benjamin Raffaëlli Engineered by Jean-Paul Gonnod at Studio Plus XXX, Paris Assistant engineers - Xavier Bleu, Pierrick Devin, Gérard Noël-Pierre, Nino Strings recorded by René Ameline at Studio Ferber, Paris Strings recorded by Stéphane Prin & Pete Schwier at Studio Davout, Paris Assistant engineers (strings) - Eymerick Castin (Studio Davout), Jeff Ginouvès & Benjamin Joubert (Studio Ferber) String contractors - Christophe Briquet, Dominique Rouits, Marylène Vinciguerra Additional recordings - Stéphane Briand, Nicolas Neidhardt, Pete Schwier at Aktion Entertainment, Studio Davout, Studio Guillaume Tell, Studio M49 & Studio Méga Pro Tools editing by Jean-Paul Gonnod & Mickaël Rangeard Mixed by François Delabrière at Studio Plus XXX Mixed by Steve Forward ("Que reste-t-il?") Assistant mixing - Xavier Bleu, Pierrick Devin ("Que reste-t-il?"), Nino Mastered by Tony Cousins at Metropolis Mastering, London Executive producer - Bertrand Lamblot
Design Michel Sedan: photography Happydesign: cover design
Charts and sales
Weekly charts Chart (2002)Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2002)PositionBelgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)2002 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 20 May 2008)11French Albums (SNEP)2002 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved 20 May 2008)10Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)91 Chart (2004)PositionFrench Albums (SNEP)188
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