Scène de vie (Eng: Moments in Life) is a studio album recorded by the French artist Patricia Kaas. It was her second album and was released in 1990. It confirmed the singer's potential, reaching the top of the albums chart in France.

Background In 1990, Kaas' first album, Mademoiselle chante..., was still well placed in the French charts. It was a huge success, and she decided to release a second album in order to consolidate her popularity. She left her former record company, Polydor, in order to join CBS/Sony. Cyril Prieur and Richard Walter from the firm 'Talent Sorcier' (Paris) replaced Bernard Schwartz and became her new managers. They both contributed significantly to the singer's success.

With her new record company, she produced her second studio album Scène de vie in 1990. As with the previous album, many tracks were composed by Barbelivien and Bernheim. With the song "Kennedy Rose" (dedicated to Rose Kennedy, matriarch of the Kennedy family and mother of former U.S. president John F. Kennedy), Kaas again worked with Elisabeth Depardieu and François Bernheim; this collaboration was more successful than "Jalouse", even if it did not chart highly.

In France, there were four singles from this album, but only the first reached the top ten: "Les hommes qui passent" (#7), "Les mannequins d'osier" (#21), "Kennedy Rose" (#36) and "Regarde les riches" (#27).Kaas' discography and peak positions in France Lescharts.com (Retrieved June 4, 2008) They were not certified by the SNEP.

Chart performances

In France, Scène de vie went to #2 on May 10, 1990, before reaching the top of the albums chart and staying there for ten weeks. It spent 38 weeks in the top ten and 78 in the top 50.Albums chart trajectories in France Infodisc.fr (See : "Les Chart Runs" => "Patricia KAAS") (Retrieved June 4, 2008) It went Diamond disc eight years after its release, just as Mademoiselle chante... had done before it.Kaas's certifications in France Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved June 2, 2008)

In Switzerland, the album entered the chart on May 6, 1990, at #17, and reached a peak position of #15. It remained on the chart for six weeks, then recharted for a further 16 weeks, from January 20 to May 5, 1991, entering the top 30 for eight weeks.Scène de vie, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved June 4, 2008) It was certified double platinum in 1993.1993 certifications in Switzerland Swisscharts.com (Retrieved June 4, 2008)

The album also went platinum in Canada, after being gold on March 28, 1991.Certifications in Canada cria.ca (Retrieved June 4, 2008)

Track listing

# TitlePatricia Kaas – Scène De Vie discogs.com (Retrieved June 26, 2011)Scène de vie, track listing [ allmusic.com] (Retrieved June 4, 2008) Length 1. "Générique (Thème Montmajour)" (François Bernheim) 2. "Les mannequins d'osier" (Didier Barbelivien, Bernheim) 3. "L'Heure du jazz" (Barbelivien, Bernheim, Jean-François Collo) 4. "Où vont les cœurs brisés" (Charles France, Thierry Delianis) 5. "Regarde les riches" (Barbelivien, Bernheim) 6. "Les hommes qui passent" (Barbelivien, Bernheim) 7. "Bessie" (Pierre Grosz, Franck Langolff) 8. "Tropic Blues Bar" (Joëlle Kopf, Jerry Lipkins) 9. "L'Enterrement de Sidney Bechet" (Barbelivien, Bernheim) 10. "Kennedy Rose" (Barbelivien, Bernheim, Élisabeth Depardieu) 11. "Une derniere semaine à New York" (Barbelivien, Bernheim) 12. "Patou Blues" (Barbelivien, Bernheim) 13. "Generique (orchestral)" (Bernheim)

Album credits Source:

Antonietti, Pascault & Associés - design Slim Batteux - backing vocals François Bernheim - backing vocals Patrick Bourgoin - saxophone Ann Calvert - backing vocals André Ceccarelli - drums Jean-Paul Celea - double bass Bertrand Châtenet - arranger, engineer, producer Jean-Yves D'Angelo - arranger, organ, piano Guy Delacroix - bass guitar Alain Duplantier - photography Thierry Durbet - arranger Bruno Fourrier - engineer Pierre Gossez - soprano saxophone Jérôme Gueguen - piano, synthesizer Bruno Lambert - engineer, mixing

Franck Langolff - arranger, producer Renaud Letang - assistant engineer Sophie Masson - assistant engineer Jacques Mercier - backing vocals Jean-Jacques Milteau - harmonica Philippe Osman - arranger, guitar, programming, producer, synthesizer André Perriat - mastering Cyril Prieur - management Jacques Romensky - assistant engineer & mixing Serge Roux - saxophone Tony Russo - trumpet Kamil Rustam - arranger, guitar Claude Salmiéri - drums Claude Samard - arranger, guitar Jean-Jacques Souplet - producer Richard Walter - management

Charts

Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Scène de vie Chart (1990–1992) Peakposition European Albums (Music & Media) 20 French Albums (SNEP) 1 Russian Albums (Moskovskij Komsomolets) 1

Year-end charts + 1990 year-end chart performance for Scène de vie Chart (1990) Position French Albums (SNEP)2 + 1991 year-end chart performance for Scène de vie Chart (1991) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)41

Certifications and sales

References