Calogero is the name of the second studio album recorded by the French singer and songwriter Calogero. It was released in 2002 and achieved a great success, notably when the next album, 3, came out.

Album information

After a small success of the previous album, Au Milieu des autres, Calogero decided to release a new album, with an eponymous title. For this album, Calogero composed almost all the music, while famous artists in France wrote the lyrics. Françoise Hardy, Lionel Florence and Gioacchino, Calogero's brother, participated in the writing of at least one song. A hidden track is also available after the 11th song, "L'Européen".

The album had a very long chart trajectory in the French and Belgian (Wallonia) albums charts. Indeed, the success of the next album, 3, made Calogero able to remain for respectively 104 and 94 weeks on the charts. In Belgium the album hit #2 in its second week, but in France, it reached its peak position, #3, almost two years after its release.

In France, four singles were released from this album; however, only the second one, "En Apesanteur", had success, peaking at #13 for two weeks on the French Singles Chart and hitting Gold status. The three other singles achieved a minor success : "Aussi libre que moi" reached #35, "Tien an Men" #43, and "Prendre racine" #39.

The CD was re-issued in 2003 with a second CD containing five tracks.

Track listing

First release, 2002

CD

# TitleCalogero, track listing [ allmusic.com] (Retrieved June 2, 2008) Length 1. "En apesanteur" (A.Filippi / Calogero - Gioacchino) 2. "Aussi libre que moi" (A.Filippi / L.Florence - Calogero) 3. "Tien An Men" (L.Florence / Calogero - Gioacchino) 4. "Prouver l'amour" (P.Grillet / Calogero) 5. "Prendre racine" (P.Guirao / Calogero - Gioacchino) 6. "À la gueule des noyés" (P.Guirao / Calogero - Gioacchino) 7. "Une dernière chance" (F.Hardy / Calogero) 8. "Juste un peu de silence" (Duet with Yvette Hammond) (L.Florence - P.Guirao / Gioacchino) 9. "Je vis là où tu m'as laissé" (L.Florence - A.Ekpob / Calogero - Gioacchino) 10. "Partir ou rester" (L.Florence - P.Guirao / Calogero - Gioacchino) 11. "Le Plus Beau Jour" (R.Haroche / Calogero - O.Marly) 111. "L'Européen" (A.Filippi / Calogero)

1 Hidden track

Second release, 2003

Additional CD

# Title Length 1. "Le Plus Beau Jour" (live) (R.Haroche / Calogero - O.Marly) 2. "En apesanteur" (live) (A.Filippi / Calogero - Gioacchino) 3. "De cendres et de terre" (live) (L.Florence / Calogero - Gioacchino) 4. "Juste un peu de silence" (Duet with Bérénice) (L.Florence - P.Guirao / Gioacchino) 5. "Prendre racine" (new version) (P.Guirao / Calogero - Gioacchino)

Credits

Editions

Editions Impek / Atletico Music : tracks 1, 2, 3, 9 + hidden track Francis Dreyfus Music (cat. Silex) : track 4 Editions Impek / Atletico Music / Sony ATV Music Publishing : track 5, 6, 8, 10 Editions Kundali / Editions Impek : track 7 Editions Impek / Atletico Music / Editions Françaises : track 11

Personnel

Produced by Pierre Jaconelli Guitars : Pierre Jaconelli, Olivier Marly and Michel Aymé Bass : Calogero Drum kit : Magnus Perrson Keyboards, programmations and piano : Jean-Pierre Pilot Except : "Tien An Men" : Yannick Fonderie Background vocals on "Prouver l'amour" : Yvette Hammond Arrangements and strings direction : "Aussi libre que moi" : Olivier Schultheis "Tien An Men" and "À la gueule des noyés" : Stanislas Renoult Recorded by Erwin Autrique at studio ICP Mixed by Pete Schwier, assisted by Jean-Paul Gonnot, at studio Plus XXX Except : "Aussi libre que moi" : Erwin Autrique at studio ICP Preproduction : Jean-Pierre Pilot, Calogero and Pierre Jaconelli Mastering : Miles Showell, at Metropolis Studio Artistic direction : Caroline Molko Executive producer : Sandrine Lebars Photos : Kate Barry Design : Agnès B. / l'Eclaireur Artwork : Autrement le design

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2002/03)PeakpositionBelgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart2Belgian (Wallonia) Mid Price Chart4French Albums Chart3Swiss Albums Chart26

Year-end charts Chart (2002)PositionBelgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart2002 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved June 4, 2008)18French Albums Chart2002 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved June 4, 2008)51Chart (2003)PositionBelgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved June 4, 2008)20French Albums Chart2003 French Albums Chart Ifop.com (Retrieved June 4, 2008)8

Certifications CountryCertificationDateSales certifiedPhysical salesBelgiumBelgium certifications Ultratop (Retrieved November 2, 2010)2 x Platinum26 March 2010100,000 FranceCalogero's certifications in France (Retrieved June 4, 2008)Diamond20041,000,000978,000Sales and chart trajectories of various albums in France Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved June 4, 2008) Switzerland2004 certification in Switzerland Swisscharts.com (Retrieved June 4, 2008)Gold200420,000

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