C'est déjà ça is a 1993 album recorded by French singer Alain Souchon. It was his eleventh album overall and was released on October 10, 1993. It achieved smash success in France where it remained for 100 weeks in the top 50, including one week at the top, and 108 weeks on the chart. It was also successful in Belgium (Wallonia). It provided two successful singles in France : "Foule sentimentale" (#1) and "L'Amour à la machine" (#21). The album was entirely written by the singer himself, while the music was composed by Laurent Voulzy, Jean-Claude Petit and Souchon's son, Pierre Souchon.
Critical reception
The album was certified a Diamond disc with over 1 million copies sold. It also earned several awards, notably earning Souchon the Best male singer of the year award at the 1994 NRJ Music Awards. In 1996, he also won the Vincent Scotto prize awarded by the SACEM for the song "Sous les jupes des filles". This song, not released as a single, was nevertheless much aired on the radio.
Track listing Title Length Writer(s) Composer(s)"Foule sentimentale"5:24Alain SouchonAlain Souchon"L'Amour à la machine"3:46Alain SouchonAlain Souchon"Sous les jupes des filles"4:37Alain SouchonAlain Souchon"Les Regrets"3:59Alain SouchonLaurent Voulzy"Les Filles électriques"2:13Alain SouchonAlain Souchon"Arlette Laguiller"4:23Alain SouchonLaurent Voulzy"Chanter c'est lancer des balles"2:34Alain SouchonAlain Souchon"Sans queue ni tête"4:06Alain SouchonLaurent Voulzy"Le Fil"4:06Alain SouchonAlain Souchon/Pierre Souchon"Le Zèbre"2:54Alain SouchonJean-Claude Petit"C'est déjà ça"3:46Alain SouchonLaurent Voulzy
Source : Allmusic.C'est déjà ça, track listing [ Allmusic.com] (November 29, 2008)
Releases Date Label Country Format Catalog1993VirginBelgium, France, SwitzerlandCD83971822003EMI Music839178
Personnel Produced by Michel Coeuriot Michel-Yves Kochmann : guitares (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11) Basile Leroux : guitares (7, 10) Laurent Voulzy : guitares (8), glide et solo basse (8), chœurs (8) Laurent Faucheux : batterie (1, 2, 6, 11) Guy Delacroix : basse (1, 2, 4, 6), basse acoustique (7, 10) Denis Benarrosch : percussions (1, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11) Michel Cœuriot : synthétiseurs (1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 11), orgue hammond (2), piano (5, 7), clavinette (6), basse (8), chœurs (8) Celmar Engel : programmations des synthétiseurs (3, 4, 11) Recorded by Renaud Letang Assistant : Bertrand Taussac At Studio Ferber and at Studio ICP (Brussel) Mixed by Renaud Letang and Michel Cœuriot Assistant : Rodolphe Saguinetti At Studio Guillaume Tell (Paris) Mastering : Greg Calbi à Sterling Sound à New York
Certifications and sales Country Certification Date Sales certifiedBelgiumBelgium certifications Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved November 29, 2008)Gold25,000FranceFrench certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved November 29, 2008)DiamondMarch 29, 19951,000,000
Charts
Chart (1993/95)PeakpositionBelgian (Wallonia) Albums ChartC'est déjà ça, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 29, 2008)7French SNEP Albums ChartC'est déjà ça, French Albums Chart See: "Selection des autres artistes" => "Alain SOUCHON" Infodisc.fr (Retrieved November 29, 2008)1Chart (2001/02) 1PeakpositionFrench Albums ChartC'est déjà ça, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved November 29, 2008)37
1 Re-issue
End of year chart (1995)PositionBelgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 29, 2008)13
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