Cœur de pirate is the debut album by Canadian singer Cœur de pirate, released September 16, 2008 on Grosse Boîte.
"Ensemble" The album attracted some media attention in the United States in February 2009 when François Vachon, a photographer from Quebec City, used her song "Ensemble" as the soundtrack to a popular YouTube video depicting his baby son playing with toys, leading to coverage on Good Morning America and a favourable review from blogger Perez Hilton."The indie It-girl and a YouTube baby", The Globe and Mail, February 11, 2009.
Chart performance As of June 21, 2009, the album had spent 80 weeks on Canada's Nielsen SoundScan charts,Week ending June 21, 2009. and has charted in France, Switzerland and Belgium.
Awards The album was nominated for Francophone Album of the Year at the 2009 Juno Awards, and was a longlisted nominee for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize."CBC Radio3 Announces Polaris Prize Longlist", June 15, 2009.
Track listing Quebec / Canada release (2008) "Le long du large" (2:39) "Comme des enfants" (2:51) "Fondu au noir" (2:08) "Corbeau" (2:04) "Berceuse" (1:57) "Intermission" (2:58) "Printemps" (2:25) "Ensemble" (3:07) "La vie est ailleurs" (2:27) "Pour un infidèle" (duet with Jimmy Hunt) (2:31) "Francis" (2:55) "C'était salement romantique" (2:52)
French release (2009) "Le Long du large" (2:39) "Comme des enfants" (2:51) "Berceuse" (1:57) "Printemps" (2:25) "Francis" (2:55) "Intermission" (2:58) "Ensemble" (3:07) "C'était salement romantique" (2:52) "La vie est ailleurs" (2:27) "Pour un infidèle" (with Julien Doré) (2:31) "Corbeau" (2:04) "Fondu au noir" (2:08)
All lyrics and music by Béatrice Martin.A sentence "Paroles et musique par BÉATRICE MARTIN" is on this album's credit.
Personnel Musicians Béatrice Martin - vocals, piano David Brunet - bass, electric and acoustic guitars, banjo, glockenspiel, percussion, synthesizer, accordion, piano Renaud Bastien - bass, acoustic guitar Joseph Perrault - drums Jean-Denis Levasseur - double bass, clarinet Lise Beauchamp - oboe Benoît Paradis - trombone Lysandre Champagne - trumpet Julie Brunet - alto Kristin Molnar - violin Technicians Produced and arranged by David Brunet Executive Producer - Eli Bissonnette Mixing by Robert Langlois. Recorded by Robert Langlois, David Brunet, Marc St-Laurent and Nicolas Ouellette Artwork by Vanda Daftari. Photography by John Londono.
Charts Country Chart Peakposition Totalweeks Reference France SNEP 2 106 French charts: page for Cœur de pirate album Belgium (Wallonia) Ultratop 4 95 Ultratop.be: page for Cœur de pirate album Switzerland Swiss Music Charts 35 44 HitParade.ch: page for Cœur de pirate album
Year-end charts Chart (2012)PositionBelgian Midprice Albums Chart (Wallonia)11
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