Revoir un Printemps is a studio album by French hip hop group IAM. It was released on 15 September 2003 through Hostile Records with distribution via EMI. Recording sessions took place at Studios Zgen in Avignon, at Studio La Cosca in Marseille, at Sony Music Studios and at Electric Lady Studios in New York, at Bulgarian National Radio Studio 1, and at Studio Claudia Sound in Aubervilliers. Production was handled by Akhenaton, Al-Khemya, Shurik'n, Imhotep, DJ Khéops and Bruno Coulais. It features guest appearances from Beyoncé, Kayna Samet, Method Man & Redman, Syleena Johnson and Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra.
The album peaked atop of French and Wallionian charts and also peaked at number 2 in Swiss Hitparade. It spawned four charted singles: "Noble Art", "Revoir un printemps", "Nous" and "Stratégie d'un pion". The album was certified Gold by both International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Switzerland and Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
Track listing
Personnel
Philippe "Akhenaton" Fragione – main artist, composer & producer (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 15–19), arranger (track 9) Geoffroy "Shurik'n" Mussard – main artist, composer & producer (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8, 10) Éric "Khéops" Mazel – main artist, scratches, composer & producer (track 9), arranger (tracks: 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16–19) Malek "Freeman" Brahimi – main artist Pascal "Imhotep" Perez – main artist, composer & producer (tracks: 12, 14), arranger (track 8) Kayna Samet – featured artist (track 2) Clifford "Method Man" Smith – featured artist (track 4) Reginald "Redman" Noble – featured artist (track 4) Syleena Johnson – featured artist (track 11) Beyoncé Knowles – featured artist (track 13) Michael Robinson – vocals (track 15) André Charles "Slim" Pezin – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, dobro, bass Raoul Duflot-Verez – piano Michel Peyratout – bass Patrick Bourgoin – alto saxophone, flute Mostafa Benhmad – pipe, violin Bernard Camoin – trombone Eric Giausserand – trumpet Marc Chantereau – percussion Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra – orchestra Deyan Pavlov – conductor Bruno Coulais – orchestrations producer, arranger (tracks: 2, 6, 7, 10–13, 16, 18) Philippe Amir – recording, assistant engineering Eric Chevet – recording, mixing Nabil Ghrib – recording Michael Tocci – recording (tracks: 4, 11) Maxime Lefèvre – recording Didier Lizé – recording Chris Gehringer – mastering Steef Van De Gevel – assistant engineering Haythem "H.Boogie" Bouchuiguir – recording coordinator (track 4) Kankre Attak – design, photography Tous Des K – design, photography
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for Revoir un printemps Chart (2003) Peakposition
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for Revoir un printemps Chart (2003) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 18 French Albums (SNEP) 46 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 51
Certifications and sales
References
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