Aznavour, sa jeunesse explained

Aznavour, sa jeunesse
Type:compilation
Artist:various artists
Cover:Aznavour-sa-jeunesse-album.jpg
Released:24 November 2014
Genre:French music
Label:Millenium Records (Barclay)
Producer:The Bionix

Aznavour, sa jeunesse is a tribute album released on 24 November 2014 where a great number of younger French-language artists sing classic hits from Charles Aznavour. The album released under Millenium label, one of the affiliated Barclay Records label was made to coincide with the 90th birthday of the French Armenian artist born in 1924. The title of the album is also a nod to "Sa jeunesse...(Entre ses mains)", one of Aznavour's earliest singles.

The album produced by the Belgian music producers The Bionix (Christian Dessart and rachid Mir) contains 15 tracks with the participation of more than twenty artists. Thirteen tracks are personal interpretations of various artists to some chosen Aznavour classic hits. The album also contains a collective rendition "Sa jeunesse" with seven acts of the collective joining Charles Aznavour himself. The album also contains one original song with lyrics written by Aznavour personally and music by Indila titled "Mon fol amour".

Track list

Track # Song title Performing artist Length
"Sa jeunesse"
"Mon fol amour"
"La bohème"
"Emmenez-moi"
"For Me, Formidable"
"À ma fille"
"Désormais"
"She"
"La Mamma"
"Les deux pigeons"
"Ay! Mourir pour toi"
"Yerushalaim"
"Parce que"
"Et pourtant"
"Hier encore "

Charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
Ultratop Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[1] 75
SNEP French Albums Chart[2] 28

Charting singles from the album

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aznavour, sa jeunesse in Belgian (Wallonia) charts . ultratop.be/fr/ . 2014-12-10 .
  2. Web site: Aznavour, sa jeunesse in French charts . lescharts.com . 2014-12-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309235714/http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?titel=Aznavour%2C+sa+jeunesse&cat=a . 2016-03-09 .