C'est déjà ça explained

C'est déjà ça
Type:	Album
Artist:	Alain Souchon
Cover:	C'est_déjà_ça.jpg
Released:	October 10, 1993
Recorded:	France, 1993
Genre:	Pop
Length:	41:54
Label:	Virgin
Producer:	Michel Cœuriot
Prev Title:	Nickel
Prev Year:	1990
Next Title:	Défoule sentimentale
Next Year:	1995

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"	5:24	Alain Souchon	Alain Souchon
"L'Amour à la machine"	3:46	Alain Souchon	Alain Souchon
"Sous les jupes des filles"	4:37	Alain Souchon	Alain Souchon
"Les Regrets"	3:59	Alain Souchon	Laurent Voulzy
"Les Filles électriques"	2:13	Alain Souchon	Alain Souchon
"Arlette Laguiller"	4:23	Alain Souchon	Laurent Voulzy
"Chanter c'est lancer des balles"	2:34	Alain Souchon	Alain Souchon
"Sans queue ni tête"	4:06	Alain Souchon	Laurent Voulzy
"Le Fil"	4:06	Alain Souchon	Alain Souchon/Pierre Souchon
"Le Zèbre"	2:54	Alain Souchon	Jean-Claude Petit
"C'est déjà ça"	3:46	Alain Souchon	Laurent Voulzy

Source : Allmusic.^[1]

Releases

Date	Label	Country	Format	Catalog
1993	Virgin	Belgium, France, Switzerland	CD	8397182
2003	EMI Music	839178

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 certified
Belgium^[2]	Gold		25,000
France^[3]	Diamond	March 29, 1995	1,000,000

Charts

Chart (1993/95)	Peak position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart^[4]	7
French SNEP Albums Chart^[5]	1
Chart (2001/02) ^1	Peak position
French Albums Chart^[6]	37

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Notes and References

1. C'est déjà ça, track listing [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r209446|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic.com] (November 29, 2008)
2. Belgium certifications Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved November 29, 2008)
3. French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved November 29, 2008)
4. C'est déjà ça, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 29, 2008)
5. C'est déjà ça, French Albums Chart See: "Selection des autres artistes" => "Alain SOUCHON" Infodisc.fr (Retrieved November 29, 2008)
6. C'est déjà ça, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved November 29, 2008)
7. 1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 29, 2008)