Dure Limite Explained

Dure Limite
Type:	Album
Artist:	Téléphone
Cover:	Telephone DureLimite.jpg
Released:	May 1982
Genre:	French rock
Length:	43:28
Label:	Virgin
Producer:	Bob Ezrin
Prev Title:	Au Cœur De La Nuit
Prev Year:	1980
Next Title:	Un autre monde
Next Year:	1984

Dure Limite (in French pronounced as /dyʁ limit/) is the fourth studio album by French rock band Téléphone, released in 1982 on Virgin Records. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 3rd greatest French rock album (out of 100).^[1] Ivan Kral, of the Patti Smith Group, co-wrote the song "Ce soir est ce soir", though his name is spelt Yvan Kral on some CD booklets.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jean-Louis Aubert, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Dure Limite" – 4:38
2. "Ça (C'est Vraiment Toi)" – 4:28
3. "Jour Contre Jour" – 3:37
4. "Ex-Robin des Bois" – 3:26
5. "Le Chat" (Aubert, Marienneau) – 4:55
6. "Serrez" – 3:58
7. "Le Temps" (Aubert, Bertignac) – 4:18
8. "Cendrillon" (Aubert, Bertignac) – 3:58
9. "Juste un Autre Genre" (Aubert, Bertignac) – 3:43
10. "Ce Soir Est Ce Soir" (Aubert, Ivan Kral) – 6:24

The album was number one on the French charts for 7 weeks.

Members

• Jean-Louis Aubert – rhythm guitar, lead vocals
• Louis Bertignac – lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals in "Cendrillon"
• Richard Kolinka – drums
• Corine Marienneau – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals in "Le Chat"

Notes and References

1. Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010,