Essence ordinaire explained

Essence ordinaire
Type:	Album
Artist:	Zebda
Cover:	Essence ordinaire.jpg
Released:	1998
Recorded:	1998
Genre:	Rock
Length:	57:04
Label:	Barclay
Producer:	Zebda/Nicholas Sansano
Prev Title:	Le bruit et l'odeur
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Utopie d'Occase
Next Year:	2002

Essence ordinaire is the third studio album from French rock group Zebda, released in 1998.

It was their landmark album, containing some of their most popular songs, in particular "Tomber la chemise", which catapulted them to fame and earned them a Victoire de la musique award.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Y'a pas d'arrangement"
2. "Tomber la chemise"
3. "Double peine"
4. "Tombés des nues"
5. "Quinze ans"
6. "Je crois que ça va pas être possible"
7. "Je suis"
8. "Tout semble si..."
9. "On est chez nous"
10. "Oualalaradime"
11. "Le manouche"
12. "Né dans la rue"
13. "Le Petit Robert"

External links

• Album review by Don Snow of Allmusic

Notes and References

1. Past Forward: French Cinema and the Post-Colonial Heritage 0809385880 Dayna Oscherwitz - 2010 - "Zebda was one of the most popular rock groups of the late 1990s and early 2000s, and they were honored with numerous awards at France's Victoires de la musique, most notably for their 1998 album Essence ordinaire."