Les Amours du dimanche explained

Les Amours du dimanche
Type:	Album
Artist:	Marc Lavoine
Cover:	Les_amours_du_dimanche.jpg
Released:	June 1989 1993 (reissue)
Recorded:	June 1988–March 1989 CBS Studios, London Studio Fortuny, Paris Studio Marcadet, Paris O'Henry Studio, Los Angeles Studio Plus XXX, Paris
Genre:	Pop
Label:	AVREP/PolyGram Disques Vogue/BMG (reissue)
Producer:	Fabrice Aboulker
Prev Title:	Fabriqué
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Paris
Next Year:	1991

Les Amours du dimanche is a 1989 album recorded by French artist Marc Lavoine. It was his third studio album and contains the singles "C'est la vie" (#14), "Ami", "Chère amie" (they failed to chart) "Rue Fontaine" (#11) and "Je n'ai plus rien à te donner" (#18) which obtained popularity in France. The album earned a Gold certification awarded by the SNEP and was ranked on the chart for 26 weeks in 1989 and 1991, peaking at #35 in its first and second weeks.^[1]

Track listing

1. "C'est la vie" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:47
2. "Du côté de chez toi" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 4:31
3. "Chère amie" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:33
4. "Rue Fontaine" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:33
5. "Le Poids de ta peine" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:13
6. "Les Amours du dimanche", part 1 (Instrumental) (Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:21
7. "Je n'ai plus rien à te donner" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:52
8. "Cent balles de sentiment" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 4:50
9. "T'es ma danseuse" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 4:15
10. "Ami" (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 4:16
11. "Les Amours du dimanche", part 2 (Marc Lavoine / Fabrice Aboulker) — 3:51

Source:^[2]

Album credits

• Fabrice Aboulker – arranger & keyboards
• The Astarte Orchestra – strings
• Jean-Philippe Bonichon - engineer & mixing (Paris)
• Sally Browder - assistant engineer (Los Angeles)
• Bill Butt - design for Liaison Internationale
• Bill Cuomo – keyboards & synthesizer
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Richard Groulx – backing vocals
• Christopher Hooker – cor anglais
• Nick Knight – photography
• Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
• Nick Lane – trombone
• Basile Leroux – guitar

• Steve Madaio – horn arrangement, trumpet
• Kate Markowitz – backing vocals
• Guida de Palma – backing vocals
• Philippe Rault - artistic coordinator
• Doug Rider - engineer (Los Angeles)
• Patrick Rousseau – percussion
• Carole Rowley – backing vocals
• Claude Salmiéri – drums
• Pascal Stive – arranger, engineer (Paris), keyboards, string engineer (London), synthesizer programming
• Jannick Top – bass guitar
• Carlos Vega – drums
• David Woodford – saxophone
• Gavyn Wright – concertmaster

• Mixed at Studio Marcadet

Releases

Date	Label	Country	Format	Catalog
1989	AVREP/PolyGram	Belgium, France, Switzerland	LP CD Cassette	838 257-1 838 257-2 838 257-4
B.C.C.L./Select	Canada	CD	BCCL-CD-059
1993	Disques Vogue/BMG	France	CD Cassette	74321167632 74321167634

Notes and References

1. Les Amours du Dimanche, French Albums Chart See: "Sélection des Autres Artistes" => "Marc LAVOINE" Infodisc.fr (Retrieved November 22, 2008)
2. Les Amours du dimanche, track listing [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r208831|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic.com] (Retrieved November 21, 2008)
3. Marc Lavoine's certifications in France Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved November 22, 2007)