Rodéo (Zazie album) explained

Rodéo
Type:Studio album
Artist:Zazie
Cover:Rodéo_(Zazie).jpg
Released:22 November 2004
Recorded:November 2003
Genre:Pop
Length:48:57
Label:Mercury Records, Universal Music
Prev Title:Ze Live
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:Rodéo Tour
Next Year:2006

Rodéo is a 2004 album recorded by French pop singer Zazie. It was her fifth studio album and her seventh album overall. It was released on 22 November 2004 and achieved success in francophone countries. It provided four singles, but all of them were only released as promotional singles and therefore did not chart.

Background and release

For the first time, Zazie co-wrote all the songs on the album with the composers Jean-Pierre Pilot and Philippe Paradis.

The album was recorded at a house in the Luberon in November 2003. It was released in two editions : a standard edition and an edition including a bonus track, "Mon coeur à la science", and a DVD. This DVD contains the music videos for ten songs of the album presented under a 40-minute film entitled "Rodéo indien". As the title indicates it, this film was shot in India, by Didier Le Pêcheur, who had already produced other music videos for Zazie. This DVD is also composed of a making-of and an Indian remixed version of the songs "Tous des anges", "Un point c'est toi" and "Zen".

Chart performance

In France, the album went straight to number two, its peak position, on 21 November 2004. It dropped on the chart and totaled nine weeks, 21 weeks in the top 50 and 70 weeks in the top 200. In Belgium (Wallonia), it debuted at No. 7 on 4 December 2004 and reached a peak of number two for four consecutive weeks. It remained in the top 100 for 45 weeks. In Switzerland, the album was charted for nine weeks and achieved No. 45 in its four weeks, on 26 December 2004.

Track listings

1Tracks 3, 7, 8, 10, and 12 are credited in the order: Zazie, Philippe Paradis, Jean-Pierre Pilot.

Credits and personnel

Release history

Date Label Region Format
22 November 2004MercuryBelgium, France, SwitzerlandCD
6 December 2004CD + DVD
2006CD

Charts

Chart (2004–05)Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[1] 2
French SNEP Albums Chart2
Swiss Albums Chart45
Year-end chart (2004)Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[2] 23
French Albums Chart[3] 33
Year-end chart (2005)Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[4] 30
French Albums Chart[5] 60

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rodéo, in various albums charts . Lescharts . 26 July 2009.
  2. Web site: 2004 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart . Ultratop . 25 July 2009.
  3. Web site: 2004 French Albums Chart . Disqueenfrance . 25 July 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404180102/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259376.xml?year=2004&type=2 . 4 April 2012 .
  4. Web site: 2005 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart . Ultratop . 25 July 2009.
  5. Web site: 2005 French Albums Chart . Disqueenfrance . 25 July 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120128125935/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259376.xml?year=2005&type=2 . 28 January 2012 .