Zest Of Explained

Zest Of
Type:Greatest hits
Artist:Zazie
Cover:Zest of.jpg
Released:17 November 2008
Recorded:1992–2008
Genre:Pop
Length:150:43
Label:Mercury, Universal Music
Prev Title:Totem
Prev Year:2007
Next Title:Za7ie
Next Year:2010

Zest Of is a 2008 album recorded by French pop singer Zazie. It was her first best of and her tenth album overall. It was released on 17 November 2008 digitally and under physical formats and achieved success in francophone countries. It provided a sole single, "FM Air" (a pun in French-language with "éphémère"), which was #8 in France and #19 in Belgium (Wallonia).

Description and chart performance

It contains 36 songs from Zazie's six studio albums, Je, tu, ils, Zen, Made in Love, La Zizanie, Rodéo and Totem. It includes in live a song from Made in Live and four others from the singer's later tour, Totem Tour, plus the duets with Axel Bauer and Pascal Obispo which didn't appear on Zazie's studio albums.

It also contains two new songs, "FM Air", available in six versions released on collector-edition vinyl (limited edition) and the song "Un peu beaucoup".

The best-of was available in two versions : standard editions (two CD), and the collector edition (2 CD + DVD, in a set box).

The album went straight to number-one in France (compilations chart) and remained at this position for seven weeks. It also debuted atop in Belgium and remained for 14 weeks in the top ten. It was much less successful in Switzerland, staying for only nine weeks on the chart.

Track listings

CD 1

TitleLengthFrom album
"FM Air"3:27Zest Of
"Je suis un homme"4:08Totem
"Des rails"3:04Totem
"Duo" (duet with Paolo Nutini)3:10Totem
"Flower Power"2:51Totem
"Ça"3:16Totem
"J'étais là" (2007 live, duet with Diam's)3:36Totem
"Rodéo"3:31Rodéo
"Toc toc toc"3:28Rodéo
"La dolce vita"4:32Rodéo
"Un peu beaucoup"2:55Zest Of
"J'arrive"4:32Rodéo
"Oui" (2007 live)5:05Rodéo
"On éteint" (2007 live)4:43La Zizanie
"Aux armes citoyennes"4:41La Zizanie
"Adam & Yves"4:38La Zizanie
"Si j'étais moi" (2007 live)5:55La Zizanie
"Rue de la paix"4:16La Zizanie
"Sur toi"4:06La Zizanie

CD 2

TitleLengthFrom album
"À ma place" (with Axel Bauer)5:49Personne n'est parfait
"Chanson d'ami"4:33Made in Love
"Tout le monde" (replicant remix)4:46Made in Love
"La preuve par trois"5:29Made in Love
"Cyber" (live Tour des Anges)4:24"Made in Live"
"Tous des anges"5:17Made in Love
"Ça fait mal et ça fait rien"4:27Made in Love
"Les meilleurs ennemis" (duet with Pascal Obispo)3:31Superflu
"J'envoie valser"3:28Zen
"Au diable nos adieux"4:38Zen
"Zen"3:53Zen
"Un point c'est toi" (new version)4:31Zen
"Larsen"4:36Zen
"Homme sweet homme" remix3:54Zen
"Je tue ils"3:48Je, tu, ils
"Sucré salé"3:32Je, tu, ils
"Snowball"4:10Je, tu, ils

DVD (collector edition)

TitleFrom albumProducer
"FM Air"Zest OfJulien Reymond
"J'étais là"TotemDenis Thybaud
"Je suis un homme"TotemYvan Attal
"Des rails"TotemGilles Porte
"La pluie et le beau temps"RodéoDidier Le Pêcheur
"Doolididom"RodéoDidier Le Pêcheur
"Excuse-moi"RodéoDidier Le Pêcheur
"La dolce vita"RodéoDidier Le Pêcheur
"Toc toc toc"RodéoDidier Le Pêcheur
"Lola majeure"RodéoDidier Le Pêcheur
"Slow"RodéoDidier Le Pêcheur
"Rodéo"RodéoDidier Le Pêcheur
"J'arrive"RodéoDidier Le Pêcheur
"Oui"RodéoDidier Le Pêcheur
"Danse avec les loops"La ZizanieJulien Trousselier
"Sur toi"La ZizanieSpe6men
"Adam & Yves"La ZizanieMathieu Salliva
"Rue de la paix"La ZizanieSpe6men
"À ma place"Personne n'est parfaitDidier Le Pêcheur
"Cyber"Made in LoveGilbert Namiand
"Chanson d'ami"Made in LoveDidier Le Pêcheur
"Tout le monde"Made in LoveJean-Baptiste Mondino
"Ça fait mal et ça fait rien"Made in LoveDidier Le Pêcheur
"Tous des anges"Made in LovePhilippe André
"Les meilleurs ennemis"SuperfluDidier Le Pêcheur
"Homme sweet homme"ZenDidier Le Pêcheur
"Un point c'est toi"ZenDidier Le Pêcheur
"Zen"ZenPhilippe André
"Larsen"ZenPhilippe André
"Un petit peu amoureux"Je, tu, ilsPhilippe Gautier
"Je tue ils"Je, tu, ilsPhilippe Gautier
"Sucré salé"Je, tu, ilsPascal d'Hoeraene

Charts and sales

Weekly charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[1] 1
French SNEP Digital Chart[2] 9
French SNEP Compilations Chart[3] 1
Swiss Albums Chart39

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[4] 52
French Compilations Chart[5] 1
Chart (2009)Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[6] 6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zest Of, in various albums charts . Lescharts . 30 July 2009.
  2. Web site: French Digital Compilations Chart, 22 November 2008 . Disqueenfrance . 30 July 2009.
  3. Web site: French Compilations Chart, 28 November 2008 . Disqueenfrance . 30 July 2009.
  4. Web site: 2008 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart . Ultratop . 30 July 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120105173839/http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2008&cat=a . 5 January 2012 .
  5. Web site: 2008 French Compilations Chart . Disqueenfrance . 30 July 2009.
  6. Web site: 2009 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart . Ultratop . fr . 1 January 2010.