Amour Oral

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Amour Oral
Loco Locass - Amour Oral.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 2, 2004 (2004-11-02)
Genre Rap
Length58:09
Language French
Label Audiogram (Canada)
ADCD10168 (CD)
Loco Locass chronology
In Vivo (EP)
(2003)
Amour Oral
(2004)
Singles from Amour Oral
  1. "Groove grave"
    Released: February 2005
  2. "Bonzaïon"
    Released: May 2005
  3. "Spleen et Montréal"
    Released: February 2006
  4. "La censure pour l'échafaud"
    Released: August 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Bande à part favorable [2]
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Hour Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Voir Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Amour Oral is rap trio Loco Locass' second studio album.

The group won two awards for the album at the Felix Awards in 2005: Album of the Year - Hip Hop and Songwriter of the Year. [6]

At the MIMI (Initiative musicale internationale de Montréal) gala in 2005, the group was awarded with Song of the Year for "Libérez-nous des libéraux," as well as "Mots-dits, for the depth and refinement of the delivery of the text." [7]

The album also won a Grafika award for best CD/DVD cover in 2005. [8]

Having crossed the threshold of 50,000 copies sold, Amour Oral has been certified gold.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Résistance"4:50
2."La bataille des murailles" (ft. Charbonniers de l'Enfer)4:30
3."W Roi"1:00
4."Antiaméricanisme primaire"3:36
5."Groove Grave"4:51
6."Bonzaïon" 
7."La Censure pour l'échafaud"4:39
8."Spleen et Montréal"4:27
9."Maison et idéal" (ft. Karim of Syncop)5:24
10."La Survenante"5:28
11."Antigone"4:18
12."Liberez-nous des libéraux"6:04
13."Engouement"4:02

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