Aznavour toujours

Last updated
Toujours
Aznavour toujours cover.jpg
Studio album by
Charles Aznavour
ReleasedAugust 30, 2011
Genre Chanson
Length51:23
Label EMI
Charles Aznavour chronology
Radio Suisse Romande présente : Studio Recording at Lausanne (1954) & Concert Live at Lausanne (1955)
(2009)		Toujours
(2011)		Encores
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Aznavour toujours (Forever the Aznavour) is the 50th French studio album by the French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour, released in 2011. Toujours became his seventh album in the 21st century. According to Allmusic, "this collection of 12 self-penned tracks shows that the 87-year-old is still capable of cutting it alone". [2] Album cover photograph is taken by Karl Lagerfeld. [3]

Contents

History

The songs were written and recorded in France and Belgium. For the arrangements, Eumir Deodato (Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Björk) and Yvan Cassar (Mylène Farmer, Johnny Hallyday) [4] were invited and the album "travels to Brazil and Paris, with an occasional little trip to Broadway and even Spain for Flamenca, flamenco". [3]

One of the songs, "J'ai Connu" (Gypsy jazz), addresses the genocides that have occurred during Aznavour's lifetime. [2]

It was released digitally on August 30, 2011, by Capitol/EMI. After the release, Aznavour started his new Aznavour en Toute Intimité tour in 2011.

Track listing

  1. Viens m'emporter
  2. La vie est faite de hasards
  3. L'instinct du chasseur
  4. Les jours
  5. Que j'aime ca
  6. Ce printemps-la
  7. Des coups de poing
  8. Flamenca Flamenco
  9. J'ai connu
  10. Je pense à toi
  11. Elle (duet with Thomas Dutronc)
  12. Tu ne m'aimes plus
  13. Va

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2011) [5] Peak
position
France 4
Belgium 4
Czech Republic 51

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 Toujours at AllMusic
  3. 1 2 "Charles Aznavour's New Album, Aznavour Toujours, to be Released Digitally on August 30 by Capitol/EMI". prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  4. ↑ "Charles Aznavour, la critique de son dernier album, Aznavour toujours". L'Express. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  5. ↑ Aznavour toujours at Ultratop Archived June 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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