Champagne et Caviar

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Champagne et Caviar
Higelin cptlm.jpg
Cover art for Champagne et Caviar and Champagne pour tout le monde,.
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1979
RecordedStudio in the country, Bogalusa, Louisiana
Château d'Hérouville
Genre French rock
Length39:30(Champagne pour tout le monde); 38:48 (Caviar pour les autres)
Label Pathé-Marconi/EMI
Producer Jacques Higelin
Jacques Higelin chronology
No Man's Land
(1978)
Champagne et Caviar
(1979)
La Bande du Rex
(1980)
Alternative cover
Higelin cpla.jpg
Cover art for Caviar pour les autres....

Champagne et Caviar (Champagne and Caviar) is the eighth album by French rock singer Jacques Higelin, released in December 1979. It was initially released simultaneously as two separate albums titled Champagne pour tout le monde, (Champagne for everyone,) and Caviar pour les autres... (Caviar for everyone else...), but has since been released as a double album under its current title.

Contents

Reception

Commercial performance

Both halves of the album were commercially successful, being certified Gold the following year, in 1980. [1]

Critical reception

The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named it the 35th greatest French rock album. [2]

Track listing

Champagne pour tout le monde,
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Champagne" Jacques Higelin 4:15
2."Cayenne c'est fini"Higelin4:55
3."Tête en l'air"Higelin3:37
4."Dans mon aéroplane blindé"Higelin4:43
5."Ah la la quelle vie qu'cette vie"Higelin4:03
6."L'Attentat à la pudeur (with Élisabeth Wiener and Serge Derrien)"Higelin4:00
7."Hold Tight (Sea Food)"Lenny Kent, Gerry Brandon2:02
8."Captain Bloody Samouraï"Higelin, Micky Finn 3:47
9."Vague à l'âme"Higelin4:33
Caviar pour les autres...
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mama Nouvelle Orléans"Higelin, Finn4:40
2."Trois tonnes de T.N.T."Higelin2:37
3."Ci-git une star"Higelin, Robbi Finkel4:11
4."Avec la rage en d'dans"Higelin3:17
5."Je ne peux plus dire je t'aime"Higelin4:31
6."Beau, beau ou laid"Higelin3:35
7."Entre deux gares"Higelin2:26
8."Le Fil à la patte du caméléon"Higelin, Laurent Thibault 4:31
9."Rappelle-moi"Higelin4:21
10."On a Rainy Sunday Afternoon"Higelin4:38

Personnel

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. "Les Certifications & Les Ventes".
  2. Rolling Stone , n°18, February 2010.