Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents)

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Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents)
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Studio album by
Released1970 (1970)
Genre chanson
Label CBS Disques
Producer Jacques Plait
Joe Dassin chronology
Joe Dassin (Les Champs-Élysées)
(1969)
Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents)
(1970)
Joe Dassin (Elle était... Oh !)
(1971)
Singles from Joe Dassin (La Fleur aux dents)
  1. "L'Amérique" / "Cécilia"
    Released: 1970
  2. "C'est bon l'amour"
    Released: 1970
  3. "La Fleur aux dents"
    Released: 1971
  4. "L'Équipe à Jojo"
    Released: 1971

Joe Dassin (commonly called La Fleur aux dents after the first track on side 1) is the fourth French studio album by Joe Dassin. It came out in 1970 on CBS Disques.

Contents

Commercial performance

According to U.S. Billboard (its 1 May 1971 issue), the long play sold over 250,000 copies in three months. [1]

The LP reached no. 1 in France (according to the chart, courtesy of the Centre d'Information et de Documentation du Disque, that U.S. Billboard published in its "Hits of the World" section). [2] [3]

Also, according to a survey published by the already mentioned U.S. Billboard in its 8 July 1972 issue and based on the charts compiled by the Centre d'Information et de Documentation du Disque, Joe Dassin became the top album artist of the whole year 1971 in France. [4]

Track listing

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."La Fleur aux dents" Joe Dassin, Claude Lemesle 2:18
2."L'Équipe à Jojo"Claude Lemesle3:08
3."C'est bon l'amour" ("Cherry, Cherry" [5] ) Neil Diamond 2:30
4."Le Portugais"Joe Dassin, Richelle Dassin, Pierre Delanoë 2:40
5."Le Grand Parking" ("Big Yellow Taxi" [6] ) Joni Mitchell 2:12
6."Un garçon nommé Suzy" ("A Boy Named Sue" [7] ) Shel Silverstein 3:08
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Au bout des rails" ("Cracklin' Rosie" [8] )Neil Diamond2:52
2."La Luzerne"Joe Dassin, Pierre Delanoë2:37
3."Un petit air de musique" ("We're All Playing in the Same Band" [9] )Bert Sommer3:05
4."Un cadeau de papa"Joe Dassin, Claude Lemesle2:18
5."Je la connais si bien"Joe Dassin, Pierre Delanoë3:05
6."L'Amérique" ("Yellow River" [10] ) Jeffrey Christie 3:27

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References

  1. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (1 May 1971). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 1–. ISSN   0006-2510.{{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (20 March 1971). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 52–. ISSN   0006-2510.{{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (4 September 1971). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 44–. ISSN   0006-2510.{{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  4. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (8 July 1972). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 36–. ISSN   0006-2510.{{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  5. Original by Neil Diamond from his 1966 album The Feel of Neil Diamond. French adaptation by Pierre Delanoë and Claude Lemesle.
  6. Original by Joni Mitchell from her 1970 album Ladies of the Canyon . French adaptation by Claude Lemesle.
  7. Original by Shel Silverstein from his 1969 album Boy Named Sue and Other Country Songs. French adaptation by Pierre Delanoë.
  8. Original by Neil Diamond from his 1970 album Tap Root Manuscript. French adaptation by Pierre Delanoë.
  9. Original by Bert Sommer from his 1970 album Inside. French adaptation by Richelle Dassin.
  10. Original by Christie from their 1970 album Christie. French adaptation by Pierre Delanoë.