Zest Of

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Zest of
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Greatest hits album by
Released17 November 2008
Recorded1992–2008
Genre Pop
Length150:43
Label Mercury, Universal Music
Zazie chronology
Totem
(2007)
Zest of
(2008)
Za7ie
(2010)
Singles from Zest of
  1. "FM Air"
    Released: 2008

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).

Contents

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"4:08 Totem
"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"3:31 Rodéo
"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)4:43 La 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"4:33 Made 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"3:28 Zen
"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 of Julien Reymond
"J'étais là"Totem Denis Thybaud
"Je suis un homme"Totem Yvan Attal
"Des rails"Totem Gilles Porte
"La pluie et le beau temps"Rodéo Didier 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 Zizanie Julien Trousselier
"Sur toi"La Zizanie Spe6men
"Adam & Yves"La Zizanie Mathieu Salliva
"Rue de la paix"La ZizanieSpe6men
"À ma place"Personne n'est parfaitDidier Le Pêcheur
"Cyber"Made in Love Gilbert Namiand
"Chanson d'ami"Made in LoveDidier Le Pêcheur
"Tout le monde"Made in Love Jean-Baptiste Mondino
"Ça fait mal et ça fait rien"Made in LoveDidier Le Pêcheur
"Tous des anges"Made in Love Philippe 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, ils Philippe Gautier
"Je tue ils"Je, tu, ilsPhilippe Gautier
"Sucré salé"Je, tu, ils Pascal d'Hoeraene

Charts and sales

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [7] Gold15,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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