Carnets de scène (Eng: Memories) is an album recorded by the French artist Patricia Kaas. It was her first live album, and her third album overall. Recorded during the Scène de vie tour, Kaas' first concerts tour, and released in 1991, the album was successful, particularly in France, and was also re-issued as DVD in 2004.

Carnets de scène
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 1991
GenrePop
LabelSony Musique
Columbia Records
Patricia Kaas chronology
Scène de vie
(1990)
Carnets de scène
(1991)
Je te dis vous
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Background edit

After the huge success of her first two studio albums, Kaas decided to perform a series of concerts across the world : the Scène de vie tour. There were 210 concerts, 650,000 spectators in 13 countries, including Japan, Canada and the USSR, where she sang in Moscow and Leningrad. It was recorded across two days between May 12 and 19, 1990, at Zénith of Paris (France).

The album contains many songs from Mademoiselle chante... and Scène de vie, plus a few new songs, such as "Lily Marlène". The hits "Mademoiselle chante le blues" and "Quand Jimmy dit" were performed in an extended version. The original double CD included 20 tracks; the single CD issue includes the 16 tracks listed below.

About 13 years later, the label Sony BMG also published the album as a live DVD.

Chart performances edit

The CD went straight to #8, its peak position, on December 6, 1991, on the French SNEP Albums Chart. It remained for only two weeks in the top ten and 16 weeks in the top 40.[2] It achieved double gold four years after its release.[3]

The album was less successful in Germany (#53) and Switzerland (#40), where it stayed in the low positions.[4]

Track listing edit

CD
# Title[5] Length
1. "Générique (Thème Montmajour"
(François Bernheim)
2:04
2. "Les Mannequins d'osier"
(Didier Barbelivien / F. Bernheim)
3:49
3. "Venus des abribus"
(F. Bernheim - Élisabeth Depardieu / Dominique Perrier)
3:49
4. "Mon mec à moi"
(D. Barbelivien / F. Bernheim)
5:02
5. "Cœurs brisés"
(Thierry Delianis / Charles France)
3:31
6. "L'Heure du jazz"
(Jean-Claude Collo / F. Bernheim - D. Barbelivien)
4:28
7. "Lili Marlène"
(Hans Leip / Norbert Schultze)
1:03
8. "D'Allemagne"
(D. Barbelivien / F. Bernheim)
3:40
9. "Summertime"
(DuBose Heyward / George Gershwin)
2:35
10. "Kennedy Rose"
(E. Depardieu / D. Barbelivien - F. Bernheim)
3:40
11. "Mademoiselle chante le blues"
(D. Barbelivien - Bob Mehdi / D. Barbelivien)
7:58
12. "Bessie"
(Pierre Grosz / Franck Langolff)
4:46
13. "Les hommes qui passent"
(D.Barbelivien / F.Bernheim)
4:56
14. "Une Dernière Semaine à New York"
(D. Barbelivien / F. Bernheim)
3:42
15. "Quand Jimmy dit"
(D.Barbelivien - F. Bernheim / D. Barbelivien)
7:34
16. "Un Dernier Blues"
(D. Barbelivien)
2:04
DVD

Same track listing

Personnel edit

  • Management : Talent Sorcier (Cyril Prieur, Richard Walter)
  • Production : Gérard Drouot productions, Note de blues
  • Production director : Jean-Hugues Feugeas
  • Musical direction : Claude Samard, Patriciens and her vocalists
  • Bass, percussion : Noël Assolo
  • Bass, saxophone : Philippe Gonnand
  • Guitar : Jean-Pierre Taieb
  • Drum kit : Jean-Claude Givoine (+ electronic drum kit), Christophe Deschamps, Pascal Reva
  • Keyboards : Benoît Sourisse (+ harmonica), Michel Amsellem, Yves Ottino
  • Background vocals : Slim Batteux, Jacques Mercier
  • Sound engineer and mixing : Bruno Lambert
  • Artistic production : Jean-Jacques Souplet
  • Recorded at Studio Le Voyageur II
  • Mixed at Studio Marcadet
  • Photo on the cover : Bernard Levy
  • Photos in the booklet : B.Auger, F.Garcia, C.Gassian, B.Leloup, B.Levy, M.Marizi, Naoki, B.Pierrat, P.Riedinger, S.Rubinstein, P.Terrasson, F.Vernhet, X
  • Design : Antonietti, Pascault & Ass.

Charts edit

Certifications and sales edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[12] 2× Gold 200,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References edit

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Albums chart trajectories in France Infodisc.fr Archived June 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (See : "Les Chart Runs" => "Patricia KAAS") (Retrieved June 4, 2008)
  3. ^ Kaas's certifications in France Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved June 4, 2008)
  4. ^ Carnets de scène, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved June 4, 2008)
  5. ^ Carnets de vie, track listing allmusic.com (Retrieved June 4, 2008)
  6. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Patricia Kaas – Carnets de scène" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  7. ^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 51–52. 21 December 1991. p. 38. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 51–52. 21 December 1991. p. 39. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Patricia Kaas – Carnets de scène" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Patricia Kaas – Carnets de scène". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Les Albums (CD) de 1991 par InfoDisc" (in French). InfoDisc. Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  12. ^ "French album certifications – Patricia Kaas – Carnets de scène" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.