La Vie Théodore is a 2005 album recorded by French singer Alain Souchon. It was his eleventh studio album and was released on 2 September 2005. It achieved smash success in France where it remained for 66 weeks in the top 200, including two weeks at the top. It was also successful in Belgium (Wallonia) (#1) and hit a moderate success in Switzerland (#3). It provided two singles : "Et si en plus y'a personne" (#19 in France, #12 in Belgium) and "La Vie Théodore" (#68 in France). The album was almost entirely written by the singer himself, while the musics were composed by Laurent Voulzy and Souchon's son, Pierre Souchon, according to the songs. The album's name is a tribute to Théodore Monod.

La Vie Théodore
Studio album by
Released2 September 2005
RecordedFrance, 2005
GenrePop
Length40:18
LabelVirgin
Alain Souchon chronology
J'veux du live
(2002)
La Vie Théodore
(2005)
Écoutez d'où ma peine vient
(2008)
Singles from C'est déjà ça
  1. "Et si en plus y'a personne"
    Released: September 2005
  2. "La Vie Théodore"
    Released: March 2006

Track listing edit

Title Length Writer(s) Compositor(s)
"Putain ça penche" 3:53 Alain Souchon Laurent Voulzy
"J'aimais mieux quand c'était toi" 4:02 Alain Souchon Alain Souchon
"Bonjour tristesse" 3:23 Alain Souchon Alain Souchon
"La Vie Théodore" 3:54 Alain Souchon Alain Souchon
"En collant l'oreille sur l'appareil" 4:20 Alain Souchon Alain Souchon
"À cause d'elle" 3:44 Alain Souchon Laurent Voulzy
"Et si en plus y'a personne" 4:09 Alain Souchon Laurent Voulzy
"Le Mystère" 3:56 Alain Souchon Alain Souchon
"Le Marin" 2:55 Alain Souchon Pierre Souchon/Alain Souchon
"L'Île du dédain" 3:25 Alain Souchon Pierre Souchon
"Lisa" 2:29 M. Davidovicci/P. Grillet Pierre Souchon/J. Voulzy

Source : Allmusic.[1]

Releases edit

Date Label Country Format Catalog
2005 EMI Music Belgium, France, Switzerland CD 336968
Virgin 3349452

Certifications and sales edit

Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales
Belgium[2] Gold January 14, 2006 25,000
France[3] Platinum October 20, 2005 300,000 462,100[4]

Charts edit

References edit

  1. ^ La Vie Théodore, track listing Allmusic.com (29 November 2008)
  2. ^ Belgium certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
  3. ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com Archived 2008-12-12 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
  4. ^ Chart trajectories of various albums in France + sales Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
  5. ^ La Vie Théodore, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
  6. ^ La Vie Théodore, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
  7. ^ La Vie Théodore, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
  8. ^ 2005 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
  9. ^ 2005 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
  10. ^ 2006 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2009-06-29 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 29 November 2008)