France is the sixteenth and final studio album by French singer France Gall, released in March 1996.

France
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 19, 1996 (1996-03-19)
Recorded1995, Los Angeles, US
Minneapolis, US
Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine), France
GenreChanson
R&B
Rock
Length64:22
LabelWEA
ProducerBruck Dawit
Kirk Johnson
Marcus Miller
Ricky Peterson
Michael Railton
Stocker
France Gall chronology
Simple je – L'Intégrale Bercy
(1994)
France
(1996)
Concert public Olympia / Concert acoustique M6
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Forces Parallèles[2]

Being her first album of new material in nine years since Babacar in 1987, discounting Double jeu, her collaboration with her husband Michel Berger four years prior as well as three live albums released during the lengthy gap such as Le Tour de France 88 (1988), Simple je – Débranchée à Bercy (1993) and Simple je – Rebranchée à Bercy (1994), this would be her last studio album, though she would release two more live albums titled Concert public Olympia / Concert acoustique M6 (1997), before her retirement from the music industry and Pleyel (2005) before her death in 2018.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Michel Berger, except where noted

No.TitleLyricsProducerLength
1."Plus haut" Ricky Peterson4:20
2."À quoi il sert ?" Ricky Peterson3:44
3."Laissez passer les rêves" Stocker, Michael Railton5:13
4."Que l'amour est bizarre" Ricky Peterson4:10
5."Débranche!" Ricky Peterson4:45
6."Lumière du jour" Ricky Peterson5:03
7."Résiste" Ricky Peterson, Kirk Johnson4:47
8."La Minute de silence" Marcus Miller4:27
9."Privée d'amour" Stocker, Michael Railton4:38
10."Évidemment" Ricky Peterson4:30
11."Ella, elle l'a" Ricky Peterson, Kirk Johnson5:10
12."Les Princes des villes" Kirk Johnson6:09
13."Message personnel"Michel Berger and Françoise HardyRicky Peterson3:44
14."La Légende de Jim" ([Note 1])Luc PlamondonBruck Dawit3:35

Notes

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  1. ^ The track was added in the new edition of the album (the one with an orange cover), released on 29 November 1996.

Personnel

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  • Michael Mishaw - background vocals
  • Bernadette Barlow - background vocals

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[3] Platinum 300,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "France [WEA] - France Gall". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  2. ^ "France GALL : FRANCE (1996)".
  3. ^ "French album certifications – France Gall – France" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
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