L'Heure d'été (album)

L'Heure d'été is a 2005 album recorded by French artist Marc Lavoine. It was his ninth studio album and his 12th album overall. Released on May 23, 2005, it was successful in the francophone countries.

Content
L'Heure d'été provided two hit singles : "Je me sens si seul" (#16 in France) and "Toi mon amour" (#8 in France). "Tu m'as renversé" and "J'espère", a duet with Belgium singer of Vietnamese descent Quynh Anh, were just released as promotional singles.

In France, the album started at No. 3, its peak position, on May 28, 2005, before dropping slowly on the chart the weeks later. It managed to stay for nine weeks in the top ten, 63 weeks in the top 50 and 91 weeks on the chart (top 200). In Belgium (Wallonia), the album was ranked for 49 weeks. It entered the Ultratop 40 at No. 7 on June 4, 2005 and reached No. 2 two weeks later and for two consecutive weeks. It totaled 12 weeks in the top ten.

Track listing

 * CD

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 * DVD
 * 1) "Je me sens si seul" (music video)
 * 2) "Toi mon amour" (music video)
 * 3) "Tu m'as renversé" (music video)

Source : Allmusic.

Personnel

 * Barilla – design
 * Denis Benarrosh – percussion
 * Jean-François Berger – electric guitar, Fender Rhodes, harmonica, keyboards, Korg MS-20, mandolin, piano, programming, string arrangement & conducting, trumpet & Wurlitzer
 * Jean-Pierre Bucolo – acoustic guitar & electric guitar
 * Clarisse Canteloube – front cover & inside photography
 * Christophe Deschamps – drums
 * Martin Jenkins – keyboards, programming
 * Claire Keim – backing vocals
 * Peter Lale – cello


 * Marc Lavoine – lead vocals & backing vocals
 * Sandrine Le Bars – executive producer
 * Jean-Marc Lubrano – inside photography
 * David Maurin – drums
 * François Poggio – acoustic guitar
 * Nick Rodwell – clarinet
 * Philippe Russo – electric guitar
 * Éric Sauviat – acoustic guitar & dobro
 * Matthew Vaughan – programming
 * Laurent Vernerey – bass guitar
 * Gavyn Wright – concertmaster


 * Artistic direction – Egidio Alves-Martins
 * Assistant & artistic coordination – Thomas Sandoval
 * Engineered by François Delabrière
 * Assistants – Denis Caribaux (Studio Guillaume Tell), Florian Lagatta (Studio Gang) & Valéry Pellegrini (Studio Méga D)
 * Mixed by François Delabrière at Studio Méga
 * Assistant – Éric Uzan
 * Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York City