Revoir un printemps

Revoir un Printemps is a studio album by French hip hop group IAM. It was released on 15 September 2003 through Hostile Records with distribution via EMI. Recording sessions took place at Studios Zgen in Avignon, at Studio La Cosca in Marseille, at Sony Music Studios and at Electric Lady Studios in New York, at Bulgarian National Radio Studio 1, and at Studio Claudia Sound in Aubervilliers. Production was handled by Akhenaton, Al-Khemya, Shurik'n, Imhotep, DJ Khéops and Bruno Coulais. It features guest appearances from Beyoncé, Kayna Samet, Method Man & Redman, Syleena Johnson and Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra.

The album peaked atop of French and Wallionian charts and also peaked at number 2 in Swiss Hitparade. It spawned four charted singles: "Noble Art", "Revoir un printemps", "Nous" and "Stratégie d'un pion". The album was certified Gold by both International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Switzerland and Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.

Personnel

 * Philippe "Akhenaton" Fragione – main artist, composer & producer (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 15-19), arranger (track 9)
 * Geoffroy "Shurik'n" Mussard – main artist, composer & producer (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8, 10)
 * Éric "Khéops" Mazel – main artist, scratches, composer & producer (track 9), arranger (tracks: 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16-19)
 * Malek "Freeman" Brahimi – main artist
 * Pascal "Imhotep" Perez – main artist, composer & producer (tracks: 12, 14), arranger (track 8)
 * Kayna Samet – featured artist (track 2)
 * Clifford "Method Man" Smith – featured artist (track 4)
 * Reginald "Redman" Noble – featured artist (track 4)
 * Syleena Johnson – featured artist (track 11)
 * Beyoncé Knowles – featured artist (track 13)
 * Michael Robinson – vocals (track 15)
 * André Charles "Slim" Pezin – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, dobro, bass
 * Raoul Duflot-Verez – piano
 * Michel Peyratout – bass
 * Patrick Bourgoin – alto saxophone, flute
 * Mostafa Benhmad – pipe, violin
 * Bernard Camoin – trombone
 * Eric Giausserand – trumpet
 * Marc Chantereau – percussion
 * Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra – orchestra
 * Deyan Pavlov – conductor
 * Bruno Coulais – orchestrations producer, arranger (tracks: 2, 6, 7, 10-13, 16, 18)
 * Philippe Amir – recording, assistant engineering
 * Eric Chevet – recording, mixing
 * Nabil Ghrib – recording
 * Michael Tocci – recording (tracks: 4, 11)
 * Maxime Lefèvre – recording
 * Didier Lizé – recording
 * Chris Gehringer – mastering
 * Steef Van De Gevel – assistant engineering
 * Haythem "H.Boogie" Bouchuiguir – recording coordinator (track 4)
 * Kankre Attak – design, photography
 * Tous Des K – design, photography