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Elsa (album) - Wikipedia

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Elsa

Studio album by

Elsa Lunghini

Released

November 1988

Recorded

1987–1988
Artistic Palace Studio,
Boulogne-Billancourt

Genre

Pop

Length

41:24

Label

BMG-Ariola

Producer

Vincent-Marie Bouvot, Georges Lunghini

Elsa Lunghini chronology

Elsa
(1988)

Rien que pour ça
(1990)

Singles from Elsa

"Quelque chose dans mon cœur^[1]"
Released: December 1987
"Un Roman d'amitié (Friend Give Me a Reason)^[2]"
Released: July 1988
"Jour de neige^[3]"
Released: October, 1988
"À la même heure dans deux ans^[4]"
Released: April 1989
"Jamais nous^[5]"
Released: October 1989

Elsa is the debut album of the French singer Elsa Lunghini, released in 1988.

Background and critical reception

After the success of her first two singles, "T'en va pas", which peaked at #1 for eight weeks on the official singles chart (Top 50), and "Quelque chose dans mon cœur", #2 hit, Elsa decided to release her first album. In it, there are collaborations with Didier Barbelivien, Élisabeth Anaïs for texts, and her father (Georges Lunghini) for compositions. Georges also co-signed ten of the eleven songs on the album.

In the French TV program Sacrée Soirée compered by Jean-Pierre Foucault, Elsa met Glenn Medeiros, which generated the duet "Un Roman d'amitié (Friend Give Me a Reason)". It was the next single from the album. Once again, it was a success, reaching #1 on the Top 50 for six weeks during 1988 summer. Thereafter, Elsa also released three other singles on this album, which were all ranked in the top ten on the singles chart.

This debut album was very successful. In addition to the huge sales of the singles, it was certified double platinum by the SNEP, the French certifier, for more than 600,000 sales in France.^[6]

Elsa's first single, "T'en va pas", was not included in this album. The song "Nostalgia cinema" is a reference to the Italian origins of her father.

Track listing

#	Title^[7]	Length
1.	"Mon Cadeau" (Didier Barbelivien / Vincent-Marie Bouvot - Georges Lunghini)	3:56
2.	"Sud-Africaine" (Pierre Grosz / Vincent-Marie Bouvot - Georges Lunghini)	3:53
3.	"Un Roman d'amitié (Friend Give Me a Reason)" (duet with Glenn Medeiros) (Diane Warren / Robbie Buchanan) French adaptation: Didier Barbelivien	4:26
4.	"Jimmy voyage" (Élisabeth Anaïs - Didier Golemanas / Vincent-Marie Bouvot - Georges Lunghini)	4:29
5.	"Le Rôle de sa vie" (Pierre Grosz / Vincent-Marie Bouvot - Georges Lunghini)	3:38
6.	"Jour de neige" (Pierre Grosz / Vincent-Marie Bouvot - Georges Lunghini)	4:02
7.	"Jamais nous" ¹ (Didier Barbelivien / Vincent-Marie Bouvot - Georges Lunghini)	3:51
8.	"Quelque chose dans mon cœur" (Pierre Grosz / Vincent-Marie Bouvot - Georges Lunghini)	3:29
9.	"Celui qui viendra" (Didier Barbelivien / Vincent-Marie Bouvot - Georges Lunghini)	3:13
10.	"À la même heure dans deux ans" (Pierre Grosz / Raymond Donnez - Georges Lunghini)	3:29
11.	"Nostalgie cinema" (Dorine Hollier / Vincent-Marie Bouvot - Georges Lunghini)	2:49

¹ Laurent Voulzy participated in the background vocals.

Album credits

^[8]

Personnel

Claude Salmiéri - drums
Yves Sanna - drums
Kamil Rustam - guitar
Bernard Paganotti - bass guitar
Jannick Top - bass guitar
Michel Gaucher - saxophone
Vincent-Marie Bouvot - keyboards
Raymond Donnez - keyboards
Catherine Bonnevay - backing vocals ("Mon cadeau" & "Celui qui viendra")
Francine Chantereau - backing vocals ("Mon cadeau" & "Celui qui viendra")

Production

Arrangement - Vincent-Marie Bouvot, Raymond Donnez
Produced by Vincent-Marie Bouvot & Georges Lunghini
Engineered by Bruno Lambert, Jean Lamoot & Hervé Le Coz
Assistant engineer - Manuela
Mixed by Bruno Lambert
Mixed by Claude Grillis ("Mon cadeau", "Jimmy voyage", "Le rôle de sa vie" & "Celui qui viendra")

Design

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988–89)	Peak position
French Albums Chart^[9]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)	Rank
European Albums (European Top 100 Albums)^[10]	74

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
France	2 x Platinum^[6]	1993	600,000

References

^ "Encyclopédisque - Disque : Quelque chose dans mon coeur ( remix )".
^ "Encyclopédisque - Disque : Un roman d'amitié".
^ "Encyclopédisque - Disque : Jour de neige".
^ "Encyclopédisque - Disque : À la même heure dans deux ans".
^ "Encyclopédisque - Disque : Jamais nous".
^ ^a ^b Elsa's certifications Chartsinfrance.net (Retrieved June 1, 2008)
^ Elsa, track listing Lescharts.com (Retrieved June 1, 2008)
^ "Elsa – Elsa (CD)". Discogs.
^ Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 583 (ISBN 2-9518832-0-X)
^ "European Top 100 Albums – 1989" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 51. 23 December 1989. p. 9. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 25 June 2024 – via World Radio History.

v t e Elsa Lunghini
Albums	Elsa Rien que pour ça Douce violence Elsa, l'essentiel 1986–1993
Singles	"T'en va pas" "Quelque chose dans mon cœur" "Un roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason)" "Jour de neige" "À la même heure dans deux ans" "Jamais nous"

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