Le Chemin (French pronunciation: [lə ʃəmɛ̃], lit. 'The Way') is a 2003 album recorded by French pop-rock act Kyo. It was released on January 13, 2003, and achieved huge success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), where it was respectively #2 and #1. This album, entirely composed by the band, remains to date its most successful one. There is also an edition including a DVD.
It stayed on the charts for 65 weeks in Belgium, 98 weeks in France and 79 weeks in Switzerland. It provided four top 20 singles in France and Belgium : "Le Chemin" (#12 in France, #4 in Belgium, #14 in Switzerland), "Dernière danse" (#6 in France, #4 in Belgium, #14 in Switzerland), "Je cours" (#20 in France, #8 in Belgium, #41 in Switzerland) and "Je saigne encore" (#13 in France, #12 in Belgium, #39 in Switzerland).
The album was awarded 'Francophone album of the year' at the 2004 NRJ Music Awards.
Contents
Track listing
"Le Chemin" (duet with Sita) — 3:31
"Je cours" — 3:01
"Dernière danse" — 3:48
"Tout envoyer en l'air" — 3:12
"Chaque seconde" — 3:50
"Comment te dire" — 4:44
"Je saigne encore" — 4:02
"Je te vends mon âme" — 3:31
"Pardonné" — 3:36
"Sur nos lèvres" — 4:05
"Tout reste à faire" — 4:56
Source: Allmusic.
Personnel and credits
Vocals: Benoît Poher and Fabien Dubos
Guitar: Nicolas Chassagne and Florian Dubos
Drums: Fabien Dubos
Bass: Laurent Vernerey
Choir arrangement: Jean François Berger
Assistant: Elise Chambeyron
Programming: Matthew Vaughan and Nicolas Chassagne
Sampling: Nicolas Chassagne
Mastering: Ian Cooper
Mixing: Francois Delabriere
Engineering: Hubert Decottignies and François Delabrière
Photography; Marco De La Rosa
Production: François Delabrière