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''Le Fil'' is the second album by French singer–songwriter Camille. First released in 2005, the album was reissued with four bonus tracks in 2006 in the
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, the UK and Australia. The title translates as "The Thread". The album features a low-level drone (a B tone) in the background of every song, which Camille has described as " ernote". Camille has stated that many people returned the record, thinking this sound was a fault in the recording. On the original release, the final track "Quand je marche" has a runtime close to 39 minutes. The actual song is only four minutes in duration, but the tone extends for over 30 minutes after it has ended. The final 30 seconds contain Camille speaking in French. The extended ending was cut from reissues featuring bonus tracks. It has been most frequently compared to
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'', for Camille's use of her voice as an instrument in innovative ways. The track "Ta Douleur" placed 26 in the
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for 2006. In 2008, the eighth track on ''Le Fil'', "Senza", was used by Ford in televised adverts for their Kuga SUV. The advert premiered at half time of the
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, opening up a new Pan-European audience to Camille's work. It has continued to air on networks across Europe throughout
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. In 2010, the track "Ta douleur" was featured in the ''
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'' sketch "Les Jeunes de Paris".


Track listing

# "La jeune fille aux cheveux blancs" # "Ta douleur" # "Assise" # "Janine I" # "Vous" # "Baby Carni Bird" # "Pour que l'amour me quitte" # "Senza" # "Janine II" # "Vertige" # "Au port" # "Janine III" # "Pâle septembre" # "Rue de Ménilmontant" # "Quand je marche" Reissue bonus tracks: #
  • "J'ai tort" # "Jolie bruine" # "Lumière" # "Femme libérée"


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    Prix Constantin {{unreferenced, date=February 2011 The Prix Constantin is an annual French music prize awarded to the best album of an artist who has come to prominence during the course of the past year. It was inaugurated in 2002, following the example of the Me ...
    , 2005 *
    Victoires de la Musique Victoires de la Musique (; en, Victories of Music) is an annual French award ceremony where the Victoire accolade is delivered by the French Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. The classical and jazz ...
    , 2006


    References

    {{DEFAULTSORT:Fil Camille (singer) albums 2005 albums Virgin Records albums Experimental pop albums A cappella albums