''Carnets de scène'' (Eng: ''Memories'') is an album recorded by the

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artist

Patricia Kaas Patricia Kaas (; born 5 December 1966) is a French singer. Her music is a mix of pop, cabaret, jazz, and chanson. Since the appearance of her 1988 debut album '' Mademoiselle chante...'', Kaas has sold over 17 million records worldwide. She h ...

. It was her first live album, and her third album overall. Recorded during the ''Scène de vie'' tour, Kaas' first concerts tour, and released in 1991, the album was successful, particularly in

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, and was also re-issued as DVD in 2004.

Background

After the huge success of her first two studio albums, Kaas decided to perform a series of concerts across the world : the ''Scène de vie'' tour. There were 210 concerts, 650,000 spectators in 13 countries, including Japan,

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and the

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, where she sang in

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and

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. It was recorded across two days between May 12 and 19, 1990, at Zénith of Paris (France). The album contains many songs from '' Mademoiselle chante...'' and ''

Scène de vie ''Scène de vie'' (Eng: ''Moments in Life'') is a studio album recorded by the French artist Patricia Kaas. It was her second album and was released in 1990. It confirmed the singer's potential, reaching the top of the albums chart in France. Ba ...

'', plus a few new songs, such as "Lily Marlène". The hits "Mademoiselle chante le blues" and "Quand Jimmy dit" were performed in an extended version. The original double CD included 20 tracks; the single CD issue includes the 16 tracks listed below. About 13 years later, the label

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also published the album as a live

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Chart performances

The CD went straight to #8, its peak position, on December 6, 1991, on the French SNEP Albums Chart. It remained for only two weeks in the top ten and 16 weeks in the top 40.Albums chart trajectories in Franc
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(See : "Les Chart Runs" => "Patricia KAAS") (Retrieved June 4, 2008) It achieved double gold four years after its release.Kaas's certifications in Franc

(Retrieved June 4, 2008) The album was less successful in Germany (#53) and Switzerland (#40), where it stayed in the low positions.''Carnets de scène'', Swiss Albums Char
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(Retrieved June 4, 2008)

Track listing

; CD ; DVD Same track listing

Personnel

* Management : Talent Sorcier (Cyril Prieur, Richard Walter) * Production : Gérard Drouot productions, Note de blues * Production director : Jean-Hugues Feugeas * Musical direction : Claude Samard, Patriciens and her vocalists * Bass, percussion : Noël Assolo * Bass, saxophone : Philippe Gonnand * Guitar : Jean-Pierre Taieb * Drum kit : Jean-Claude Givoine (+ electronic drum kit), Christophe Deschamps, Pascal Reva * Keyboards : Benoît Sourisse (+ harmonica), Michel Amsellem, Yves Ottino * Background vocals : Slim Batteux, Jacques Mercier * Sound engineer and mixing : Bruno Lambert * Artistic production : Jean-Jacques Souplet * Recorded at Studio Le Voyageur II * Mixed at Studio Marcadet * Photo on the cover : Bernard Levy * Photos in the booklet : B.Auger, F.Garcia, C.Gassian, B.Leloup, B.Levy, M.Marizi, Naoki, B.Pierrat, P.Riedinger, S.Rubinstein, P.Terrasson, F.Vernhet, X * Design : Antonietti, Pascault & Ass.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carnets de scene Patricia Kaas albums 1991 live albums Columbia Records live albums