''Champs Elysées'' is the second

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by French DJ

Bob Sinclar Christophe Le Friant (; born 10 May 1969), better known by his stage name Bob Sinclar (), is a French record producer, DJ, and remixer. He is the owner of the record label Yellow Productions. Musical career A native of Paris, Le Friant began D ...

, released in October 2000 on Yellow Productions. It reached number 28 in France and number 94 in Switzerland.

Critical reception

John Bush of

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wrote that with the album, Sinclar "proved himself a solid producer despite the lack of freshness, adding in plenty of swooping strings, nickel-bag guitars, and soft-toned keyboards", calling "Got to Be Free" and "Darlin'" "disco-mover productions that wouldn't sound out of place on classic American R&B radio", and concluding that Sinclar "has plenty of fun throughout the LP". Piers Martin of ''

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'' was considerably more negative, calling most of ''Champs Elysées'' "a feeble facsimile" of the "fabled times" of "New York's early-'80s club culture" and the sound of

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. Martin summarised the album as a "predictable whirl of artificial strings, filtered loops and strident glitterball

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", judging that "it's clear Sinclar doesn't have an original idea in his impeccably coiffured head".

Track listing

#"Champs Elysées Theme" – 4:26 #"I Feel for You" – 5:50 #"You Are Beautiful" – 2:06 #"Striptease" – 4:29 #"Got to Be Free" (feat. James ''D-Train'' Williams) – 5:43 #"Life" (feat. Chezere vs. Ken Norris) – 6:25 #"Save Our Soul" – 4:22 #"Phasing News" – 4:05 #"Ich Rocke" – 4:06 #"Freedom" (feat. Gene Van Buren) – 6:30 #"Something Little Bit Clumsy" – 3:54 #"Darlin'" (feat. James ''D-Train'' Williams) – 5:00 Bonus track on some CD versions #

"My Only Love" – 3:33 French CD and digital bonus tracks #

"I Feel for You" (Bob's Disco Remix) – 7:14 #"Ich Rocke" (Turntablerocker Remix) – 5:11

Charts

References

2000 albums Bob Sinclar albums Yellow Productions albums {{2000s-house-album-stub