''Démodé'' is

Jean-Jacques Goldman Jean-Jacques Goldman (; born 11 October 1951) is a retired French singer-songwriter and record producer whose work remains hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017, he has been the highest-grossing ...

's first solo album sung in French, set in 1981. It was recorded at the Studios Pathé in

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and the Studio Vénus in Longueville. The album has also been released under the names ''A l'envers'' and ''Jean-Jacques Goldman''. It was

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platinum in France for sales of 300,000 copies.

Track listing

All tracks by

#"A l'envers" – 3:54 #"Sans un mot" – 3:29 #"Brouillard" – 5:11 #"Pas l'indifférence" – 4:12 #" Il suffira d'un signe" – 5:50 #"Je t'aimerai quand-même" – 4:54 #"Autre Histoire" – 4:19 #"Quelque chose de bizarre" – 4:00 #"Quel exil" – 2:59 #"Le Rapt" – 4:27 #"Juste un petit moment" – 1:33

Personnel

*Jean-Jacques Goldman: Acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric piano, vocals *Patrice Tison: Electric guitars *

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: Keyboards *Georges Rodi: Synthesizers *Guy Delacroix: Bass *Clément Bailly: Drums, percussion *Bernard Illouz: Additional vocals

References

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