''En passant'' is a 1997 album recorded by the French singer-songwriter

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 ...

. The CD was produced between April and August 1997 in collaboration with

Erick Benzi Erick Benzi (born 1 March 1959) is a French musician, songwriter, composer, and record producer from Marseille. He was previously part of the duo Die Form, with Gildas Arzel, and the group Canada (with Arzel, Jacques Veneruso, and Gwenn Arzel) ...

at the Kevin Mobile, Mega and Gimmick studios,Source: En passant album notes and was released on the Columbia/Sony BMG record label on 26 August 1997.

Album information

The CD uses the

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format, which improves the quality of the audio (compared to regular CDs) when played back in a suitable player. The album is intimate and contains acoustic and blues melodies. It mainly deals with death ("On ira", "En passant") and love ("Sache que je", "Quand tu danses", "Les Murailles"). The album went straight to number one on the

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albums chart in France and remained for 82 weeks in the top 200. In Belgium (Wallonia), it also debuted at number one and totaled 65 weeks on the chart. It was only ranked for ten weeks in Switzerland, but earned a Platinum disc. It was less successful in Belgium (Flanders) where it stayed for six weeks on the charts (top 50). The album provided three singles, but only the first one was a hit : "Sache que je" reached No. 19 in France and No. 18 in Belgium (Wallonia), while the other two singles ("Quand tu danses" and "Bonne idée") failed to enter the top 50 (#66 and No. 68 in France).

Track listing

All tracks written, composed and performed by Goldman. # "Sache que je" – 5:25 # "Bonne Idée" – 3:27 # "Tout était dit" – 4:18 # "Quand tu danses" – 4:25 # "Le Coureur" – 4:14 # "Juste quelques hommes" – 4:44 # "Nos mains" – 3:18 # "Natacha" – 3:01 # "Les Murailles" – 2:28 # "On ira" – 4:25 # "En passant" – 7:18

Personnel

* Jean-Jacques Goldman – guitar, vocals *

– engineer * Claude Gassian – photography * Alexis Grosbois – coordination

Release history

Certifications and sales

Charts

References

{{Authority control 1997 albums Jean-Jacques Goldman albums Albums produced by Erick Benzi