''French Connection'' is a

French-language French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. Like all other Romance languages, it descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. French evolved from Northern Old Gallo-Romance, a descendant of the Latin spoken in ...

greatest hits album A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be creat ...

by Belgian singer

Kate Ryan Kate Ryan (born Katrien Verbeeck, 22 July 1980) is a Belgian singer and songwriter, and the winner of a World Music Award. She began her singing career in 2001 and later found fame with a string of dance hits. These included covers, mostly of ...

released under ARS Entertainment. The album was released in Canada on October 13, 2009, before being released in Ryan's native country of Belgium on October 23, 2009.French Connection (International)
/ref> The album's lead single, " Babacar", was released June 12, 2009 in

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

. This compilation includes all of her French greatest hits, as well as covers (both previously released and unreleased), French singles, French versions of some of her English-language songs, and some new versions of her first hits.

Track listing

(*)Although it's a new version, the covers don't mention that is a new version instead of the original mix or the 2002 Radio Edit. :iTunes Bonus Track: 17. "Voyage Voyage" (Acoustic Version) - 3:05 ;Limited Edition: CD1 - Includes the 16 standard tracks as above.
CD2: # "Ella elle l'a" (UK Extended) # "Babacar" (X-Team Remix) # "I Surrender" (PF Pumping Radio Edit) # "L.I.L.Y." (Extended) # "Megamix" (Containing "Voyage Voyage", "Ella elle l'a", "I Surrender", "Your Eyes")

Personnel

*Katrien Verbeeck a.k.a.

– vocals, lyricist *Niklas Bergwall – producer, composer, lyricist, mixing *Niclas Kings – producer, composer, mixing *Andy Janssens a.k.a. AJ Duncan – producer, composer *Phil Wilde – producer, composer *Yves Gaillard a.k.a. Yves Jongen – producer, mastering *Danny Corten – producer *Mark Carpentier – producer *Antonio "Toni" Ten – producer, lyricist *Francisco "Xasqui" Ten – producer *Ivan Ten – producer *Filip Heurckmans – mastering *Thierry Bidjeck – French translations ("

Mon cœur résiste encore "Mon cœur résiste encore" is a song by Belgian artist Kate Ryan. It peaked at number seven on the Belgian Singles Chart in 2002 among many other European Charts. It is the French language version of her first solo hit " Scream for More". Vers ...

") *Jo Lemaire – French translations (" La Promesse", " Tes Yeux") *

Jeanette Olsson Jeanette Olsson is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She started working as a session singer in Stockholm in the late 1990s. Olsson has provided accompanying and background vocals on tracks by numerous top-selling artists such as Jennifer Lopez, ...

– backing vocals, lyricist *Jordi Campoy – lyricist

Charts

Release history

References

External links

Official Web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:French Connection (Kate Ryan Album) Kate Ryan albums 2009 greatest hits albums French-language compilation albums 2000s French-language albums 2009 remix albums 2000s concept albums