Double is a 1990 bilingual French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 / English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 double album by Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 singer Roch Voisine

Roch Voisine

Joseph Armand Roch Voisine, OC better known as Roch Voisine, is a Canadian Acadian singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and television host...

 as a follow up to the album Hélène

Hélène (Roch Voisine album)

Hélène is a 1989 album by Canadian singer Roch Voisine. The title track "Hélène" is his best sold single ever, reaching number one for nine weeks on the French Singles Chart. Other successful singles from the album include "Pourtant" and "Avant de partir" , released in 1990 summer.Two songs were...

. The first CD is all in French, the second all in English. The English tracks were also released as a separate album entitled Roch Voisine.

Album information

The album was recorded in Canada and France, and was mixed in France. Famous singer-songwriter and guitarist Francis Cabrel

Francis Cabrel

Francis Cabrel is a well-known French singer-songwriter and guitarist. Inspired heavily by Bob Dylan, he has released a number of albums falling mostly within the realm of folk, with occasional forays into blues or country. Several of his songs, such as "L'encre de tes yeux" and "Petite Marie"...

 particiapted in one of the track of the second album.

In France, the album spawned three top three singles : "La berceuse du petit diable" (#3), "Darlin'" (#2), and later "La promesse" (#3) and "Avec tes yeux (Pretty Face)" (#3). The last two singles were released to support Voisine's live album Europe tour, but originally appears on this album.

Double debuted at #4 on 6 December 1990 on the SNEP Albums Chart and had a peak at number two for two weeks. It totaled 26 weeks in the top ten and 73 weeks in the top 50. In 1992, the album earned a 2 x Platinum disc

Music recording sales certification

Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...

 for over 600,000 copies sold.

Disc 1 : French

1. "Prélude" (Beaulieu) — 1:51
2. "Les Jardins de St-Martin (Princesse)" (Voisine) — 3:07
3. "La promesse" (Lefebvre, Voisine) — 2:28
4. "Elle a peur des hirondelles" (Campbell, Lefebvre, Lessard, Voisine) — 3:48
5. "Tu ne sauras jamais" (Lefebvre, Voisine) — 3:59
6. "Darlin'" (Ciciola, Decary, Izzo, Voisine) — 4:15
7. "Au bout de l'île" (Lefebvre, Voisine) — 2:59
8. "Pour toi" (Albert, Bourquin, Gasté) — 5:03
9. "Blue Love Sue" (Decary, Voisine) — 3:02
10. "La berceuse du petit diable" (Decary, Voisine) — 4:03
11. "Bye-Bye" (Lefebcre, Voisine, Vollant) — 4:06

Disc 2 : English

1. "On the Outside" (Campbell, Voisine) — 4:03
2. "Waiting" (Voisine) — 3:28
3. "Mountain Girl" (Lessard, Voisine) — 3:37
4. "A Fishing Day" (Voisine) — 4:09
5. "My Fairy Tale" (Campbell, Voisine) — 2:58
6. "She Had a Dream" (Voisine) — 3:32
7. "Until Death Do Us Part" (Francis Cabrel
   Francis Cabrel
   Francis Cabrel is a well-known French singer-songwriter and guitarist. Inspired heavily by Bob Dylan, he has released a number of albums falling mostly within the realm of folk, with occasional forays into blues or country. Several of his songs, such as "L'encre de tes yeux" and "Petite Marie"...
   
   , Campbell, Voisine) — 3:17
8. "Jamie's Girl" (Campbell, Voisine) — 2:25
9. "Pretty Face" (Voisine) — 3:16
10. "Helen
    Hélène (song)
    "Hélène" is a 1989 pop song recorded by the Canadian singer Roch Voisine. It was the first single from his first studio album Hélène, and was released in November 1989. This song allowed the singer to launch his career and achieved great success in France....
    
    " (English version) (Lessard, Voisine) — 3:43
11. "All Wired Up" (Voisine) — 4:00

Personnel

Musicians

• Backing vocals - Adessa, Sembele Assitan, Bobby Helms, Bruce L. Johnson, Carole Frédericks, Elise Duguay (tracks: 2.02) , Georges Costa, James Campbell, Janiece Jamison, Kat Dyson, Kathleen Dyson, Kim Richardson, Norman Groulx, Richard Groulx, Roch Voisine
• Bass - Allan B. Abrahams, Bernard Paganotti, Denis Labrosse, Pierre Duchesne, Sylvain Bolduc
• Cello - Alain Aubut
• Drums - Denis Toupin, Dominique Messier, Peter Barbeau, Richard Provençal
• Guitar - Christian Leroux, Carl Katz, Christian Péloquin, Denis Forcier, Denis Lable, Francis Cabrel, James Campbell, Jean-Marie Benoit, Michael Pucci, Patrice Tison, Richard Haworth, Rick Haworth, Roch Voisine, Réjean Bouchard, Réjean Lachance
• Keyboards - Aldo Nova, Luc Gilbert, Marc Beaulieu
• Percussion - Denis Benarrosh, Denis Toupin, Marc Chantereau, Paul Picard
• Piano - Marc Beaulieu, Scott Price
• Strings - Bernard Paganotti, Bertrand Lajudie, Marc Beaulieu, La Philharmonie de Paris, Le Quator de la Philharmonie de Paris
• Viola - Gérard Daigle
• Violin - Christian Prévost, Stéphane Allard

Recording and photo

• Engineer - Philippe Laffont (strings, vocals and background vocals recording), Claude Pons (vocals and background vocals recording)
• Mixing - Manuel "Manu" Guiot, Serge "Bum-Bum" Pauchard
• Mixing assistant - Bruno Sourice
• Recording - Gaétan Pilon, Michael Delaney
• Recording assistant - Christophe Jauseau, Luc Pellerin, Stanislas BC
• Arranged by Aldo Nova, Bernard Paganotti, Francis Cabrel, Jean-Marie Benoit, Luc Gilbert, Marc Beaulieu, Roch Voisine, Scott Price
• Photo - Tony Frank
• Producer - André Di Cesare, Roch Voisine

External links

• Roch Voisine Official site album page