Entre gris clair et gris foncé is a 1987 double album recorded by French

France

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 artist Jean-Jacques Goldman

Jean-Jacques Goldman

Jean-Jacques Goldman is a Grammy Awards-winning French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and since 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French living pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday.- Biography :...

. It was his fifth studio album and was released in November 1987. It provided four successful singles : "Elle a fait un bébé toute seule" (#4), "Là-bas" (#2), "C'est ta chance" (#16) and "Puisque tu pars" (#3). The album was also very successful.

Background and release

The first nine songs are new compositions. The other eleven songs were written years before. Goldman always wrote one or two songs for each album that either didn't fit the mood of the record or that were too personal. When he started becoming popular, he thought it would be a good opportunity to release some previously unheard songs.

While preparing this album, the new songs were tracked in the studio. The old songs were either recorded live or were recorded using only acoustic instruments.

For the album's first CD release, two songs were omitted ("Tout Petit Monde" and "Il Me Restera") due to time limitations on a compact disc. The 2000 version contained the original LP tracklisting, this time spread out on two CDs. The first CD contains "new" songs, while the second disc contains eleven previously unreleased songs.

Critical reception

The album entered the French SNEP Albums Chart atop and stayed here for 18 consecutive weeks and 78 in the top 50. It remains Goldman's biggest sale in France. The album sold more than 2 millions copies.

Track listing

All tracks written, composed and performed by Goldman (except "Là-bas", performed as a duet with Sirima).

Original release

Cassette / Vinyl / CD

1. "À quoi tu sers ?" — 5:29
2. "Il changeait la vie" — 3:50
3. "Là-bas
   Là-bas (song)
   "Là-bas" is a 1987 song recorded as a duet by the French singer Jean-Jacques Goldman and the British-born artist Sirima. It was the second single from Goldman's 1987 album Entre gris clair et gris foncé...
   
   " (duet with Sirima
   Sirima
   Sirima was a British singer with Sri Lankan origins. She was primarily known for her duet "Là-bas", recorded in 1987 with Jean-Jacques Goldman, which was a number two hit in France.She was murdered by her companion Kahatra Sasorith, who stabbed her three weeks after the release of her single "A...
   
   ) — 5:46
4. "Entre gris clair et gris foncé" — 3:59
5. "C'est ta chance
   C'est ta chance
   "C'est ta chance" is the name of a 1987 song recorded by the French singer and songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman. It was released on April 1988 as the third single from his album Entre gris clair et gris foncé, on which it features as the fifth track...
   
   " — 4:26
6. "Puisque tu pars
   Puisque tu pars
   "Puisque tu pars" is a 1987 song recorded by the French singer Jean-Jacques Goldman. It was released in July 1988 as the fourth single from his album Entre gris clair et gris foncé, on which it features as the sixth track in an extended version...
   
   " — 7:20
7. "Des bouts de moi" — 4:40
8. "Fais des bébés" — 4:04
9. "Filles faciles" — 3:44
10. "Je commence demain" — 2:42
11. "Elle a fait un bébé toute seule" — 3:47
12. "Quelque part, quelqu'un" — 4:22
13. "Qu'elle soit elle" — 1:47
14. "Doux" — 3:53
15. "Reprendre c'est voler" — 2:48
16. "Il y a" — 3:37
17. "Peur de rien blues" — 5:20
18. "Appartenir" — 2:22

Disc 1

1. "À quoi tu sers ?" — 5:30
2. "Il changeait la vie" — 3:59
3. "Tout petit monde" — 3:30
4. "Entre gris clair et gris foncé" — 4:01
5. "Là-bas" (duet with Sirima
   Sirima
   Sirima was a British singer with Sri Lankan origins. She was primarily known for her duet "Là-bas", recorded in 1987 with Jean-Jacques Goldman, which was a number two hit in France.She was murdered by her companion Kahatra Sasorith, who stabbed her three weeks after the release of her single "A...
   
   ) — 5:40
6. "C'est ta chance" — 5:09
7. "Des bouts de moi" — 5:05
8. "Fais des bébés" — 4:03
9. "Puisque tu pars" — 7:35

Disc 2

1. "Filles faciles" — 3:45
2. "Je commence demain" — 2:48
3. "Elle a fait un bébé toute seule" — 3:54
4. "Quelque part, quelqu'un" — 4:48
5. "Qu'elle soit elle" — 1:54
6. "Doux" — 3:55
7. "Reprendre c'est voler" — 2:50
8. "Il y a" — 3:39
9. "Peur de rien blues" — 6:19
10. "Il me restera" — 3:14
11. "Appartenir" — 2:24

Personnel

• Claude Samard - banjo
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  , bottleneck guitar, guitar
  Guitar
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  , dobro
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• Guy Delacroix - bass, programmation, bass programmation, keyboards
• Claude Le Péron
  Claude Le Péron
  Claude Le Péron is a French bass guitarist known for his collaboration with Jean-Jacques Goldman among other musicians.- Biography :He started playing guitar in 1961, then started the bass guitar in 1964...
  
   - bass
• Clément Bailly, Christophe Deschamps, Jean-François Gauthier - drum kit
  Drum kit
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• John Hammer : drum kit, acoustic drum kit, fairlight
• Roland Romanelli - synthesizers, keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Sirima
  Sirima
  Sirima was a British singer with Sri Lankan origins. She was primarily known for her duet "Là-bas", recorded in 1987 with Jean-Jacques Goldman, which was a number two hit in France.She was murdered by her companion Kahatra Sasorith, who stabbed her three weeks after the release of her single "A...
  
   - vocals
• G & M Costa, Sorj Chalandon, Carole Fredericks, Caroline Goldman, Catherine Goldman, Dorothée Goldman, Evelyne Goldman, Michael Goldman, Patricia Goldman, Robert Goldman - chorus
• Jean-Jacques Goldman - keyboards, chorus, guitar, piano
  Piano
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  , synthesizers, arrangements, producer
• Marc Lumbroso - chorus, producer
• Michael Jones - chorus, guitars
• Gérard Kawcynski, Basile Leroux, Patrice Tison - guitars
• Philippe Grandvoinet - hammond B3, piano
• Jean-Jacques Milteau - harmonica
  Harmonica
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• Patrick Bourgoin, Prof Pinpin - saxo
• Patrice Blanchard, Patrice Mondon - violins
• Cathy Steinberg - design
• Claude Gassian - photo
• Olivier do Espirito Santo, Jean-Pierre Janiaud, Andy Scott - sound engineers

Charts, certifications and sales

Chart (1987)	Peak position
French SNEP Albums Chart	1

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
France	Diamond	1988	1,000,000