Les crises de l'âme is the third studio album by French pop singer Jeanne Mas

Jeanne Mas

Jeanne Mas, born on 28 February 1958 in Alicante, Spain, is a French pop singer and actress.She was well known in France, Switzerland and Belgium for a number of hit singles released in the 1980s. From the late eighties onwards her career slid into the has-been category. Her first success was...

, released in 1989.

It marked a change in writing and musical style; indeed, unlike the two previous studio albums, lyrics were not written by Romano Musumarra, but by the singer herself, the songs deals with society themes and the music is also much less commercial.

It was charted from February 26, 1989, debuting at #5 before climbing to #1 where it remained for 4 weeks. It totaled fourteen weeks in the top ten and thirty-six weeks in the top 40. It was certified double gold.

Four singles were released from this album, but only "Y'a des bons" was a hit, reaching the top 20 in France.

Track listing

1. "Les crises de l'âme" (Jeanne Mas, Massimo Calabrese, Piero Calabrese, Roberto Zaneli) – 5:00
2. "Carolyne" (Jeanne Mas, Massimo Calabrese, Piero Calabrese, Roberto Zaneli) – 4:00
3. "Tango" (Jeanne Mas) – 4:57
4. "Y'a des bons..." (Jeanne Mas, Massimo Calabrese, Piero Calabrese, Roberto Zaneli) – 4:54
5. "Bébé rock" (Jeanne Mas) – 5:20
6. "Contre toi" (Jeanne Mas, Massimo Calabrese, Piero Calabrese, Roberto Zaneli) – 3:30
7. "Flip trip" (Jeanne Mas, Pascuale Minieri) – 4:27
8. "Bulles" (Jeanne Mas, Massimo Calabrese, Piero Calabrese, Roberto Zaneli) – 4:23
9. "J'accuse" (Jeanne Mas, Massimo Calabrese, Piero Calabrese, Roberto Zaneli) – 4:55
10. "Comme un héros" (Jeanne Mas, Massimo Calabrese, Piero Calabrese, Roberto Zaneli) – 5:03
11. "Dites-lui" (Jeanne Mas) – 1:52

Singles

#	Title	Date
1.	"Y'a des bons..."	February 1989
2.	"J'accuse"	June 1989
3.	"Carolyne"	September 1989
4.	"Bébé rock"	January 1990

Personnel

• Vocals - Jeanne Mas
• Background vocals - Graziella Madrigal
• Guitar - David Rhodes, Marco Papazian, Marco Rinalduzzi
• Acoustic guitar - José Souc
• Bass - Tony Levin
• Keyboards - Piero Calabrese
• Drums - Manu Katche
• Drum programming - Piero Calabrese
• Percussion - Steve Shehan
• Stick - Tony Levin
• Saxophone - Patrick Bourgoin

Production

• Producers - Piero Calabrese, Jeanne Mas
• Arrangements - Piero Calabrese
• Engineer - Gordon Lyon, Nicolas Garin
• Mixing - Gordon Lyon
• Assistant - Laurent Patte, Olivier Richter
• Management - Christian Blanchard

Recorded at Studio Musika (France), Studio Davout (France)

Charts, certifications and sales

Chart (1986-1987)	Peak position
French Albums Chart	1
Swiss Albums Chart	21

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
France	2 x Gold	1989	200,000