Chansons pour les pieds is the seventh and final solo album by Jean-Jacques Goldman, released on 20 November 2001 and sung in French. The album was recorded at the Théâtre du Cratère d'Alès by Eric Van de Hel and Gildas Lointier, assisted by Renaud Van Welden. All songs were written by the singer himself. Released by JRG, the album met smash success on the charts : it topped the French and Belgian Albums Charts and remained charted for almost two years, and was #2 in Switzerland. As the title ("Songs for the Feet") suggests, all the tracks are devoted to dance and represent music styles (canon chorale, gigue, technoriental, slow, tarentelle, R&B, ballad, disco, rock, slow zouk, fanfare swing, pop).
There was a sole single from this album : "Et l'on y peut rien", which peaked at #7 in France, 37 in Belgium (Wallonia) and #61 in Switzerland.
Track listing
"Ensemble" – 3:59
"Et l'on n'y peut rien" – 3:38
"Une poussière" – 5:33
"La pluie" – 8:25
"Tournent les violons" – 4:38
"Un goût sur tes lèvres" – 4:29
"Si je t'avais pas" – 4:50
"C'est pas vrai" – 4:56
"The Quo's in town tonite" – 5:14
"Je voudrais vous revoir" – 5:12
"Les p'tits chapeaux" – 3:54
"Les choses" – 8:38
"La vie c'est mieux quand on est amoureux" 1
1 Hidden track
Source : Allmusic.
Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic.
Gildas Arzel – guitar, mandocello, oud, primary artist, slide guitar
Eric Benzi – arranger, engineer, programming, realization
Francois Breugnot – violone
Yvan Cassar – musical direction
Gilles Chabenat – primary artist, vielle
Marc Chantereau – percussion, primary artist
Nicolas Duport – engineer
Claude Gassian – photography
Michel Gaucher – primary artist, trombone
Jean-Jacques Goldman – primary artist, realization
Alexis Grosbois – booklet design, coordination
Christophe Guiot – concert master
Didier Havet – euphonium, bass trombone
Michael Jones – choeurs, guitar
Raphaël Jonin – gravure
Denis Leloup – primary artist, trombone
Christian Lemaitre – violone
Bruno LeRouzic – cornemuse, primary artist
Gildas Lointier – advisor, engineer, sound recording
Christian Martinez – primary artist, trumpet
Eric Mula – primary artist
Christophe Negre – director, flute, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone Fréderic Paris – flute Carlo Rizzo – primary artist, tambourine Phillipe Slominski – bugle, trumpet Jean-Pierre Solves – clarinet, piccolo, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone Patrice Tison – guitar effects, performer, primary artist Renaud Van Welden – assistant publisher