De l'amour le mieux is the third studio album by Natasha St-Pier, released in 2002. It achieved great success in France, Belgium (Wallonia) and Switzerland. The album was first released in 2002 in Francophone countries in two versions, one for Canada and the other for Francophone countries in Europe. In 2003, two new versions appeared, one for Spain (including three songs translated into Spanish) and the other for Japan.

De l'amour le mieux
Studio album by
Released19 March 2002 (Canada)
Recorded2001
Hauts De Gammes Studio, Boulogne-Billancourt
Hit House, Montréal
Studio Méga, Suresnes
Studio Miraval, Correns
GenrePop
Length56:36
LabelSony Music France/Columbia
Guy Cloutier Communications
ProducerPascal Obispo
J. Kapler
Rick Allison
Natasha St-Pier chronology
Je n'ai que mon âme
(2001)
De l'amour le mieux
(2002)
L'Instant d'après
(2003)
Encontrarás
Spanish version of "De l'amour le mieux"
Singles from De l'amour le mieux
  1. "Tu trouveras"
    Released: 2002
  2. "Nos rendez-vous"
    Released: 2002
  3. "Alors on se raccroche"
    Released: 2003

Track listings

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Canadian version

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  1. "Tu trouveras" (single)
  2. "Nos rendez-vous" (single)
  3. "Grandir c'est dire je t'aime"
  4. "Tous les au-revoir se ressemblent"
  5. "Alors on se raccroche" (single)
  6. "Les chansons ne servent à rien"
  7. "De l'amour le mieux"
  8. "Pourquot tant de larmes"
  9. "Enlève ton blouson" (Bonus Canada)
  10. "Toi qui manque à ma vie"
  11. "On peut tout essayer"
  12. "Les diamants sont solitaires"
  13. "Qu'est-ce qui nous empêche"
  14. "L'amour emporte tout"
  15. "Là-bas" (feat. Florent Pagny)

French version

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  1. "Tu trouveras" (single) (Lionel Florence, Pascal Obispo) — 4:58
  2. "Nos rendez-vous" (single) (Patrice Guirao, Giacchino Maurici, Volodia) — 3:04
  3. "Grandir c'est dire je t'aime" (David Gategno, Marie-Jo Zarb) — 3:32
  4. "Tous les au-revoir se ressemblent" (Florence, Gategno, Maurici) — 3:43
  5. "Alors on se raccroche" (single) (Florence, Maurici, Obispo) — 4:06
  6. "Les chansons ne servent à rien" (Florence, Gategno) — 3:30
  7. "De l'amour le mieux" (Florence, Obispo) — 4:13
  8. "Pourquoi tant de larmes" (Kapler, Fred Kocourek) — 3:58
  9. "Toi qui manque à ma vie" (Calogero Bros, Julie D'aimé) — 3:20
  10. "On peut tout essayer" (Frédéric Doll, Volodia) — 3:52
  11. "Les diamants sont solitaires" (Calogero, Florence, Obispo, Zarb) — 4:27
  12. "Qu'est-ce qui nous empêche" (David Manet, Christian Vie) — 4:03
  13. "L'amour emporte tout" (Didier Golemanas, Daniel Seff) — 4:13
  14. "Là-bas" (feat. Florent Pagny) (Jean-Jacques Goldman) — 5:08

Spanish version

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  1. "Encontrarás" (feat. Miguel Bosé, Spanish version of "Tu trouveras") Single #2 Spain
  2. "Cita sin amor" (Spanish version of "Nos rendez-vous")
  3. "Por probarlo todo no se pierde nada" (Spanish version of "On peut tout essayer") (single)
  4. "Tous les au-revoir se ressemblent"
  5. "Grandir c'est dire je t'aime"
  6. "Alors on se raccroche"
  7. "Les chansons ne servent à rien"
  8. "De l'amour le mieux"
  9. "Tu trouveras"
  10. "Qu'est-ce qui nous empêche"
  11. "L'amour emporte tout"
  12. "Là-bas"
  13. "Toi qui manque à ma vie"
  14. "Nos rendez-vous"

Japanese version

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  1. "Tu trouveras"
  2. "Nos rendez-vous"
  3. "Grandir c’est dire je t’aime"
  4. "Tous les au-revoir se ressemblent"
  5. "Alors on se raccroche"
  6. "Les chansons ne servent à rien"
  7. "De l’amour le mieux"
  8. "Pourquoi tant de larmes"
  9. "Toi qui manque à ma vie"
  10. "On peut tout essayer"
  11. "Les diamants sont solitaires"
  12. "Qu’est-ce qui nous empêche"
  13. "L'amour emporte tout"
  14. "Là-bas" (feat. Florent Pagny)
  15. "All I Have Is My Soul" (Bonus Japan)

Personnel

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  • Rick Allison – Piano, Arranger, Programming, Realization
  • Denis Benarrosch – Percussion
  • Laurent Coppola – Drums
  • Denis Courchesne – Drums
  • Patrice Cramer – Mixing
  • Jean Yves d'Angelo – Piano, Fender Rhodes
  • Chistopher Deschamps – Drums
  • Claude Engel – Guitar (Acoustic)
  • Steve Forward – Mixing
  • Bruce Gaitsch – Guitar, Engineer
  • David Gategno – Guitar (Acoustic), Assistant Publisher
  • Rob Heaney – Engineer
  • Raphael Jonin – Mastering
  • Julie Leblanc – Choeurs
  • Basil Leroux – Guitar (Electric)
  • Stephane Levy B – Engineer
  • Rémy Malo – Basse
  • Pascal Obispo – Guitar (Acoustic), Choeurs, Realization
  • Christian St-Germain – Programming, Engineer, Pro-Tools
  • Natasha St. Pier – Choeurs
  • Sébastien Surel – Arranger
  • Cyril Tarquiny – Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
  • Volodia – Engineer, Mixing, Realization
  • Volt – Photography

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[9] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[10] Gold 50,000^
France (SNEP)[11] 2× Platinum 600,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[12] Gold 20,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ De l'amour le mieux, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved May 22, 2008)
  2. ^ De l'amour le mieux, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com Archived 2007-11-30 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved May 22, 2008)
  3. ^ De l'amour le mieux, in Polish Albums Chart [1] (Retrieved 11 November 2024)
  4. ^ De l'amour le mieux, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved May 22, 2008)
  5. ^ 2002 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved May 22, 2008)
  6. ^ "Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales)". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  7. ^ 2002 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved May 22, 2008)
  8. ^ 2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved May 22, 2008)
  9. ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2002". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2021-03-08. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Natasha St-Pier – De l'amour le mieux". Music Canada. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  11. ^ "French album certifications – Natasha St Pier – De l'amour le mieux" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  12. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('De l'amour de mieux')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 April 2022.