Le Chemin ("The Way") is a 2003 album recorded by French pop-rock act Kyo . It was released on January 13, 2003, and achieved huge success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), where it was respectively #2 and #1. This album, entirely composed by the band, remains to date its most successful one. There is also an edition including a DVD .
Le Chemin Released January 13, 2003 Recorded France , 2003Genre Pop , rock Length 41 :56 Label Zomba, EMI Music
"Le Chemin " Released: November 2002
"Dernière danse" Released: April 2003
"Je cours" Released: September 2003
"Je saigne encore" Released: January 2004
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 1]
It stayed on the charts for 65 weeks in Belgium, 98 weeks in France and 79 weeks in Switzerland. It provided four top 20 singles in France and Belgium : "Le Chemin" (#12 in France, #4 in Belgium, #14 in Switzerland), "Dernière danse" (#6 in France, #4 in Belgium, #14 in Switzerland), "Je cours" (#20 in France, #8 in Belgium, #41 in Switzerland) and "Je saigne encore" (#13 in France, #12 in Belgium, #39 in Switzerland).
The album was awarded 'Francophone album of the year' at the 2004 NRJ Music Awards .
"Le Chemin " (duet with Sita ) — 3:31
"Je cours" — 3:01
"Dernière danse" — 3:48
"Tout envoyer en l'air" — 3:12
"Chaque seconde" — 3:50
"Comment te dire" — 4:44
"Je saigne encore" — 4:02
"Je te vends mon âme" — 3:31
"Pardonné" — 3:36
"Sur nos lèvres" — 4:05
"Tout reste à faire" — 4:56
Source : Allmusic .[ 2]
Personnel and credits
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Vocals by Benoit Poher and Fabien Dubos
Guitar : Nicolas Chassagne and Florian Dubos
Drums by Fabien Dubos
Bass : Laurent Vernerey
Choir arrangement : Jean Francois Berger
Assistant : Elise Chambeyron
Programming by Matthew Vaughan and Nicolas Chassagne
Sampling by Nicolas Chassagne
Mastering : Ian Cooper
Mixing by Francois Delabriere
Engineered by Hubert Decottignies and Francois Delabriere
Photography : Marco De La Rosa
Produced by François Delabrière
Date
Label
Country
Format
Catalog
January 2003
BMG / Jive
Belgium, France, Switzerland
CD
653329
October 2003
EMI Music
79224722
Certifications and sales
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Country
Certification
Date
Sales certified
Physical sales
Belgium[ 3]
Platinum
March 28, 2004
50,000
France[ 4]
Diamond
March 3, 2004
1,000,000
999,200[ 5]
Switzerland[ 6]
Platinum
2003
40,000
Chart (2003–2005)
Peak position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[ 7]
1
French SNEP Albums Chart[ 8]
2
Swiss Albums Chart[ 9]
10
End of year chart (2003)
Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[ 10]
3
French Albums Chart[ 11]
4
Swiss Albums Chart[ 12]
33
End of year chart (2004)
Position
French Albums Chart[ 13]
9
Swiss Albums Chart[ 14]
51
End of year chart (2005)
Position
French Albums Chart[ 15]
142
^ Allmusic review
^ Le Chemin , track listing Allmusic.com (November 28, 2008)
^ Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com Archived 2008-12-12 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 23, 2008)
^ Chart trajectories and sales of various albums in French Albums Chart Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com Archived 2010-01-13 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ Le Chemin , Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ Le Chemin , French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ Le Chemin , Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ 2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ 2003 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ 2003 Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch Archived 2004-02-04 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ 2004 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-11-14 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ 2004 Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
^ 2005 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 23, 2008)